Good Blues at the White House for Once
I love the fact that just down a couple miles down street from my house tonight, Mick Jagger will be jamming with B.B. King, Booker T. Jones, Jeff Beck, Keb…
Colbert Explains His Absence, Sort Of
Even before he let loose with his regular theme, Stephen Colbert spent a few minutes Monday debunking the rumors that had cropped up since his show's sudden absence last week.…
Why the Scandal Dominates ‘Clinton’
If you wrote a book about Bill Clinton and his presidency, would you spend fully a fourth of it discussing his affair with a White House intern? That’s what happens…
Diminutive David Brent
In the new “Life’s Too Short,” the actor Warwick Davis plays a conceited version of himself, who looks at the camera in a fake documentary style, bullies other people and…
Many Guests Join Maya Rudolph on ‘SNL’
Maya Rudolph’s return to “Saturday Night Live” as host means old home week. Not since Betty White hosted last season and several seasons of female former cast members came to…
TV as Votive Candle: The Funeral of Whitney Houston
Mourning is an odd thing these days, especially for celebrities. Especially if the death is sudden, the cable news networks go into overdrive, interviewing anybody who had a remote connection…
The Littlest ‘Survivor’
Among the new things on “Survivor: One World” that starts tonight on CBS – other than the splitting of genders, elimination of Redemption Island, changing of hidden immunity rules, or…
Ameena Matthews for President
In Steve James' powerful documentary “The Interrupters,” that debuted on “Frontline” tonight, a star and leader and role model was introduced to the nation in the form of Ameena Matthews.…
Sharon Malone’s Education of the Old South
One of the most remarkable documentaries in Black History Month is the one that premiered tonight on PBS, “Slavery by Another Name,” which recounts the decades of forced labor that…
How Kevin Smith Got Back on TV
Kevin Smith wasn’t anxious to get back into television. After all, his last “disastrous foray into TV” was an animated series based on his movie “Clerks” in 2000. “We only…