Tuesday TV: World Series Plays Ball
Trisha Yearwood sings the National Anthem for Game 1 of the Fall Classic, with San Francisco at Kansas City (Fox, 8 p.m.) for the World Series. If it’s basketball you’re…
Monday TV: Domestic Abuse, also Football
It's a dark irony that Cynthia Hill's compelling documentary on domestic abuse "Private Violence" (HBO, 9 p.m.) is playing opposite the NFL, where a number of cases have been recently…
Sunday TV: Devilish ‘Treehouse’ on ‘Simpsons’
The 25th edition of “Treehouse of Horror” on “The Simpsons” (Fox, 8 p.m.) is not only a good one, it actually happens before Halloween (post season baseball has played havoc…
Saturday TV: Three New TV Movies
While most networks have gotten completely out of the business of TV movies, a few places turn out new films week in and week out. Two of them have better…
Friday TV: Dave Grohl’s Rock Travelogue
"Foo: Fighters Sonic Highways" (HBO, 11 p.m.) grew out of the band's desire to do something different for an album marking its 20th year. Rather than go to one city…
Thursday TV: Another New Cooking Contest
Premiering two hours before its title would indicate, "Midnight Feast" (FYI, 10 p.m.) has D.C. chef Spike Mendelsohn invading Chelsea Market to gather ingredients for a romantic gourmet dish in…
Wednesday TV: Another Road to Knowledge
In the new series "How We Got to Now" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), author Steven Johnson brings his interesting book to the screen, telling the story of civilization…
Two Sides to ‘The Affair’
It's a dream cast that fills the alluring new series "The Affair" (Showtime, 10 p.m.). Dominic West ("The Wire," "The Hour") plays a writer and teacher, happily married to Maura…
Monday TV: Bubbly ‘Jane the Virgin’
The final example in how diversity is going to save the broadcast network season comes with the new "Jane the Virgin" (The CW, 9 p.m.), an adaptation of a Venezuelan…
Also on Sunday: The Zombies’ Return
The last time we saw Rick and company, they were shut up in a train car at a supposed safe-haven called Terminus, whose true purpose was only too obvious. In…