Wednesday TV: Bird Nest Architecture
It's so perfect a subject for public television it almost seems like a parody -- a three part series about animal dwellings beginning with the birds nests. As seen on…
Tuesday TV: Funny Girls and Housewives
On one hand the new "Funny Girls" (Oxygen, 9 p.m.) is like a lot of reality show, following around a half dozen women trying to make a living doing standup…
Monday TV: When the Churches Burned
"Little Hope was Arson," Theo Love's film about a spate of fires at churches in East Texas, makes its debut on "Independent Lens" (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings). It…
Sunday TV: Way Too Much to Watch
The success of "Downton Abbey" has allowed "Masterpiece" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) to invest in one of its biggest projects, a six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" and…
Saturday TV: ‘Outlander’ vs. Final Four
In the return of the successful series "Outlander" (Starz, 9 p.m.) after a seven month break, Jamie and the Highlanders rescue Claire from Black Jack Randall and Laoghaire tries to…
Annie Lennox Tears Down the House
Even amid the supposed biggest stars in the recording industry, Annie Lennox stood out at the Grammys earlier this year, and performing the songs from last year's ignored "Nostalgia" album…
Also on Friday: A Moment of Grace
Another YouTube personality makes the jump to minor cable personality in "The Grace Helbig Show" (E!, 10:30 p.m.). The new show arises from her deadpan, pun-heavy, celebrity-centric internet ramblings that…
Thursday TV: Just Mouthing It In
The dumb competition that remains a recurring time-waster on "The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon" (NBC, 11:35 p.m.) has now become its own show, with the Fallon-produced "Lip Sync Battle"…
Wednesday TV: April Foolin’ in Canada
If you're buying a Canadian series about gold mining in northern Ontario called "Fool's Gold" (Animal Planet, 7 p.m.), what would be a better day to not only premiere it,…
Tuesday TV: Weird, Younger Sitcoms
A lot of the family comedies on TV are those involving single people who hang around together as allies. The latest is "Weird Loners" (Fox, 9:30 p.m.) in which four…