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…
Saturday TV: New Use for Old ’48 Hours’
After 35 years or so on TV, "48 Hours" (CBS, 9 p.m.) specialized in true crime stories. Tonight, it expands -- into two hours -- in order to accommodate a…
Friday TV: 50 Years of the National Theatre
The 50th anniversary of the National Theatre of Great Britain is marked with a compilation of their best stuff from over the years on "Great Performances" (PBS, 9 p.m., check…
Thursday TV: Tattoos and the Skeleton
"Tattoo Titans" (CMT, 11 p.m.) is the latest and maybe third tattoo artist competition, organized as if it's "Project Runway" or the current incarnation, "Project Runway: Under the Gunn" (Lifetime,…