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…
Sunday TV: Finales for ‘Good Wife,’ ‘Vikings’
Actual New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg shows up for the season finale of "The Good Wife" (CBS, 9 p.m.). The show has done a good job leading up to tonight's…
Saturday TV: Conan Returns to Host White House Correspondents Dinner
Conan O'Brien returns to host the 99th White House Correspondents Dinner (CSPAN, CNN, 8 p.m.), the big surreal event mixing Washington types with guests from Hollywood. It's the most entertaining…
Friday TV: A ‘Carousel’ of Gun Shows
Kelli O'Hara and Nathan Gunn star as Julie Jordan and Billy Bigelow in a version of Rodgers& Hammerstein's "Carousel" with the New York Philharmonic that is performed "Live from Lincoln…
Thursday TV: Ex-Presidents Ride Again
The five living presidents gather this morning for George W. Bush Presidential Library Dedication Ceremony (CNN, CSPAN, 11 a.m.) live from the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. It…
Wednesday TV: LCD Soundsystem Shuts Up
When LCD Soundsystem called it quits in a farewell concert at Madison Square Garden two years ago this month. Fans still mourn the loss of James Murphy's band that brought…