Tuesday TV: Kennedy Center Honors
The best show of the holiday doldrums by far is The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (CBS, 9 p.m.), the lone arts program of the year from broadcast TV, where…
Monday TV: Reality Show, with Singing
The odd midwestern show biz mecca of Branson, Mo., finally gets a showcase in the new "Branson Famous" (truTV, 10 p.m.), but it hardly gets outside of one theater, the…
Sunday TV: Valerie Cherish Says Bye Again
American TV is not yet hip to the British idea of presenting special episodes and big finales for shows during their holidays (rather than slogging reruns). But a good case…
Saturday TV: Michael Sam Meets Oprah
Michael Sam, who gained headlines as the first gay player drafted to the NFL, finally sits down with Oprah Winfrey in hbis first interview since he was cut by the…
Friday TV: Tsunami Ten Years On
it was a decade ago today that one of the deadliest tsunamis in history hit the Indian Ocean killing more than 250,000, leaving 1.7 million people homeless and affecting 18…
Thursday TV: Brits to the Rescue
The difference between the UK and the US is that on Christmas, families there crowd around the TV for special holiday editions of their favorite shows; in the U.S., all…
Wednesday TV: ‘Wrong Mans’ Return
Get to know the new host of "Late, Late Night," taking over for Craig Ferguson, when James Corden stars and co-writes in the second season of "The Wrong Mans" (Hulu,…
Tuesday TV: ‘Mozart in the Jungle’
For its subject matter alone - navigating the classical music world in New York city, the new streaming series "Mozart in the Jungle" (Amazon Prime, streaming) is worth watching while you…
Monday TV: The Value of a Cardboard Elvis
The antiques don’t go back quite so far on tonight’s “Antiques Roadshow” (PBS, 8 p.m.). In fact, they date back only to the 1940s, '50s and '60s in an episode…
Sunday TV: ‘Homeland,’ ‘Affair’ Finales
“Homeland” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) caps its gripping season with Saul and Carrie back in the U.S. and dealing with a bigger problem of double-dealing inside the agency, which runs along…