Saturday TV: A Holiday Icetastrophe
With so many Christmas movies being green lit, it's surprising there aren't more of them along the lines of "Christmas Icetastrophe" (Syfy, 9 p.m.) the gleeful holiday horror in which…
Friday TV: More Late Night Farewells
It's another big night of late night transition. Following the final episode of "The Colbert Report," with its cast of 100 or so singalong celebrities Thursday, tonight is also the…
Thursday TV: Deal With It, Nation
"The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.) comes to an end, at the peak of its considerable power: Snappy and consistently funny political commentary, delivered in the guise of a…
Wednesday TV: Bublé and Babs in Special
Nothing new about having a Michael Bublé Christmas special. What may be notable about his fourth one, "Michael Bublé's Christmas in New York" (NBC, 8 p.m.), is that it also has…
Tuesday TV: ‘Elf’ as an Animated Musical
The No. 1 Christmas film at my house has somehow become "Elf." Even so, a new animated special based on the movie and especially its Broadway musical adaptation, "Elf: Buddy's…
Monday TV: Environmental Concerns Amid Extreme Christmas Lighting Displays
Television strives to save the environment tonight by addressing children, and by addressing adults who like movie stars. "Saving My Tomorrow" (HBO, 7 p.m.) is the kids' program, showing various…
Sunday TV: Closing ‘The Newsroom’
Everybody had their complaints about "The Newsroom" (HBO, 9 p.m.), I suppose. But what other show had us all watching anyway? The shortened third season seemed until recently better balanced…
Saturday TV: More Santa Conning
In the crush of TV Christmas movies, Melissa Joan Hart enters the fray, directing and starring in "The Santa Con" (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), about a convict (Barry Watson from "Hart…
Friday TV: Out of Pool, Into Silk Road
Lorenzo Richelmy stars as the Italian explorer turned swimming pool game in the latest big streaming series, "Marco Polo" (Netflix, starting today). It's a lavish production from the Weinstein company, that…
Thursday TV: A Dinosaur Named Sue
Sue seems an odd name for a 65 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex found two dozen years ago in South Dakota, the most complete skeleton ever found. It got the name not…