Wednesday TV: Building the Duomo
Architects still wonder how Filippo Brunelleschi did it, building the world's large masonry dome for Florence's famous Basilica de Santa Maria del Fiore in the Renaissance. The Duomo, as it…
Tuesday TV: The Real Butch and Sundance
Without mentioning Paul Newman, Robert Redford or raindrops falling on your head, the actual story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid could be even more fascinating. As laid out…
Monday TV: Modern Monkey Trial, Mississippi Spies, Michelle Talks
The British filmmaker Anthony Thomas takes a look at the scientifically established but continually attacked tenets of evolution. The film features several confident Biblically-backed believers in what's called creationism. But…
Sunday TV: Critics in Front of the Camera
I write all the time about the TV Critics Association press tours, but it's never made its way to the screen until tonight's episode of "Episodes" (Showtime, 10:30 p.m.), in…
Saturday TV: Actual Olympic Games
The first full day of games in the Winter Olympics (NBC, 8 p.m.) will be edited and presented for prime time. Saturday's events include more in the inaugural team event…
Friday TV: Opening Ceremonies in Sochi
From what we've heard about Sochi so far, the "XII Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony" (NBC, 7:30 p.m.) may consist of stray dogs and odd toilet configurations. But no, it…
Thursday TV: Olympics Start, Leno Ends
The first action from Sochi is presented in the clumsily titled XXII Winter Olympics 2014 Primetime (NBC, 8 p.m.), with figure skating, snowboarding and women's freestyle skiing on the schedule.…
Wednesday TV: ‘Top Chef’ Finale in Maui
The eleventh season champion of "Top Chef" (Bravo, 10 p.m.) is crowned in Hawaii and given the $125,000 grand prize. It's between Nina Compton, 34, of Miami, and Nick Elmi,…
Tuesday TV: Don’t Shun PBS’ ‘Shunned’
From the people who gave us the similarly symathetic (and equally slow-moving) "The Amish" last year comes a second documentary that looks at one of their most brutal practices. "The…
‘American Promise’ Finally Comes to TV
Twelve years of shooting, more than 13 years in the making, and a full year after they came to the TV Critics Association winter press tour to promote it, the…