Wednesday TV: Examining the Canvas
There's no shortage of quirky travel shows across cable but the new "American Canvas" (Ovation, 10 p.m.) brings a more artistic intent as it finds the less well known corners…
Tuesday TV: Making Vows Work
The premise of "Newlyweds: The First Year" (Bravo, 10 p.m.) is that only half of marriages survive the first year. By putting cameras on four of couples, it forces viewers…
Monday TV: ‘Returned,’ as a U.S. Series
It’s a little tiresome how many perfectly fine foreign series have been slavishly remade into American versions. The first reaction to “The Returned” (A&E, 10 p.m.) is like that, especially…
Friday TV: Underwood’s Back, as President
Things should be quite different for the anticipated third season of “House of Cards” (Netflix, streaming, starting today). Frank Underwood has already become President (which is where “Veep” will start…
Thursday TV: Bikini Season
Why go sexist just once a year for the ratings? CBS doubles up on its usual Christmatime “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” with the even skimpier “Victoria’s Secret Swim Special” (CBS,…
Wednesday TV: ‘Survivor,’ ‘Race’ Starts
It's a full night reality show pileup on CBS with the 90 minute premieres of both "Survivor" (CBS, 8 p.m.) and "The Amazing Race" (CBS, 9:30 p.m.) together on the…
Tuesday TV: Farewell, ‘Parks and Rec’
The series finale for "Parks and Recreation" (NBC, 10 p.m.) will be tinged with more sadness than usual, due to the untimely death of executive producer Harris Wittels last Thursday.…
Monday TV: Lead Belly and Snowden
Black history month isn't quite over until it's time to salute "Legend of Lead Belly" (Smithsonian, 8 p.m.), the bluesman Huddie Ledbetter, whose songs continued to inspire performers ever since,…
Sunday TV: Oscars Overkill One More Time
As many times as he's hosted other such events, it's the first time Neil Patrick Harris gets to do the Oscars. So he'll do the opening and then pretty much…
Saturday TV: ‘Independent Spirit Awards’
The best part of Oscar weekend is the much more low-key, much less hyped, and much more interested in cinema Film Independent Spirit Awards (IFC, 5 and 11 p.m.). Fred…