Saturday TV: Well Done ‘Bountiful’
The adaptation of beloved works with Africa-American casts isn't always successful -- or necessary. I'm thinking of the Queen Latifah remake of "Steel Magnolias" for Lifetime that didn't all that…
Friday TV: Styling for Gucci
How does a Gucci collection get made? A documentary tonight tries to find out as it follows the company's creative director Frida Giannini for a year a a half leading…
Thursday TV: Funny New Comedy ‘Sirens’
For those who loved Denis Leary's "Rescue Me," find your way to the sharp new comedy "Sirens" (USA, 10 p.m.). Though Leary himself isn't in it, his fingerprints area all…
Wednesday TV: New Season of ‘The Face’
Naomi Campbell is getting meaner and meaner on "The Face" (Oxygen, 10 p.m.), her version of "America's Next Top Model" that is slightly more international in scope. Campbell was fearsome…
Tuesday TV: Carving and Carson
Not about knife wielding killers nor the peanut biologist George Washington Carver, the special "Carvers" (Syfy, 10 p.m.) profiles the work of Andy Bergholtz and Ray Villafane, who claim they…
Monday TV: A Killer ‘Those Who Kill’
In a season when I'm ambivalent about what so many others are unaccountably excited about, from "Hannibal" to "Scandal," there's one new series I'm much more excited about than just…
Sunday TV: Stars Get Statuettes
They sure make a bigger deal of it than it really deserves, but it's still fun to watch The 86th Academy Awards (ABC, 8:30 p.m.) for the universal experience. Ellen…
Saturday TV: Movie Awards, Early
Get your movie awards weekend started the way the stars do: on the beach in Santa Monica, with the Independent Spirit Awards (IFC, 10 p.m.). Patton Oswalt hosts the lower-key,…
Friday TV: Fixing Businesses
It's weird that Friday night -- a day many people spend celebrating the end of the workweek -- has become the night dedicated to starting and running businesses Start up…
Wednesday TV: Bad ‘Mixology,’ New Seasons for ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Americans’
A couple of so-so but harmless network sitcoms have already premiered this week. Now comes a truly hateful one. "Mixology" (ABC, 9:30 p.m.) is a high-concept comedy about 10 people…