Tuesday TV: Steve Zahn and the Vatican
Always good to see Steve Zahn, but more as Davis on "Treme" than in his new role, as Clark Edwards in "Mind Games" (ABC, 10 p.m.), who with his brother…
Monday TV: BET Honors, New ‘Late Night’
Some giants are saluted at the BET Honors 2014 (BET, 9 p.m.) taped earlier this month in D.C. Wayne Brady hosts the gathering where Aretha Franklin and the late Nelson…
Sunday TV: Farewells to Sochi, Downton
Another slightly more exhausted parade of athletes marks the Closing Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics (NBC, 9 p.m.) and what other spectacles? Cossacks horsewhipping Pussy Riot? A salute to Bob…
Saturday TV: About a Bore
Once, "About a Boy" (NBC, 11:05 p.m.) was a swell book by Nick Hornby. Then it was shined up for a Hugh Grant movie of the same name. Now it's…
Friday TV: Der Stingle on Das Boat
Sting has found the refuge of rock stars of a certain age: Broadway. Though he already wrote songs for the animated Disney project "The Emperor's New Groove," his new "The…
Thursday TV: Snakebit Victim,’Taste’ Finale
Feeling perhaps a tad responsible for encouraging him in his dangerous beliefs by having him star in the oddball series about a couple of religious snake handlers,National Geographic presents a…
Wednesday TV: Skaters and Ice Queens
The start of women's figure skating competition tonight on The Winter Olympics (NBC, 8 p.m.) and the competition of Kim Yuna of South Korea, above, and Russian teen Julia Lipnitskaiaon, comes on…
Tuesday TV: Life & Death of Penn Station
There's a terrific, succinct report on "American Experience" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) about "The Life and Death of Penn Station." The monumental train station, privately built to evoke…
Also On Monday: ‘Star Crossed,’ ‘Freedom’
A decade after they crash landed from another planet for survival purposes, the aliens still aren't treated too well on Earth, forced to live in detention. Now some of the…
Sunday TV: British Film Awards, All Stars
Get a two week jump on the Oscars with a British accent with The 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards (BBC America, 8 p.m.). Many of the same films were…