Also On Tuesday: A Better Cooking Battle
Kitchen battles between name chefs would seem to have been a settled science, but a new show created for a new network brings a hip new attitude to the proceedings.…
Also On Monday: ‘Genealogy Roadshow’
I can only imagine the people lining up with a swab of their own DNA to see how much it's worth, or whatever they do on "Genealogy Roadshow" (PBS, 9…
Sunday TV: The Emmys, of Course, and Football
Awards programs are all starting to look alike, in part because neil Patrick Harris seems to be hosting them all. But there's something big about The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards…
Saturday TV: Creative Emmys First
Last Sunday night's Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (FXX, 9 p.m.) gets an airing on cable, on the recently splintered FX station, giving hints on how tomorrow night's Emmys will…
Friday TV: Shakespearean King Procession
"Let us sit upon the ground, and tell sad stories of the death of kings," Richard II said in Shakespeare's play of the same name. That's the idea, too, behind…
Thursday TV: ‘Million Second’ Winner
The 10 day game show experiment "Million Second Quiz" (NBC, 8 p.m.)comes to a close with its own 7,200 second finale (that is to say, two hours). Ryan Seacrest names…
Wednesday TV: ‘Survivor’ In, ‘Brother’ Out
One of the better episodes each season on "Survivor" (CBS, 8 p.m.) is the ones where loved ones come visit and maybe help compete in a challenge. The whole of…
Tuesday TV: Bad ‘Dads,’ ‘Nine-Nine’ OK
Fox continues rolling out its new season, alone among networks, with a show tonight that is indicative of the new fall season as a whole, "Dads" (Fox, 8 p.m.). That…
Monday TV: ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Awakens
Ichabod Crane was one of the few nerdy antiheroes in American literature. But he couldn't be nerdy on TV. So in the new series "Sleepy Hollow" (Fox, 9 p.m.), he's…
Sunday TV: There She Goes, to ABC
For some reason, after being demoted to cable and held in Vegas, "Miss America" (ABC, 9 p.m.) is back on broadcast prime time and in Atlantic City. Part of the…