Wednesday TV: A Fall Hit: ‘Up All Night’
With a half dozen new and returning shows tonight, you might be fooled into thinking that the fall season is here on broadcast TV. It certainly has one of the…
Tuesday TV: New ‘Ringer’; ‘90210,’ ‘Parenthood’ Return
The first new network show of the fall broadcast season brings Sarah Michelle Geller back as twin sisters in “Ringer” (CW, 9 p.m.). The ne’er do well sister takes her…
Monday TV: Gaga with Gaultier, ‘Pad’ Ends
The networks’ fall TV season by and large begins next week, but The CW tries to get some attention once more by starting a bit early. They begin with a…
On TV Tonight: A Hopeful ‘Rebirth’
The best film among the onslaught of works on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is one by a first time documentary filmmaker that begins to scratch the surface of the…
Your Other 9/11 Choices
Robert De Niro, right, is enlisted to provide brief opening remarks to “9/11: Ten Years Later” (CBS, 8 p.m.), largely a replay of the original TV film by the French…
A Soft Landing for HBO’s ‘Entourage’ Finale
The gang on TV's "Entourage" (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) never seemed to grow up in their years in Hollywood. Eight years after one of the guys from the borough became a…
Other Sunday TV: Finales for ‘Curb,’ ‘True Blood’
It’s a night of finales on HBO. In addition to “Entourage” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.), ending its run, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO, 10 p.m.) ends its eighth season with a finale…
Other Saturday TV: More 9/11 Tributes
The McCartney documentary isn’t the only mention of 9/11 in programming today. “Voices from Inside the Towers” (History, 9 p.m.) is, as the title indicates, constructed from voice messages from…
Friday TV: Cavett and Brooks Talk, ‘Torchwood’ Finale
It’s been more than 30 years since the heyday of “The Dick Cavett Show,” a late nght program that really concentrated on good conversation. Cavett has been called back into…
Thursday TV: Obama Speaks, NFL Kicks Off
It’s an indication of his presidency that Barack Obama caved to Republican criticism that his planned jobs speech to a joint session of Congress was scheduled the same day as…