Tuesday TV: ‘Dance,’ ‘Idol,’ Draw Seasons to End
Chances are the person selected to win “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 9 p.m.) will be the least well known personality on the show yet. To confirm this slide from…
Monday TV: ‘House’ Closing, ‘Ninja’ Invasion
As great as dramas have become on cable, the same improvement can’t be found on broadcast TV, where most hour long shows are still bad variations on cop, hospital and…
Sunday TV: Billboard Awards, Jesse Stone Returns, ‘Sherlock’ Finale
Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen host the 2012 Billboard Music Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.) from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, not because they’re singers or musicians but because they…
Saturday TV: Gregg Toland’s Eye, Mick on ‘SNL’
The luxurious black and white cinematography of Gregg Toland is featured tonight on Turner Classic Movies, starting with the movie that won him an Oscar, the 1939 “Wuthering Heights” (TCM,…
Friday TV: Shakespearian Opera, ‘Supernatural’ Finale
The great thing about the Met Live in HD series, that brings live broadcasts of opera to 1,700 theaters around the world, is that the performances usually end up on…
Five Dramas Coming from The CW
The CW announced five new dramas for its 2012-2013 schedule Thursday and unlike all the other broadcast networks that preceded them in the week of upfront presentations, no comedies. But…
Thursday TV: Fighting Power and Finales
Empowering and inspiring, the Mexican American Studies Program in Tuscon obliterated dropout rates. While nationally, 48 percent of Mexican American students drop out, 98 percent of the program’s students graduated…
Wednesday TV: Koalas and Finales
They may make cute stuffed animals, but koalas are mean little things who bark and fight about mating and are now invading the suburbs of Brisbane. With all the males…
Tuesday TV: Kids vs. School Lunch, Several Finales
The hard-hitting series "The Weight of the Nation" (HBO, 8 p.m.) concludes its two day event tonight, with some hopeful news about how kids took it upon themselves to improve…
Monday TV: Here’s Johnny …And Howard
The man who made late night TV what it is for 30 years, now nearly forgotten by younger audiences, is given his due in a fascinating and thorough biography on…