ESPN Sports Documentaries: Beyond 30
The success of ESPN’s “30 for 30” series of sports documentaries, and the one that followed it, “Fab Five” has led to a new series of sports documentaries continuing this…
Sunday TV: ‘Against the Wall,’ Shark Week
Of all the light crime dramas populating cable TV this summer, the new “Against the Wall” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.) stands out largely because of its star Rachael Carpani, who looks…
Jerry Lewis: The Angry Clown
One legend who appeared at the TV Critics Press Tour this week got into a couple of troubling exchanges with reporters who he couldn’t hear or very well understand when…
Oprah Welcomes Rosie to OWN
Since she stepped down from her daytime show with some hoopla last month, Oprah Winfrey hasn’t exactly been relaxing. “I get emails from friends regularly saying, ‘I hope that you’re…
Saturday TV includes ‘Friday Night Dinner’
The latest comedy import from England sets its sights on a traditional but not strictly observant Jewish family who get together each Friday. Each family has their quirks and this…
Also on Saturday: Nick’s Wedding, MTV Milestones
Onetime boy group singer turned reality star turned TV host, Nick Lachey said he wouldn’t subject his new marriage with Vanessa Minnillo to the kind of exploitation he invited in…
Bad Weather Good for Weather Channel
The Weather Channel came to the TV Critics Association summer press tour this week to introduce a new upcoming series, “Coast Guard Alaska.” But if the year’s weather continues as…
A Trip to the Playboy Mansion
A trip to the Playboy Mansion is just the kind of thing that makes the TV Critics summer press tour the kind of outing writers cannot overlook. With the growing…
Friday TV: Thunder! Thunder! ThunderCats!
Cartoons never fade, they just get reimagined. After recent remakes of “Looney Tunes,” "He-Man" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," here comes a renewed version of the 1980s “ThunderCats” (Cartoon Network,…
Flap Has No Effect on Common, Rapper Turned Actor
Being the center of a manufactured controversy over an appearance at the White House may have made the name of rapper Common more recognizable among whole new audiences. But on…