Friday TV: Cooking with Jacques
“Food,” says chef Jacques Pépin, “is a conversation. “And maybe that’s why cooking shows are popular,” he told reporters earlier this year, “because in our time of political correctness, that’s…
Thursday TV: ‘Love Actually’ Update
The 2003 romantic comedy “Love Actually” (Showtime 2, 8 p.m.) never got an official sequel despite its popularity, especially at Christmastime. That changes tonight, sort of, in a 15 minute…
Wednesday TV: ‘Dirty Dancing’ Done Cheap
High on the list of unnecessary, unasked for things on TV this season is a three hour musical remake of the 1987 movie “Dirty Dancing” (ABC, 8 p.m.) about romance…
Tuesday TV: Dark Force in the White House
He’s already been regularly depicted as a menacing Skeletor figure on “Saturday Night Live.” But what does the role of Setphen Bannon continue to be at the White House? A…
Monday TV: The Bachelorette and Color
“The most diverse cast ever” is what they’re promising on “The Bachelorette” (ABC, 9 p.m.), which couldn’t even wait until she was eliminated from “The Bachelor” to tell Rachel Lindsay…
Sunday TV: ‘Twin Peaks’ 25 Years Later
What should one expect from the surprise reboot of David Lynch’s legendary “Twin Peaks” (Showtime, 9 p.m.), picking up 25 years after it went off the air? No advance copies…
Saturday TV: De Niro Does Madoff
After Richard Dreyfuss already played Bernie Madoff on a two night mini-series, it hardly seems necessary to hash it out again. But although HBO's "The Wizard of Lies" (HBO, 8…
Friday TV: Another Old Crime to Unravel
The brutal, unsolved murder of a nun in Baltimore in 1969 is not something her ex-students, now retired and grandmothers, will let go. So they meet in Facebook groups and…
Thursday TV: Double Down on Finales
It’s just been announced that “Scandal” (ABC, 9 p.m.) will present its final season this fall. So tonight’s season finale, over two hours, sets the stage with preparations for the…
Wednesday TV: Dog Talks But Don’t Worry
Talking animals don’t usually make for great sitcoms, be they “Mister Ed,” the cat on “Sabrina” or whatever those things were on “Alf” and the now cancelled “Imaginary Mary.” Against…