Saturday TV: Hip Hop on HBO and PBS
HBO takes a foray into the hip hop world with its original “J. Cole Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming” (HBO, 10 p.m.), which both covers the life of the rapper and…
Friday TV: Music at the White House
They’ve had some pretty great concerts in the East Room during the Obama administration. But tonight’s “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of American Creativity” (PBS, 9 p.m.,…
Thursday TV: Jenny on the Block TV
It's 1999 all over again, with Jennifer Lopez on every hour of prime time tonight over two separate networks. Maybe someone will show her in a new video too. Primarily,…
Wednesday TV: More ‘American Crime’
When it premiered last year, John Singleton’s “American Crime” (ABC, 10 p.m.) was so different in approach, style and intent, touching subjects other networks shows never did, that it set…
Tuesday TV: Revisiting a Bayou Murder
If any network has a handle on crime procedural it must be the people at Discovery, who have a whole channel dedicated to true crime reenactments, Investigation Discovery. Still, the…
Monday TV: More Bad Dating Metrics
Some of the 28 smitten women on the 20th season premiere of "The Bachelor" (ABC, 8 p.m.) call Ben Higgins, the nondescript runner-up in last season's "Bachelorette," the best "Bachelor"…
Sunday TV: Last Season at the Abbey
That it’s the final season for “Downton Abbey” on “Masterpiece” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) seems about right. Running into 1925, the lifestyles of the mansioned lords and their…
Saturday TV: Evel Knievel vs. Evil Dead
It makes sense that head "Jackass" Johnny Knoxville would be interested in the antics of his predecessor Evel Knievil -- enough certainly to be producer of a documentary on the…
Friday TV: New ‘Sherlock’ for New Year
On what would otherwise be a first day of a new year marked by football, a rose parade and reruns, there's another effect of the British phenomenons where a big…
New Year’s Eve All Over the Place
Four full hours before that mirrored ball considers any movement, three networks pop their champagne corks with premature New Year’s Even coverage — four if you count PBS. Get inspired…