Wednesday TV: Two More from Esquire
Another two new shows debut on the Esquire Network, as they continue to slowly fill up their schedule. In one, former NBA player Baron Davis asks famous people about their…
Tuesday TV: David Blaine, Breaking Bad
He's not locked in a box or hanging from a chain, but he is hosting a 90 minute sweeps month magic special. So "David Blaine: Real or Magic" (ABC, 9:30…
Monday TV: Remembering Moms Mabley
Jackie "Moms" Mabley got her start on Vaudeville, raised by the popular act Butterbeans and Susie. Soon she was a prime attraction on the chitlin circuit using the persona that…
Sunday TV: ‘Almost Human’ Almost OK
For all its futuristic hype, the new series "Almost Human" (Fox, 8 p.m.) is pretty much another buddy cop series that begins with one partner really disliking the other. The…
Saturday TV: Tyson Chews Scenery, Too
A charm offensive from Mike Tyson, the former world heavyweight champion and felon, convicted rapist, brawler and ear biter doesn't quite succeed. There's just too much to overcome and we're not…
Friday TV: ‘Raising Hope’ Returns
The fourth season of "Raising Hope" (Fox, 9:30 p.m.) starts,and by now Hope is practically in kindergarten. The cast of Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt, Lucas neff and Cloris Leachman is…
Thursday TV: McGinley on ‘Ground Floor’
The jutting jaw of John C. McGinley, the in-your-face Dr. Cox on "Scrubs" for nearly a decade, returns as the head of another new workplace comedy. In "Ground Floor" (TBS,…
Wednesday TV: Modern Forensics on Old Crime
By the time the 50th anniversary comes around in less than three weeks, we ought to have solved the JFK assassination, the way documentaries are popping out night by night.…
Tuesday TV: TV Promotion on ’20/20′
The deadliest natural disaster in the history of the Phillipines isn't newsworthy enough for ABC News. So instead of a prime time special on the typhoon that is thought to…
Monday TV: Veterans Day Crisis Line
The best way to mark Veterans Day on TV is to take in the gripping work of an overly-busy assistant center in upstate New York in Ellen Goosenberg Kent's documentary…