Tuesday TV: State of the Union and Oscar Nominations
With a Republican debate every other night, it seems, for weeks running, it might be a change of pace to hear Barack Obama deliver his State of the Union (ABC,…
The Last ‘Prime Suspect’ Airs Tonight
“Prime Suspect” (NBC, 9 p.m.) winds up its unsuccessful season by showing its final two episodes before the hat is retired for good. Network chief Robert Greenblatt told TV critics…
Also on Sunday: Championships and Auditions
Clear the decks and cheer on the players of the next Super Bowl. They’ll come from the winners of the conference championships, Ravens vs. Patriots (CBS, 3 p.m.) and Giants…
Saturday TV: Rob Lowe in Mustache, ‘Bayou Billionaires’
Almost quarterly, you can count on a juicy, torn-from-the-headlines TV movie peopled by favorites from other shows, thoroughly enjoying doing something different. The star tonight is Rob Lowe, who takes…
Friday TV: Boxing Trainers, Opera, Sharks
Peter Berg turns on the camera and pretty much lets the action happen in hisnew series “On Freddie Roach” (HBO, 9:30 p.m.), following the famous boxing trainer of the Wild…
Thursday TV: ‘Unsupervised,’ ‘Idol’ in Pittsburgh
FX lucked out when it went into the animation business, presenting the funny “Archer” (FX, 10 p.m.), the spy caper that starts its third season with a star turn by…
Also Wednesday: ‘Mistresses’ Return, Helgenberger Walks
I’m not much for soap operas, but there’s something about the UK import “Mistresses” (BBC America, 10 p.m.) that is appealing to me. It could be the maturity of the…
On Tonight: ‘Justified’ Returns
The highly esteemed “Justified” (FX, 10 p.m.) returns for its third season at its highest profile yet. Timothy Olyphant’s portrayal of U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens is now poised to eclipse…
Also On Tuesday: Custer’s Land Stand and a Couple of Season Premieres
An underlying American archetype for either the hero or the aggressor, George Armstrong Custer continues to reverberate in the culture. In the well-wrought portrait “Custer’s Last Stand” premiering tonight on…
Monday TV: Breaking Into ‘Alcatraz’
Those missing a certain something on TV these days may be cheered by the debut tonight of “Alcatraz” (Fox, 8 p.m.). It’s not exactly “Lost,” but it has J.J. Abrams,…