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…
Sunday TV: A Greenlight Goes On Again
It's been a decade, but "Project Greenlight" (HBO, 10 p.m.) returns for another fascinating season of how to traverse the role of first time filmmaker. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon…
Saturday TV: Will Ferrell Plays Ball
One day during spring training this year in Arizona, 10 teams allowed Will Ferrell to take the field in various positions. Ferrell, who wasn’t very good but acted like he…
Friday TV: Thinking Education on 9/11
Kids are back in school, weather is getting slightly cooler, so it's time for a Friday night, multi-network fundraiser for education. "Think It Up" (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, 8 p.m.)…
Thursday TV: NFL Season Begins
Never mind the cheating, scandals and arrogance. The NFL is still the biggest game in town (maybe because of all those things). So it's fitting that the ball-deflating team with…
Wednesday TV: ‘You’re the Worst’ is Back
For their first seasons, I was much more of an advocate of the comedy "Married" than its accompanying "You're the Worst" (FXX, 10:30 p.m.). But the latter, returning tonight for…
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Era Begins
The most exciting part of the new fall TV season for me comes not in a couple of weeks, when the broadcast networks roll out their new shows, not in…
Also on Tuesday: More from Seth Meyers
Today's the day when another talk show host, Seth Meyers, subsumes into his superhero character for a third season of animated series “The Awesomes” (Hulu, streaming) which employs the voices a…
Monday TV: ‘The Civil War’ in Higher Def
Clear the decks for a week's worth of "The Civil War" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), the landmark Ken Burns documentary from 1990 that celebrates its 25th anniversary with…
Sunday TV: Not Sherlock But His Author
The franchise that "Masterpiece" (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) might have that's more valuable than the soon-to-end "Downton Abbey" is its "Sherlock." But with Benedict Cumberbatch out doing "Hamlet"…