Also on Tuesday: Dividing Community
During the divisive war in Vietnam, inside one Latino family in Greenlee County, Utah, U.S. Navy Commander Everett Alvarez Jr. became a prisoner of war for eight years. At the…
Also on Monday: Many Returning Shows
The two or three new shows are evidence that a new TV season is finally here, but the proof is in the return of so many shows with new seasons…
Sunday TV: Samberg Takes Control
The 67th Primetime Emmys (Fox, 8 p.m.) is being hosted by Andy Samberg, perhaps because he's one of the leading comedy stars on the hosting network, with his "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."…
Saturday TV: Adios to ‘Sabado Gigante’
Don Francisco hosts the last ever edition of "Sabado Gigante" (Univision, 8 p.m.), which at 53 years is the longest running show on the network and the longest running TV…
Friday TV: Elderly Artists Prevail
Hurray for elderly artists! Three of them are celebrated in documentaries tonight and the youngest of them is craggy Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, a spry 71 as he continues…
Thursday TV: This is Your Talent?
Last year’s “America’s Got Talent” winner, a magician, gets his own two hour special in “Mat Franco’s Got Magic” (NBC, 9 p.m.) with Heidi Klum, Neil Patrick Harris, Penn and Teller…
Wednesday TV: Second Republican Debate
It should never be considered an entertainment -- it is a competition to run the country, for goodness sakes. But because the first one got such high ratings, and Donald…
Tuesday TV: From Motorcycles to Horses
The problem with hit cable series, we will find this season, is that the biggest hits will be copied by many lesser shows. One of what will be many stabs…
On Disney and Princesses
Walt Disney has cast a long shadow on cultural life, particularly of the young. So his life likely warrants a long look, too, which it gets this week on "American Experience" (PBS,…
Also On Monday: A Whole Lot of Dancing
One might get the mistaken impression from tonight's television that this country is all about dancing. For two hours on prime time, perhaps the weirdest bunch yet begins a new…