John Oliver Meets Ed Snowden
As the Comedy Central news/comedy division remains in transition, “Last Week with John Oliver” has turned into a solid work of weekly political satire. In addition to a comedy staff,…
Tuesday TV: Actual Voting and Its Results
They've been telling you the results for weeks now (instead of informing voters on who they might choose), so it's natural that Midterm Election Coverage begins two hours before any…
‘The Roosevelts’ Begins on Public TV
If the vivid subjects of "The Roosevelts" (PBS, 8 and 10 p.m., check local listings) dominated the White House for 19 of the first 45 years of the 20th century,…
Demi Lovato’s Other Dragon
Demi Lovato begins her 28-city arena tour Saturday in Baltimore, but she looked a little more nervous facing 1,700 advocates in a hotel ballroom as part of the National Alliance…
Also on Friday: Late Night Watergate
Among the specials marking the 40th anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon, you might have heard that it took a long while for Watergate as a crime to make…
Talking War and Peace with McCaffrey
I've come to expect unusual encounters at press tour, but I wasn't even in my seat long before someone came walking up to my seat with retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey,…
‘Freedom Summer’ Relived Tonight
Just as the Freedom Riders Civil Rights effort in 1961 was followed by the 50th anniversary "Freedom Riders" documentary by Stanley Nelson, so has the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign to…
The Veep of My Street
For the annual Hobart Street Porch Fest this weekend in D.C., I did some research on the guy for whom the block was named nearly 100 years ago and found…
‘Veep’ Goes to the Debates
"Veep" is one of the few serialized series that doesn’t need to hit everyone over the head with what’s happened previously before starting every episode. Like Selina Meyer, it just…
Obama Between Two Ferns
Barack Obama added to his comedy resume this week with a sterling performance on Zack Galifianakis' showcase of non sequiturs, "Between Two Ferns." After a couple of minutes of banter,…