Wednesday TV: ‘American Idol’ in Hollywood
With the auditions over, "American Idol" (Fox 8 p.m.) moves to Hollywood. There, you'll be pressed to recall all the voices that were passed through to the new level (mainly…
Tuesday TV: ‘Smash’ Back, Silicon Valley Visit
"Smash" (NBC, 9 p.m.) returns for another try in a second season. The Marilyn Monroe musical is poised to open on Broadway, but there are complications. Primarily there are more…
Monday TV: Kelley’s Back, Strong Church Doc
David E. Kelley, who had multiple shows on TV at once, from "Chicago Hope" to "The Practice" with "Ally McBeal" to "Harry's Law," returns to the medical procedural on the…
Sunday TV: Bowls, in Both Super and Puppy
Apparently there's a football game on tonight. Baltimore vs. San Francisco (CBS, 6:25 p.m.) represents Super Bowl XLVII. It's not just the game, though; it's the other fuss, the overdone…
Saturday TV: Lifetime Widow Pic ‘Betty & Coretta’
Black History Month takes a strange turn tonight with the TV movie "Betty & Coretta" (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), about the friendship and alliance between the widows of Martin Luther King…
Farewell to ’30 Rock’
Tough to say goodbye to one of the smartest and most consistent network comedies of the century. "30 Rock " (NBC, 8 p.m.) bids farewell after seven seasons and a…
Also on Thursday: Already Doing Harm
"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" has been adapted and ripped off so many times on TV, it's hardly surprising that there's yet another one posing as…
Also on Wednesday: Commercials with Commercials
There's one day a year people really pay attention to commercials, and it's this Sunday. But to stretch out that moment, and to pretend that past years really gave us…
Tuesday TV: Henry Ford and Some New Shows
Henry Ford's history is long and winding enough to have several good stories in it. For Sarah Colt's film on his life for "American Experience" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local…
Monday TV: ‘Dallas’ and Other Texas Concerns
Even more compelling than the season starting "Who Shot J.R.?" resolution, this season's handling of the death of Larry Hagman, the actor who played J.R. in the original and revived…