Friday TV: Lionel Goes Country; ‘Casablanca’s 70th
This may have been a big event 30 years ago. And yet it may be again. “ACM Presents Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert” (CBS, 9 p.m.) features the 80s…
Monday TV: New Hotel Fixer, Bronx Mama’s Boys
On the new “Hotel Impossible” (Travel, 10 p.m.), cranky bald-headed hospitality expert Anthony Melchorn. left, flies into troubled hotels and tries to turn them around – Gordon Ramsay style. But…
Sunday TV: ‘The Client List’ vs. ‘The Easter Parade’
What was once just a bad Lifetime movie has now been made into a bad Lifetime series. “The Client List” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.) stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, and her figure,…
Saturday TV: ‘Ten Commandments,’ ‘Q’Viva’ Finale
It’s not quite Christmas when it comes to TV specials and annual traditions, but you can always count on the sprawling network Saturday night rollout of “The Ten Commandments” (ABC,…
Friday TV: ‘Magic City’ Starts Again, Masters
There were actors in period costumes and a cool late 50s car on South Beach Thursday, trying to scare up some in interest in “Magic City” (Starz, 10 p.m.), the…
Thursday TV: ‘Scandal’ Mongering,
Some shows are just bad, others are just hatful. “Scandal” (ABC, 10 p.m.), starring Kerry Washington, left, in a preposterous D.C. caper, is in the latter category. She portrays a…
Wednesday TV: New Sitcom, Old Pratfalls
Jessica St. Clair has been in about a million things on TV (including "Samatha Who?" "United States of Tara," "Worst Week," "In the Motherhood," "Notes from the Underbelly," "Sons of…
Tuesday TV: Dam Idea, Results for ‘Voice,’ ‘Dance’ and GOP
There are a lot of contemporary parallels in the huge public project sold in the depths of a depression to get Americans to work and create energy found in the…
Monday TV: Bios of Two Southern Writers, Championship too
Two Southern women who earned worldwide fame for writing a single novel – and never releasing another – are profiled separately tonight on back-to-back editions of “American Masters” (PBS, 9…
‘The Killing’ Returns With a Plan
Cynics will likely take note that the second season of “The Killing” (AMC, 8 p.m.) occurs on April Fools Day. Some viewers felt like they were fooled when the first…