Monday TV: Models Age and Are Sage
You could watch a dozen seasons of “America’s Next Top Model” and never glean the knowledge dropped by the wise and often trailblazing women featured in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ documentary “About…
Sunday TV: Inspector Lewis Solves David Soul Mystery
The quartet of new Inspector Lewis mysteries on “Masterpiece Mystery” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) wraps up with the murder investigation of a visiting American professor with a controversial theory…
Friday TV: Olympic Opening And Not Much Else
There’s plenty of pressure on London's Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games (NBC, 7:30 p.m.) to live up to the big event in China four years ago. While the…
Thursday TV: Pre-Olympic Documentaries
Even the independent documentary showcases are falling for the competition on the eve of the Olympics. Tonight “Independent Lens” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) returns to close its season,…
Wednesday TV: Clio Awards for Ads, First Olympic Game
With the greater adherence to DVRS that zip past ads and now Dish developing a device that will automatically hop over them, the pressure is on Madison Avenue to create…
Tuesday TV: Finales for ‘Deadliest Catch,’ ‘Wild,’ ‘Design Star
The opillo-crab season comes to an end, as does the eighth season of “The Deadliest Catch” (Discovery, 8 p.m.) in a two hour episode that includes some critical injuries. It’s…
Monday TV: Here Comes ‘Bachelor Pad’
Fresh from “The Bachelor,” here comes “Bachelor Pad” (ABC, 8 p.m.) in which rejects, well honed villains, and even a couple of past winners (one of whom is an incredible…
Sunday TV: Teen Choice, ‘Bachelorette’ Finale
Let me stop from writing about the TCAs for a moment to talk about the TCAs. It’s been a bit of a mixup this weekend that the reporters tweeting about…
Saturday TV: Couple of Cable Movies, Past Olympic Glories
Gary Cole has the ability to play some strange roles. But few are as strange as Canadian Air Force Colonel Russsell Williams, who presided in a town where he was…
Friday TV: ‘Portlandia’ Brunch Special, Hold the Grilled Cheese
It’s been a long dry spell for “Portlandia,” the funny sketch series with a keen sense of place. Having won a couple of Emmy nominations this week, it’s between seasons…