Navratilova First Elimination from ‘Dancing’
One of the most competitive contestants on “Dancing with the Stars” was also the first to be eliminated this season. Martina Navratilova, who has won 18 Grand Slam singles tennis…
Tuesday TV: Evesdropping Scandal, New ‘Best Ink’
Leave it to “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) to lay out the full extent of Rupert Murdoch’s shocking and widespread wiretapping scandal. The report by Lowell Bergman in…
Monday TV: Brooklyn Girls with a Grudge
Bad enough that “Jersey Shore” is preparing a fifth season. Now there are variations of the show, concentrating on dress shops and beauty parlors of the Garden State. Mostly, it’s…
Facing ‘Mad Men’ Return Anew
I’ve done my best to obtain early looks at most of what’s reviewed in this blog, but failed utterly to get on the mailing list for “Mad Men” (AMC, 9…
Also On Sunday: End of ‘Luck,’ Start of Gates’ Genealogy
The advent of the fifth season of “Mad Men” also makes more bittersweet the finale of “Luck” (HBO, 9 p.m.), which, has been building in strength and urgency in the…
Saturday TV: ‘Ball Boys,’ More Madness
A cable staple retools for a network presentation, albeit one that plays in the afternoon. The new “Ball Boys” (ABC, 3 p.m.) is right along the lines of “Pawn Stars,”…
Friday TV: New ‘Fringe,’ ‘Sweet Home’ Finale
Those missing “The Bachelor” can check in on the two hour season finale of “Sweet Home Alabama” (CMT, 9 p.m.) in which a Southern belle named Paige Duke, right, decides…
Thursday TV: ‘Touch’ Premieres Again
I hate the way they roll out new TV series with a one time premiere of a pilot, which does little more than dilute the impact when the series actually…
Wednesday TV: NBC Gets ‘Bent’
The new “Bent” (NBC, 9 and 9:30 p.m.) is not based on the 1979 play on persecution during Nazi Germany (that would be “Hogan’s Heroes”). Instead, it’s a harmless show…
Tuesday TV: Finales for ‘The River,’ ‘Switched at Birth,’ ‘Southland’
Don’t know why audiences haven’t taken to “The River” (ABC, 9 p.m.). I found it to be a pretty compelling little thriller, with commentary on modern television, about a wife…