Tuesday TV: ‘Wait Wait, Don’t Amend Me’
There's a number of ways PBS could approach a series about the Constitution. They could have Ken Burns do it with black and white pictures and old timey music. Or…
Monday TV: Importing an Asian Wife
Filmmaker Debbie Lum was always fascinated with the number of white American men who preferred Asian women. Then again, her own husband was white. But when she started to look…
Sunday TV: Finales for ‘The Amazing Race,’ ‘The Mentalist’ and ‘Red Widow’
Teams full of the best looking people usually don't end up in the finale of "The Amazing Race" (CBS, 8 p.m.). But one team are the brother hockey players, Bates…
Saturday TV: Gordie Howe vs. Abe Lincoln
It's Hockey Night on Hallmark, as the network is the unlikely presenter of a film about Gordie Howe's middle-aged comeback in the short-lived World Hockey Association playing on the Houston…
Friday TV: Marc Maron Stars in a Series
In the absence of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Louie," TV might need a new lovable misanthrope. Filling that bill is Marc Maron, the comedian turned podcast interviewer, who turns his…
Thursday TV: Two New Shows from MTV, ‘Parks and Recreation’ Finale
If grownups can have off-putting personalities as comedy leads, why not teens? "Zach Stone is Gonna be Famous" (MTV, 10:30 p.m.) is a new comedy about a kid who instead…
The Women Behind the ‘Manhunt’ on HBO
Long before either World Trade Center attack, there was a group of women at the CIA who were tracking Osama Bin-Laden and first identified that he even had a secret…
Also on Wednesday: New ‘Tools,’ ‘Big Brain Theory’; ‘The Americans’ Finale
It's not exactly a vote of confidence when your network holds the premiere of your new sitcom until May, when most shows are reaching finales. But that's the fate of…
Tuesday TV: Amy Schumer’s New Show
It seems that just about everyone who has appeared on a Comedy Central roast has been given their own show. The latest may actually stick. "Inside Amy Schumer" (Comedy Central,…
Monday TV: ‘Big C’ Coda, Desert Death
The underrated series "The Big C" receives what it will get as far as closure in something they're calling "The Big C: Hereafter" (Showtime, 10 p.m.). Less a season than…