Saturday TV: SNL’s Cicely Strong in D.C.
As funny as her characterizations on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) can be, Cicely Strong is not the one you'd think of to deliver stand-up at one of the…
Friday TV: Bruce Jenner’s Interview
As tempting it is to entirely ignore every overhyped thing connected with the Kardashians, the anticipated Bruce Jenner interview" with Diane Sawyer on a two hour "20/20" (ABC, 9 p.m.) could…
Thursday TV: Remembering Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan is star on Turner Classic Movies with "George Washington Slept Here" (8 p.m.), "Kings Row" (9:45 p.m.), "Honeymoon for Three" (midnight), "One More Tomorrow" (1:45 a.m.), "Torrid Zone"…
Wednesday TV: Unwelcome High Steppers
A subset of marching drill team moves called J-Set, named after a Jackson State University marching band's team, made more popular by Beyonce's routine in "Single Ladies," has a further…
Tuesday TV: Intelligence Failures
The story of American-born David Coleman Headley, who become part of the militant group that staged an assault on Mumbai in 2008 has previously been told on "Frontline" (PBS, 10…
Monday TV: Two from DeGrasse Tyson
Bill Nye, "The Science Guy," appears briefly on "Star Talk" (National Geographic, 11 p.m.), a new late night science offering, but there isn't any question that today's reigning science guy…
Sunday TV: The 50th ACM Awards
Gee it must have been a month since the last country music awards show, so here's Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton to host "The Academy of Country Music Awards" (CBS,…
Saturday TV: ‘Orphan Black’ is Back
If you haven't seen it before, good luck trying to figure out what is going on in "Orphan Black" (BBC America, AMC, IFC, Sundance and We, 9 p.m.) as the…
Friday TV: New ‘Messengers,’ ‘Barber’
Seems to be a lot of religion informing new network series. On "The Messengers" (The CW, 9 p.m.) for example, something weird crashes in New Mexico whose shock wave change…
Thursday TV: Portrait of the Virtuoso
Besides being a virtuoso with a violin, Jascha Heifetz was also something of a camera bug. His home movies go back as far as just before the Russian Revolution to…