Spies Next Door in ‘The Americans’
You couldn't find a more pleasant couple to watch in a new TV show than Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell. He was the standout actor in "Brothers and Sisters"; she's…
A Greater Golden Globes Than Usual
As questionable as the sponsoring organization is, and as wrongheaded as some of its choices (Don Cheadle as best actor in a comedy?), the 70th Golden Globes Sunday rose above…
‘SNL’ Holiday Edition: Martin Short, McCartney and a Cast of Thousands
"Saturday Night Live" is like college -- and has probably been running longer than some of them. Graduates return home, especially around holidays and they get a month long winter…
Theatre Review: Pajama Men
Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez likely honed their humor in back rows of classes in their Albuquerque, N.M., high school, goofing on the habits and vocal tones of teachers and…
The Sound of the Dust Bowl
There were spools of dramatic period newsreel film to fill Ken Burns four-hour, two night documentary on "The Dust Bowl," which begins tonight on PBS. All of it, it seems,…
Enlisting the SEAL Team, Through Film
There is no mistaking that there is some great television on tonight regarding contemporary global counterterrrosism. But its name is “Homeland” (Showtime, 9 p.m.). That complex and fictional series is…
Friday TV: ‘The Munsters’ Redux
Networks that sour on TV pilots they’ve dumped a lot of money into are usually satisfied with burying them very deeply in vaults, pretending they never green lit them to…
The Wealth of Humor of Mitt Romney
The comic possibilities of Mitt Romney’s campaign are so rich, you might think the cast of “Saturday Night Live” may all end up voting for him just to keep the…
Shaky ‘SNL’ Start: Instead of Wiig, Wigs
At 38, “Saturday Night Live” has long since aged beyond its target demographic. At the start of a new season Saturday, it showed it in a very precarious spot. The…
Daytime TV Debuts: A Report
Every fall I spend opening day of daytime surveying the new shows, wondering anew what it is that keeps people watching any daytime shows. The new contenders this year were…