Revealing the Racists on ‘Big Brother’
Big Brother caught up with the controversy about the racism of its houseguests Sunday as it ran, in montage form, the worst bits of bigotry from two dim blondes on…
‘Life’s Too Short’s Brief Return
I was among the few who enjoyed Ricky Gervais' "Life's Too Short," the Ricky Gervais series about a fictional Warwick Davis that drew the humor of dwarves from a different…
Anna Nicole: on TV Again
Any tabloid tale is fair game for a Lifetime movie. If they've done Jodi Arias and Amanda Knox, then why not Anna Nicole Smith, except that her death came so…
‘Dome’ a La King, Under Glass
If it wasn't from Stephen King, "Under the Dome" (CBS, 10 p.m.) would be laughed off pretty quickly, even as summertime fare. The series about a town that has a…
Desperate ‘Devious Maids’
How removed is Eva Longoria from her Latino roots? Enough not to see the latest soapy series she's executive producing is mostly just stereotypes. Yes, "Devious Maids" (Lifetime, 10 p.m.) is…
What’s On TV in Eurasia
America like to think it creates the entertainment for the rest of the world. But I have to say, from a hotel room in central Turkey, there is scarcely a…
James Gandolfini, 1961-2013
Shocking, of course, to hear of the death of James Gandolfini today in Italy at only the age of 51. A great actor with serious gravitas, he played a big…
Our Regular Coverage is on Hiatus
TV shows can do it; TV columns can do it too. The daily blog of largely daily television highlights that I've been writing every day for maybe a decade takes…
‘Killing’ Attire
A friend writes: "'The Killing' seems re-invigorated. Lead actress once again puts on the same sweater from the last 2 whole seasons as she's drawn back into the new investigation,…
A Different John on ‘Daily Show’
The swooping opening credits still said "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," the announcer said it too. And in the computer crawl that is part of the set, Jon Stewart's…