Wednesday TV: World Series and Whitney
The World Series (Fox, 7:30 p.m.) begins in San Francisco, still giddy from its Game 7 NLCS win Monday. The Giants have home advantage for Game 1 of the fall…
On Tonight: Reliving the Cuba Missile Crisis
It was fifty years ago this week that the world was on the brink in a way it had never been before – a superpower confrontation that threatened global annihilation…
Also on Tuesday: Climate Doubt, Alt Debate
It’s a strong night on public television, which is topped by an important “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) that looks into the industry the grew up around those…
Monday TV: Game 7 in Debates, NLCS
The third and last Presidential Debate (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CSPAN, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, CNBC, Univision, 9 p.m.) takes place tonight in Boca Raton, Fla., with CBS’ Bob Schieffer…
Sunday TV: ‘Too Many Stars’ and ‘Mr. Bug’
A great array of comic talent is upstaged by a single musical moment on the annual “Night of Too Many Stars” (Comedy Central, 8 and 10 p.m.) fundraiser. Jon Stewart…
Saturday TV: Hitchcock as Predator in ‘The Girl’
Maintaining a thoroughly creepy demeanor was part of Alfred Hitchcock’s image. It sent the tone for unease and tension whether he was giving a cameo in his own films or…
Friday TV: New ‘Hunted,’ Return of ‘Nikita’
As if to reassure viewers it really is late night on Cinemax, its new action series “Hunted” (Cinemax, 10 p.m.) begins with a sex scene. Immediately after, we have to…
Thursday TV: Navajo Disease to Cinerama
Out on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico, Dorey and Yolanda Nez were mourning the death of a son to XP, a rare and fatal skin disease that causes skin…
Wednesday TV: Stinky ‘Horror Story’
The first season of “American Horror Story” began with twisted energy and some promise, but quickly devolved into impenetrable mess that was eventually defined, for Emmy purposes, as a mini-series.…
Tuesday TV: New Doc, Second Debate
In what might be the one of the last new network shows of the fall season to premiere, “Emily Owens, M.D.” (The CW, 9 p.m.) stars Mamie Gummer as a…