Thursday TV: A Dolly Parton TV Movie
Networks are by and large out of the movie business, but here's the exception: "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" (NBC, 9 p.m.), based on the singer's early hit about…
Wednesday TV: ‘Empire’ Holiday Special
"Empire" might be taking its seasonal break, but that doesn't mean its main characters aren't still around to entertain. In the show's timeslot this week is "Taraji and Tarrence's White…
Tuesday TV: Glitzy Underwear Show
The most inappropriate outfits of the season? When you factor in the weather, certainly. And all the wings just make them impractical. The annual legshow of the “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show”…
Monday TV: U2 Returns to Paris
The live U2 concert in Paris for HBO that was canceled after the Nov. 13 terror attacks the day before is rescheduled at the AccorHotels Arena tonight in “U2: Innocence +…
Sunday TV: Everybody Sings Sinatra
If Frank Sinatra were still alive this week, hitting 100, I don’t think he’d say, “Get that Nick Jonas kid here to sing my songs.” And certainly not, “That cat…
Saturday TV: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Again
If I were NBC, I’d show a repeat of “The Wiz Live!” tonight, but they’ve got a commitment to show the oldest film any broadcast network still shows, the Christmas…
Friday TV: Bill Murray’s Holiday Toast
Leave it to streaming services to create an optimum version of something broadcast networks created — the TV Christmas special. Now practically extinct from regular TV, the sentiment, corniness and…
Also Tonight: Didn’t Die Before Got Old
Marking the band's 50th year, the two surviving members of the Who threw a big outdoor concert in London in June, which was captured in the film “The Who Live…
Thursday TV: Easing On Down, Live
The third offering of NBC’s holiday time live musicals, “The Wiz: Live!” (NBC, 8 p.m.) is a mix of stunt casting (Crazy Eyes as the Good Witch; Mary J. Blige…
Wednesday TV: ‘Racing Extinction’
Discovery Channel's ambitious "Racing Extinction"(Discovery, 9 p.m.) flits all over the globe with stories of endangered species and mankind's vast acceleration of the process. But it seems guided by the…