On Tonight: Hail to the ‘Veep’
“Veep” (HBO, 10 p.m.) is a raucous, profane, adrenaline rush of a political sendup, set in the second most powerful office of the land, where every political action seems overshadowed…
Also on Sunday: Fox Celebrates Silver Anniversary
With all the other major networks at least twice their age, “Fox’s 25th Anniversary Special” (Fox, 8 p.m.) is a way to celebrate a quarter century since its first prime…
Saturday TV: ‘Franchise’ Peek, ‘Tree of Life’
It seemed at first a random choice to have the newly named Miami Marlins be the focus of the new insider reality series “The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins” (Showtime,…
Friday TV: Two New Titles on CMT, ‘Fringe’ Far, Far in the Future
Two new reality series on the former country music channel gives insight into women we haven’t necessarily been clamoring to follow. “Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country” (CMT, 9 p.m.)…
Thursday TV: Electric Cars and ‘Kathy’
There were few corporate turns as shocking as General Motors’ course in 2006, which after introducing an electric car, the EV1, that environmentalist minded consumers loved, they recalled as many…
Wednesday TV: Ships Sink, ‘Revenge’ Resurfaces
Months after the capsizing of the Costa Concordia and a full century after the Titanic, a new “Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) attempts to explain why ships sink.…
Tuesday TV: Could ‘Glee’ Kill Robin Gibb?
The poor guy is in a coma, all it could take is one small thing to send him beyond this life. Like "Glee" (Fox, 8 p.m.) doing a salute to…
Monday TV: ‘Top Gear’ in High Gear
Following a two hour version of "Top Gear" (BBC America, 9 p.m.), in which the team travels to the former Empire holding, India, the show's Richard Hammond, goes off to…
Lena Dunham and the New ‘It’ ‘Girls’
It’s easy to think of Lena Dunham’s new series “Girls” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) as a kind of anti-“Sex and the City,” a reality check for young women who imagined fashion…
Also on Sunday: New Cops, ‘Drood’
They’re playing up the fact that Robert De Niro produces the new rookie cop series “NYC 22” (CBS, 10 p.m.). But the more telling credit goes to its writer and…