Monday TV: A Bio Film on Susan Sontag
The author and intellect Susan Sontag is profiled as more of a celebrity in Nancy Kates' "Regarding Susan Sontag" (HBO, 9 p.m.), seeming slightly more interested in the many lovers…
Sunday TV: ‘Red Tent’ No Safe Shelter
You'd think from its crimson fabric, it's another holiday movie. But no, "The Red Tent" (Lifetime, 9 p.m.) is the ponderous, two-night adaptation of Anita Diamant's best-selling novel about forgotten…
Saturday TV: Guardian Angel Overload
The notion of a guardian angel helping someone who could use it at Christmas is probably best known in "It's A Wonderful Life" (NBC, 8 p.m.), the oldest movie still…
Friday TV: Sundance’s ‘One Child’
It might seem that the two night miniseries "One Child" (Sundance, 9 p.m.) may be out of sync with other holiday fare. But the story of a college woman of…
Thursday TV: Newbie in ‘Peter Pan’ Tights
It didn't matter that NBC's "The Sound of Music Live!" a year ago got mixed reviews. Enough people watched it live (even to see it fall on its face) to…
Theatre Review: ‘Mutts’ on Stage
One of the best thing I did at my last newspaper was convincing them to run “Mutts,” the comic strip by Patrick McDonnell. A simple strip about dogs and cats…
Wednesday TV: A Tree is Lit
Time to flick on the switch on "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" (NBC, 8 p.m.). The 82nd tree-lighting ceremony features an 85-foot, 90-year-old Norway spruce donated from Pennsylvania. The "Today" crew…
Tuesday TV: All About Der Bingle
The career of crooner Bing Crosby was so large -- encompassing early jazz, pop, movies and TV -- it's seems hard for it to be contained even in a two…
Monday TV: Marking World AIDS Day
Four documentaries trace where we are on World AIDS Day 2014, with nearly 36 million dead of the disease and another 35 million living with the virus. Historically, for this…
Sunday TV: Jodeci Reunites on Soul Train
After nearly 20 years, the R&B group Jodeci reunites for the Soul Train Awards (BET, 8 p.m.) with a little "Freek'n You." The event, hosted by Wendy Williams also features…