Tuesday TV: The Price of Pushing Back on Putin
“Antidote,” James Jones’ documentary about the price of opposing Vladimir Putin, makes its U.S. broadcast premiere on “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings), the series that picked up its…
Monday TV: Ken Burns Does ‘Da Vinci’
Ken Burns has specialized all these years on American history. But his new two-part, four hour documentary series, co -directed by Sarah Burns and David McMahon, turns to Italy and…
Saturday TV: So Many Christmas Movies
Twelve days before Thanksgiving and there’s four new Christmas movies on cable (it will only get worse as we go on). In “Christmas at Plumhill Manor” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), Maria…
Tuesday TV: After the Voting, Election Coverage
It’s one of the biggest nights of television, reporting on one of the biggest elections in recent memory. But despite the magic screens, colorful maps, endless squads of panelists, and…
Monday TV: Now, an ‘NCIS’ Prequel as Well
“NCIS” (NBC, 8 p.m.) returning for its 22nd season tonight, is now the third longest running live action primetime scripted series. It’s run so long, it has even outlasted its…
TV Eye Takes a Little Break
Actually it's more than a little break. We'll be gone for about a month, traveling around, not paying attention to season finales, new shows or the like. People, you're on…
A New Look for ‘TV Eye’
I avoided it as long as I could. But the "theme" of the blog had long been outdated; a new one was needed. And as odd as this one looks…
TV Eye Takes a Break
Taking a little vacation from the blog for a couple of weeks. So I'll guess I'll miss all the season finales. You'll have to tell me what I missed. Be…
‘TV Eye’ Takes a Little Break
The ol' blog takes a little break during a period of travel. Hope to see you at the end of the month, with the cherry blossoms in full bloom!
Capital Radio 1-9-23: Nixon’s the One
Among the birthdays celebrated today were David Johansen (who turns 73), Jimmy Page (79), Joan Baez (820) and Haddaway (57) but a number of those who have passed, including Roy…