Wednesday TV: Thanksgiving Eve Fare
Is Thanksgiving Eve even a thing? There are a whole lot of specials tonight that would indicate it is. First there’s no need to get up and see all the…
Tuesday TV: Olympic Medal to Mirror Ball?
It’s all sports figures among the finalists of “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 9 p.m.) with Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe and former NFL wide receiver Calvin…
Monday TV: Reliving the Boston Marathon
I’m not sure how many people want to relive it, especially those of us who were at the race that day, but “Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing” (HBO, 8 p.m.)…
Sunday TV: ‘The Affair’ Jumps in Time
As good as a lot of it has been, “The Affair” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) has probably lasted longer than its creators ever imagined. So the third season, beginning tonight, zooms…
Saturday TV: Old ‘Doctor Who,’ Restored
Restored after its single broadcast a half century ago, “Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks” (BBC America, 8:25 p.m.) was patched together from audio tracks, animation, surviving photos and…
Friday TV: Alan Cumming’s Cabaret
The Scottish comic actor, who won a Tony for his work in Cabaret" and is known for his dramatic turn on “The Good Wife,” sings and entertains in his revue…
Thursday TV: Latin Grammys, ‘Lovesick’
The 17th Latin Grammy Awards (Univision 8 p.m.), live from Las Vegas, features performances from Marc Anthony, Reik, J Balvin, Prince Royce, Paura Pausini, Fakkuro, Juanes, Fonseca, Jesse & Joy…
Wednesday TV: Welcoming the Polar Bears
It doesn’t sound like the smartest idea each year when 10,000 tourists descend on tiny Churchill, Manitoba to witness the more than 1,000 hungry polar bears gather awaiting the ice…
Tuesday TV: Black History Since the Sixties
As updated as Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s look at the last half century may be in the two part “And Still I Rise: Black America Since MLK” (PBS, 8 p.m.),…
Monday TV: Ron Howard’s Trip to ‘Mars’
There have been as many recent documentaries about Mars and how much we’ve learned about it in recent years as there have been successful fictional films about it, such as…