Also on Friday: ‘Cracked’ and ‘Foreclosed’
There has been no shortage of Canadian cop show imports all summer, from "Flashpoint" and "Rookie Blue" to "Motive." Now comes a slightly more solid entry on a slightly more…
Thursday TV: Letterman Hits Milestone
Earlier this year, David Letterman quietly broke Johnny Carson's record for longest running late night host. Not being chosen to take Carson's place on "The Tonight Show" may have been…
Wednesday TV: Charisma, McDreamy Go Cable
A couple of actors start new reality careers on cable today with new shows. "Surviving Evil" (Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.) is a true crime story about surviving attackers hosted by…
Tuesday TV: Best Special on ‘The March’
It's the eve of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the "I Have a Dream" speech of Martin Luther King, though you might think the anniversary is…
Monday TV: ‘5 Broken Cameras’ on PBS
Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat never intended to become a documentarian when he bought his first camera to chronicle the young life of his youngest son Gibreel. But as he documened…
Sunday TV: MTV Awards’ Pop Takeover
Kanye West, Katy Perry, Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, Bruno Mars, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Drake and Justin Timberlake are all scheduled to perform live on the pop takeover known as…
Saturday TV: Three Original Movies
Second only to the Amish, polygamous Mormon offshoots are the most represented tiny subculture on TV. In the new TV movie "Escape from Polygamy" (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) Mary McCormack, right,…
Friday TV: The Amazing Williams Sisters
Before they were born, Venus and Serena Williams' dad had a 78-page plan on how they'd each become No. 1 in tennis. The two sisters from Compton followed through and…
Thursday TV: From ‘Sharknado’ to ‘Ghost Shark’
When they used to play on Saturday nights, Syfy's gleeful slate of cheap B-movies from "Frankenfish," "Sharktopus" and "Shark Swarm," they were largely ignored. But when the ticklingly schlocky "Sharknado"…
Wednesday TV: Goofy ‘Modern Dads’
"Modern Dads" (A&E, 10:30 p.m.) certainly isn't the first reality show to be fascinated by the fact that some fathers stay home to care for kids while the wife goes…