Thursday TV: Vice Presidents and Vampires
Although it would be more dramatic to have a rematch of last week’s Presidential Debate, it may be interesting to see how each candidate handles their single scheduled Vice Presidential…
Wednesday TV: Three New Network Shows
You might think the fall TV season shot off its big guns weeks ago. But tonight is as big a night for premieres as any in the season, with three…
Tuesday TV: A Remarkable ‘Choice’
With the seeming nonstop reporting on the Presidential race, you’d think there’d be nothing but repetition in “The Choice,” the regular in-depth look at the campaign every four years on “Frontline”…
Also on TV: Hip Hop Awards, Dr. Horrible
A bit of violence flared up at this year's BET Hip Hop Awards (BET, 8 p.m.) when it was taped last month in Atlanta. How much of it will appear…
Monday TV: Last Gasp for ‘Gossip Girl’
“Gossip Girl” (The CW, 9 p.m.) should be in its sixth and final season at least “Gossip Young Women” by now. But even in and out of college, the old…
Sunday TV: ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ Back, ‘Steel Magnolia’ Gets A Remake
It was surprising to see how much the reboot decades later of “Upstairs Downstars” was so thoroughly overshadowed by another English import that pretty much was based on the same…
Saturday TV: Radiohead in Austin
“Austin City Limits”(PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) begins its 38th (!) season with a full hour from Radiohead, taped at the show’s new home, the Moody Theater, featuring new…
Friday TV: ‘Sound Tracks,’ Wild Card Play
“Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) takes its mission seriously. As a result, the music newsmagazine swings quickly to individual stories about artits on different…
Thursday TV: Good ‘POV,’ ’30 Rock’
Without tonight’s film on “POV” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings), we may have never learned about the amazing story out of the Phillipines about the death of two young…
Wednesday TV: ‘Supernatural’ Return, The Presidential Debates
It’s one of the great dramas to unfold on TV and the only thing that has the possibility of shaking up something as important as the presidential election. Barack Obama…