Wednesday TV: Clio Awards for Ads, First Olympic Game
With the greater adherence to DVRS that zip past ads and now Dish developing a device that will automatically hop over them, the pressure is on Madison Avenue to create…
Tuesday TV: Finales for ‘Deadliest Catch,’ ‘Wild,’ ‘Design Star
The opillo-crab season comes to an end, as does the eighth season of “The Deadliest Catch” (Discovery, 8 p.m.) in a two hour episode that includes some critical injuries. It’s…
Monday TV: Here Comes ‘Bachelor Pad’
Fresh from “The Bachelor,” here comes “Bachelor Pad” (ABC, 8 p.m.) in which rejects, well honed villains, and even a couple of past winners (one of whom is an incredible…
Sunday TV: Teen Choice, ‘Bachelorette’ Finale
Let me stop from writing about the TCAs for a moment to talk about the TCAs. It’s been a bit of a mixup this weekend that the reporters tweeting about…
Saturday TV: Couple of Cable Movies, Past Olympic Glories
Gary Cole has the ability to play some strange roles. But few are as strange as Canadian Air Force Colonel Russsell Williams, who presided in a town where he was…
Friday TV: ‘Portlandia’ Brunch Special, Hold the Grilled Cheese
It’s been a long dry spell for “Portlandia,” the funny sketch series with a keen sense of place. Having won a couple of Emmy nominations this week, it’s between seasons…
Thursday TV: ‘Project Runway’ Return, New ‘Sullivan & Son’
“Project Runway” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.) usually ends at a big runway event, namely New York Fashion Week. However, for the 10th season of the design competition starts with a runway…
Wednesday TV: ‘Mama Drama,’ Desperate Landscape
There’s no shortage of people to dislike on reality TV. And here’s 10 more of them. The new “Mama Drama” (VH1, 11 p.m.) features five mother-daughter combinations. The girls act…
‘History Detectives’ Search for Dylan’s 1965 Newport Guitar
History isn’t what it used to be. At least on “The History Detectives” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings). Here it is their 100th episode, kicking off its 10th season…
Also On Tuesday: ‘American Gypsies’
There are moments in the new “American Gypsies” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.0 when you may actually learn something about the colorful and until recently, quite closed culture of the Romani…