Friday TV: A Girl Wants a Bicycle
The simple story of a 10 year girl who wants to win a prize in order to buy a bike is more complicated when she's in Saudi Arabia and the…
Thursday TV: Recalling the Civil Rights Act
Seems worthwhile to dedicate an hour of prime time to mark a landmark anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act “CBS News: 50 Years Later, Civil Rights” (Smithsonian,…
Wednesday TV: Music Returns to VH1
Once it was the mainstay of the network whose name stood for Video Hits One, but music programming is so rare now on VH1, it's worth noting the premiere of…
Tuesday TV: More Network Chefs
In an age of "Top Chef," "Iron Chef," "Iron Chef America" (Food, 8 p.m.) "MasterChef" and "MasterChef Junior," her's another entry into the idea of cooking as a competition. "Food…
Monday TV: Manufacturing Bogus Terrorists
The boom in homeland security that followed 9/11 had several casualties, one of them justice, especially when it came to encouraging and then rounding up supposed home grown terrorists. It…
Sunday TV: More Problems in the Future
Summer's the time for sci-fi sagas, apparently. Even on Lifetime, where the new series "The Lottery" (Lifetime, 10 p.m.) follows the premise of a near future in 2025 that has…
Saturday TV: Rumsfeld’s Remade History
Here's a beautiful use of the History channel, otherwise clogged by stuff like "Pawn Stars" (History, 8, 8:30 and 9 p.m.): Running recent documentaries about important events that might otherwise…
Friday TV: ‘The Butler’ Makes Its Bow
Saturday isn't the only night for premium movie premieres. Showtime has lately been dropping them on Fridays as well. That's the case with tonight's "Lee Daniels' the Butler" (Showtime, 9…
Thursday TV: New Shows, One Naked
A whole load of new shows begin tonight on broadcast and cable. The strongest are a couple of insurrectionist anti-romantic comedies from the network that you might expect from the…
Wednesday TV: A Strong ‘Divide’; ESPYs
These days, not only does all the best TV drama reside on cable, but it's getting to be that even the most minor cable network has its own great fare.…