Sunday TV: It’s Telethon Day; Where’s Jerry?
Jerry’s Kids are left without a father figure this weekend as the 46th annual MDA Labor Day Telethon (WGN, 6 p.m.) plays it short and sweet tonight, wrapping up at…
Also On Sunday: ‘Good Wife’ Primer, ‘Curb’ with Bill Buckner
How do you get new audiences to your well-established, critically acclaimed show? Run a special that explains what’s been happening until now. Presumably, “The Good Wife: A New Beginning” (CBS,…
At the Tar Sands Protest
When the two week sit-in at the White House to protest the Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring oil from “tar sands” in Canada across the plains to Texas, came…
Baseball Project Rock Without Buck
The poster gave the impression of a terrific triple bill: The Baseball Project, The Minus 5 and Steve Wynn. But the show at the modestly-sized Iota in Arlington was the…
Friday TV: ‘Man, Woman, Wild’
Let’s face it, on some nights, nothing is on TV – especially on a Friday before the big Labor Day Weekend. Nonetheless, let us consider some options: A husband and…
Thursday TV: September Brings Flood of 9/11 Programming
The floodgate has been opened already, but the fact that it turns September today will only increase the frequency and intensity of all the upcoming 9/11 tributes and films. Two…
NFL Star and ‘Survivor’ Winners in Next ‘Amazing Race’ Cast
Former NFL tight end Marcus Pollard; a teen who has already won the discinction of being the youngest person to sail around the world alone, Zac Sunderland, and two winners…
How Dave Celebrated His 18th Anniversary at CBS
With a Top 10 List of course: 10. Lovely bouquet from the guy who wants to cut my tongue out. 9. Went with Jay-Z and Beyonce to their latest ultrasound.…
Chaz, Meet Lacey
There were no same-sex couples dancing on “Dancing with the Stars” this season. In the couplings with celebrities announced this morning on “Good Morning America,” Chaz Bono, identified as “author…
Wednesday TV: Dietrich Closes ‘Summer of Stars’
It’s the end of August and a real movie icon winds up the month-long Summer of the Stars on Turner Classic Movies. The films of the singular German actress and…