Tuesday TV: Sammy Davis Jr.’s Hard Road
The all around entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. had an all-around complicated life as well, gaining acceptance in a world and the elite realm of the Rat Pack, even as he…
Monday TV: Rolling with the Culture
I think about the demise of urban skating culture every time I go to my neighborhood grocery store, which was once the National Roller Skating Rink. The importance of skating…
Sunday TV: A Little Less Modernization
The original 1968 “Elvis” (Amazon, streaming) comeback special is still such a compelling musical triumph it could easily fill a prime time broadcast slot today. But that isn’t how things…
Saturday TV: All About Olivia Newton-John
Australian singer and actress Delta Goodrem, who is a also a judge on “The Voice - Australia,” takes the title role in the new bio pic “Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted…
Friday TV: Legal Yarn ‘Proven Innocent’
Kelsey Grammar is a late addition to the new series “Proven Innocent” (Fox, 9 p.m.), a new legal drama about a firm focused on the wrongfully convicted. Rachelle Lefevre and…
Thursday TV: The Pacific Leaves Its Mark
Sam Neill went the extra mile in his historical travelogue, “The Pacific: in the Wake of Captain Cook” (Ovation, 9 p.m.). The familiar actor from “Jurassic Park” and “The Piano”…
Wednesday TV: Travel’s Ghostly Turn
Sad to see the Travel Channel turn into the Haunted House Network. Their latest in the field is the dubiously titled “Paranormal Caught on Camera” (Travel, 10 p.m.) — which…
Tuesday: ‘Miracle Workers,’ ‘Boomerang’
"Miracle Workers" (TBS, 10:30 p.m.), the new comedy from Simon Rich (“Men Seeking Woman”) has Steve Buscemi as God, feeling ambivalent about his creation; Daniel Radcliffe as a low level…
Monday TV: City Doc, Country Doc
Two documentaries tonight zero in on urban and rural lives. The poetic and cinematic Oscar-nominated “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” by RaMell Ross looks at two young black men…
Sunday TV: Grammy Youth Takeover
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.) salutes some legacy artists with a salute to Aretha Franklin and performances by Dolly Parton and Dolly Ross. But mostly, the show…