Monday TV: ‘Deception,’ ‘Reportoro’ and ‘Staircase’
The new network drama "Deception" (NBC, 10 p.m.) plays like the first half of a glossier-than-usual Lifetime mystery, with the childhood friend of a dead heiress, now a cop, goes undercover…
Sunday TV: Long Premieres for ‘Abbey,’ ‘Loser’
It's great to have "Downton Abbey" back on "Masterpiece Classic" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), though public television seems set on messing with the magic by its odd manner…
Saturday TV: Dog Whispering Abroad
Soon after the fanfare surrounding the end of "The Dog Whisperer" (Nat Geo Wild, 7 and 11 p.m.), Cesar Millan is back, after an apparent midlife location change. He's moved…
Friday TV: Going Back to ‘Portlandia,’ Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’
One of the funniest and best-observed comedies on TV, “Portlandia” (IFC, 10 p.m.) returns for a second season at the top of its game. Fred Armisen is consistently more creative…
Thursday TV: Congressman Cao
With the new year already marred by another ugly partisan showdown, the timely “Mr. Cao Goes to Washington” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) shines a light on a man…
Wednesday TV: ‘The Hour’ Finale, Multi ‘Mobbed’
The second season of “The Hour” (BBC America, 9 p.m.) gets extra credit for keeping us entertained with well-paced, gripping, beautifully looking period drama at a time when most TV…
New Year’s Day TV: The Jewish Influence on Broadway Musicals
What sounds at first like an exceedingly semetic way of looking at the Great White Way, a new examination on “Great Performances” (PBS, 9:30 p.m., check local listings) titled “Broadway…
New Year’s Eve TV: Dick Clark Lives
Dick Clark is among those who died this year, but he's very much alive on the last day of the year in two of the biggest shows celebrating the changing…
Sunday TV: No Holiday for the Midwife
Holidays are a big thing in the UK -- not just a time for reruns, as they seem to be around here. So long after the finale of the first…
Saturday TV: A Glimpse Into the Cave
The cave of Chauvet-Pontd’Arc in Southern France, where 30,000 year old cave drawings were found by archeologists in 1994, is the subject of Werner Herzog’s acclaimed documentary, “Cave of Forgotten…