Tuesday TV: The End of ‘Chelsea Lately’
When she appeared to introduce somebody at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday, Chelsea Handler looked like somebody's mom, coming to pick up Traci from the rave. That's not why…
Monday TV: Emmys on an August Night
Once, it was an event that honored the old television season even as it ushered in the new. Now "The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards" (NBC, 8 p.m.) has been kicked…
Sunday TV: MTV Awards, Last ‘Blood’
There has already been some casualties from the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, 9 p.m.). Iggy Izelia, who was to open the event with Ariana Grande and Nick Minaj…
Saturday TV: A New ‘Doctor Who’
Although Peter Capaldi at 56 is 30 years older than the last incarnation of "Doctor Who" (BBC America, 8:15 p.m.) when he started, there is no reason to think he won't be one…
Friday TV: A Funnier Talking Horse
Will Arnett is funniest when he's a dim narcissist, which is why it seems like he'd never surpass his character as Gob on "Arrested Development." Make him a lead in…
Thursday TV: Every ‘Simpsons’ Episode
To herald a new website that boasts every episode, with searchable quotes, scenes and characters, television's biggest marathon begins, showing every single episode of 25 seasons of "The Simpsons" (FXX,…
Wednesday TV: New Netflix Cop Show Import
In addition to its great track record in original programming, Netflix is starting to amass a number of worthy series unavailable elsewhere. The latest is "Happy Valley" (Netflix, streaming), a…
Tuesday TV: A Young Doctor’s Return
There seems to be an epidemic of drug addiction among TV doctors and health professionals. It afflicts the stars of "House" and "Nurse Jackie," yes, but among those working 100…
Monday TV: Pamela Smart Revisited
I'm not sure that the Pamela Smart case, about the New Hampshire teacher convicted of seducing students into killing her husband, was really the first televised trial and it certainly…
Sunday TV: Fishermen, Kid Cooks Battle
Can't we all just get along? One hundred and fifty years after the Civil War, old battle lines are drawn again in "Wicked Tuna: North vs. South" (National Geographic, 10…