Thursday TV: Netflix’ ‘Between,’ Noses
In a small city of Pretty Lake, the old folks are dying. Actually, everybody over 22. Which makes it a prime place for a new CW drama (or a remake…
Tonight is Letterman’s Last ‘Late Show’
No details have been released about what exactly will happen on tonight's very last episode of "The Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS, 11:35 p.m.). That doesn't mean there will…
Also on Wednesday: ‘Survivor’ Finale, Too
Finale night for "Survivor" (CBS, 8 p.m.) is always fun, but it may struggle to be so this woeful season, so full of unlikable characters, lack of action and bad…
Tuesday TV: The Road to Torture
The latest episode of "Frontline" (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) begins at the premiere of "Zero Dark Thirty," the Hollywood hit that purported the inside story of the killing…
Monday TV: Post-Segregated Prom Season
Gillian Laub ruffled some feathers when she went down to Montgomery County, Ga., in 2009 and photographed one of the most glaring vestiges of segregation in the South - separate…
‘Mad Men’ Finale: Don Goes Om
Don Draper has been off the rails for a few episodes now on "Mad Men." He walked out of a meeting and just took off driving, first to look for…
Also on Sunday: Billboard Awards, Lucy
Chrissy Teigen and Ludacris host The 2015 Billboard Music Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.) from the MGM Grand Las Vegas. It's the only awards show where no winners are a surprise:…
A Queen Becomes an Empress
Even as a recording artist with a similarly royal title, Queen Latifah may not have been destined to play the Empress of the Blues. But her starring as blues great Bessie…
Also Saturday: Louie C.K. on ‘SNL’ Finale
Having turned in a memorable episode last time he was there, Louis C.K. returns to host "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) on the occasion of its 40th season finale.…
Friday TV: Ballet Slowed Way Down
Ric Burns' history of the American Ballet Theater is at times a corporate-approved biography, at other times an explanation of the necessity of dance itself. Mostly, it's a lot of…