Sunday TV: ‘Falling Skies’ returns, ‘Killing’ Solved
A year ago, it seemed that of the big new Steven Spielberg projects on TV, the big budget broadcast TV dinosaur drama was the big deal, while the lowly alien…
Saturday TV: ‘Blue Lagoon’ Bests ‘Cupcake’
It’s almost a right of passage, albeit a creepy one, that Hollywood thinks it needs to remark “The Blue Lagoon” every generation, so young people can be introduced to the…
Friday TV: Highwire Over Niagara
Walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls has been banned for 175 years. But because the economy is so bad up there, they decided to let one of the Flying Wallendas…
Also on Thursday: The Early Days of AIDS in San Francisco
The epidemic of deaths among gay men in the early 80s was a frightening, unexplained scourge on the burgeoning community of San Francisco, where more than 1,000 people were dying…
Back to Southfork: ‘Dallas’ Returns
Television has had its share of remade shows, retooled for a new generation in a process given the computer-age moniker “reboot.” Some, like “90120” and “Hawaii Five-0,” have done better…
Also on Wednesday: Further FLOTUS, ‘Dream Team’
The First Lady has been on a lot of TV shows lately. The most unusual appearance may be tonight’s on “Restaurant: Impossible” (Food Network, 10 p.m..) in which Michelle Obama…
Tuesday TV: NBA Finals, ‘Thorne’ Start
With the Stanley Cup wrapped up, we may turn our attention to the NBA Finals which begin tonight in Oklahoma City, with game 1 of Heat at Thunder (ABC, 10…
What Are ‘Bunheads’ Anyway?
Fans of “Gilmore Girls” can take heart in more than reruns and Alex Bledel popping up on “Mad Men.” The show’s spirit has been virtually resuscitated in a new series…
Also on Monday: ‘Hollywood’ Soap and Hockey in L.A.
The last time English-language American TV adopted a Spanish-language telenovela, it was “Ugly Betty.” This time, it’s resulted in “Hollywood Nights” (Nickelodeon, 9 p.m.), about a bunch of hopefuls in…
Sunday TV: Tony Awards, ‘Mad Men,’ ‘Killing’ Finales
Neil Patrick Harris returns to host The 66th Annual Tony Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.) from the Beacon Theatre in New York. The adaptation of “Once” leads all shows with 11…