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…
Saturday TV: Titanic Goes Down Once More
The 100th anniversary of the most famous shipping disaster means that both the blockbuster made 15 years ago has been refitted into 3D and shipped back to theaters. On TV,…
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…