PBS’ Own Singing Contest: ‘Broadway or Bust’
The fall’s big network singing competitions begin this week, with three episodes of “The Voice” and two of “The X Factor.” Beating them both to the punch is “Broadway or…
Also on Sunday: 100th ‘Weeds,’ Football
It’s the 100th – and second to last ever – episode of “Weeds” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) and the wind-up has tried to come full circle and bring back favorite former…
Saturday TV: Boxing Brothers, Other Bouts
I don’t keep up with this stuff very well, but apparently the reigning heavyweight boxing champions are a pair of brothers. “Klitschko” (HBO, 5:30 p.m.) chronicles the tale of Wladimir…
Also On Tonight: ‘Stand Up 2 Cancer’
A week after the MDA telethon came and went without Jerry Lewis, a toteboard or scarcely any notice, the telethon that changed the game returns. If you think political conventions…
Wednesday TV: Kickoff Time, and Clinton
Convention politics faces its most formidable competition with the start of NFL football season. First comes the hoopla of "Football Night in America" (NBC, 7:30 p.m.) across state lines at…
Tuesday: Here Come the Dems
The other side gets its chance as the Democratic National Convention (CSPAN, PBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, 7 p.m.; ABC, NBC, CBS, 10 p.m.) begins in Charlotte, N.C. The…
Daniel Tiger Takes Over the Neighborhood
Since Fred Rogers died in 2003, The Kingdom of Make Believe has undergone a coup. Gone are the charming, expressionless rubber handpuppets who populated the kingdom, replaced by technicolored offspring…
Labor Day TV: A New ‘Coma,’ Bourdain’s Last Season
It’s an odd time to revive the 1978 thriller “Coma” (A&E, 9 p.m.). Michael Chrichton, director of the original, died in 2008; Tony Scott, a co-producer of the remake, jumped…
Sunday TV: ‘Breaking Bad’ Finale for Now
It’s been a tense, powerful season for “Breaking Bad” (AMC, 10 p.m.), the one must-watch series of the summer. Walter White, having won the cartel war last year, now must…
Saturday TV: ‘Doctor Who,’ College Football Both Are Back
“Doctor Who” (BBC America, 9 p.m.) returns bigger than ever in what they’re calling the seventh season premiere under the direction of writer Steven Moffat. With bigger than usual adventures…