Wednesday TV: A Final Case for ‘Psych’
One of the great influential cable series of this century was "Monk," which blended a caper with a kind of light-heartedness not often seen since screwball films. From that same…
Tuesday TV: Schama’s ‘Story of the Jews’
The author and historian Simon Schama has made his mark as one of TV's most animated and erudite hosts with his past histories of art, England and America. He seems…
Monday TV: Big View of Women
TV has been a little heavy with the overweight lately, with voyeuristic shows lately from "The BIggest Loser" to "My 600 lb Life" to the returning summer "Extreme Weight Loss."…
Sunday TV: House Building as Competition
Bringing back that Sunday night tradition of "Extreme Home Makeover" is the slight variation "American Dream Builders" (NBC, 8 p.m.). Instead of one family's home being improved in a whirlwind…
Saturday TV: Leguizamo’s Life Story Again
Bursting with energy and talent, John Leguizamo is also quite under-employed. Why else would his stage triumphs all be autobiographical one-man shows? His latest, "Ghetto Klown" (HBO, 10 p.m.), is…
Friday TV: Blondie Turning Gray
It boasts one of the shakier rock history theories -- that the band were doomed as punks and had to alienate their base to become pop sensations -- but "Blondie's…
Thursday TV: Let the Madness Begin
March Madness begins in earnest today, with each of the 16 games in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament available in full on some network, with the bigger games on…
The (New) Worst Person on TV
After putting in full days in trying to inform and interpret Wall Street for investors and viewers, CNBC turns to prime time programming that shows the ugly side of this…
Wednesday TV: New ‘The 100,’ ‘Doll & Em’
Your one stop spot for teen dystopia, The CW, uncorks another tale tonight. After first giving you "Star Crossed" and "Tomorrow People," here comes "The 100" (The CW, 9 p.m.),…
Tuesday TV: Possibly Too Much Maria
Are we interested enough in Maria Menounos to watch a whole series (purported to be) about her life? Is it the next step from TV host and personality to reality…