Saturday TV: Grumpy Cat’s Bad Christmas
Admitting you're in a terrible movie doesn't absolve you from the fact that is terrible. Aubrey Plaza's complaints and often trenchant comments during "Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever" (Lifetime, 8…
Friday TV: Becoming Lion Bait
It's not supposed to be a stunt, though it sure looks like it. Cat expert Boone Smith climbs into a plexiglass cage that he has adorned with a wildebeest carcass…
Thursday TV: Of Birds and Beagles
Turkeys are big on TV today, but so are dogs. So in addition to the 13th annual National Dog Show (NBC, noon) with John O'Hurley and David Frei, there is…
Wednesday TV: Odd Squad, Odder Turkeys
New for kids this morning is a new public television educational show with bit of DNA from the old "Electric Company," "Odd Squad" (PBS, check local listings) featuring a talented…
Tuesday TV: Back Into the Wild
The real story about Christopher McCandless, whose solo hike into the Alaska wilderness in 1992 was grippingly told in Jon Krakauer's book "Into the Wild" and the subsequent movie by…
Monday TV: Drinking and Doing TV
With food shows reaching their saturation point -- especially this week -- it seems natural that there be more shows about drinking. The Esquire network has so far led the…
Sunday TV: Jay Leno’s Back and Feted
Jay Leno returns to TV in a big way as recipient of "The Mark Twain Prize" (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings). His "Tonight" show successor Jimmy Fallon, Chelsea Handler,…
Saturday TV: ‘Hello Ladies’ Wraps
Stephen Merchant was on the ground floor of cringe comedy, co-creating "The Office" and various other projects with Ricky Gervais including "Extras" and "Life's Too Short." But working on his…
Friday TV: Reconstructing Dylan Songs
This fall's flurry about songs Bob Dylan composed 47 years ago in upstate New York has resulted not only in a five-CD package of 138 recovered recordings, but a mysterious…
Thursday TV: Is College Worth It?
With student loan debt reaching $1 trillion and nearly $239 billion given in loans last year alone, the documentary "Ivory Tower" (CNN, 9 and 11 p.m.) asks once more whether…