Sunday TV: Kennedy Center Honors
Honorees for The 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (CBS, 9 p.m.), a rare bright spot in the desert of holiday week programming, are Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, Shirley MacLaine, Carlos Santana…
Saturday TV: Gladys Knight, Reality Star
She's received nine Grammys, is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and partiipated on "Dancing with the Stars." At 70 she's still touring and had a song featured…
Canonizing Marvin Hamlisch
You could hardly find a more laudatory documentary about a show business figure than the one tonight premiering on "American Masters" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings). "Marvin Hamlisch: What…
Also On Friday: Nikita’s End and Other Celebs
She's kicked all the butt she's going to kick and now "Nikita" (The CW, 9 p.m.), the glamorous action adventure that could, ends its run with a series finale and…
Thursday TV: Food, Bowl Games, No Boxing
Just as there may be an explosion of food and goodies around the house on holiday week, there are a lot of new food shows starting tonight as well. The…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Doctor Who’ Calling
Christmas is a day of reruns, marathons and, for some reason, NBA games on American TV. But in Britain, it's the day that is set aside for special episodes of…
Tuesday TV: Merry Christmas, You Wonderful Old Building and Loan!
The most beloved Christmas movie used to be shown at least twice during the season. But NBC had a hit with its live remake of "The Sound of Music" and…
Monday TV: Sushi, Shrek and ‘Sing-Off’
If visions of Asian food is what's dancing in your head this time of year, you're similar to the subject of David Gelb's film "Jiro Dreams of Sushi," in which…
Sunday TV: Remembering Gandolfini
Sunday seems a little bereft of series this week, with so many of them having had their finales. No Sunday night series is missed so much as "The Sopranos" and…
Saturday TV: A Different Charlie Brown Special
Network TV seems to be saying: You should be at a holiday party tonight. Everything on is a rerun. But at least there is the second most popular "Peanuts" Christmas…