Thursday TV: Another Singing Competition
Gee, it's been a few weeks without a network singing competition. So here's "The Winner Is..." (NBC, 9 p.m.), a competition among six acts, who also compete in skill competition…
On Tonight: Get On Board ‘The Bridge’
One of the best new series this year comes in the dead of summer, where it may initially be mistaken for another cable drama shows. "The Bridge" (AMC, FX, 10…
Also on Wednesday: ‘Camp,’ ‘Secret America,’ ‘R&B Divas: Los Angeles’
Seems fitting to sneak in a new summer series set in the seasonal world of sleepaway camps. Even a bad one. Rachel Griffiths stars as the head of "Camp" (NBC,…
Tuesday TV: History with Alcohol on Its Breath
An amusing bit on the "Funny or Die" website has been parlayed into the newest series on Comedy Central. "Drunk History" (Comedy Central, 10 p.m.) has a series of comedians…
Monday TV: More ‘Gasland,’ More Chilling
Josh Fox's first "Gasland" film set the tone for the fight against fracking for natural gas with its indelible images of contaminated tap water going up in flames. It also…
Sunday TV: More from Young Inspector Morse
Inspector Endeavour Morse returns for a four episodes of prequel capers on "Masterpiece Mystery!" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), the first about a doctor found dead in a public…
Saturday TV: ‘Brooklyn DA’ Hangs It Up
We're back from vacation, only to find most of TV is on vacation as well. The short summer season of the documentary series "Brooklyn DA" (CBS, 9 p.m.) comes to…
Wednesday TV: Guys Choice Awards, ‘Roughness’
Do guys really need their own awards show? They get one anyway in the 2013 Guys Choice Awards (Spike 9 p.m.), where categories include Most Dangerous Man, Best Lincoln, The Original…
Tuesday TV: Getting ‘Twisted’ After ‘Liars’
ABC Family is throwing out some interesting premises anyway. Pregnant teens, a couple of moms as foster parents and now a kid who killed his aunt as a child now…
Monday TV: The Pussy Riot Story
Russia never really got performance art. Nor did they ever understand punk music. So when the radical young women in an artists' collective called Pussy Riot pulled on their day-glo…