Bill T. Jones Reanimates Lincoln
The PBS Arts Fall Festival reaches a high note with an inside look at how an artist creates a major dance and theater piece in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial.…
Also on Friday: Hero Dogs, Shea’s Last Stand
Here’s an awards show that stands out from the rest, on its hind legs. On the first ever American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards (Hallmark, 8 p.m.), eight canines from…
Thursday TV: Getting Ready for Veterans’ Day
Filmmaker Heather Courtney returned to her hometown of Hancock, Mich., in the state’s snowy Upper Peninsula to follow a group of childhood friends who go from sleds and graffiti art…
Wednesday TV: CMA Awards, College Basketball Returns
All five nominees for Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association will perform at the gala CMA Awards Show (ABC, 8 p.m.), live from Nashville. Those nominees include…
Reliving Vietnam in HD
Those who fought the war probably have vivid images in their mind 24 hours a day. Still there’s something about “Vietnam in HD” (History, 9 p.m.) that promises an enhanced…
Also on Tuesday: The Auburn vs. Alabama Rivalry
Documentaries have been made about the intense rivalries between Red Sox and Yankees fans the devotees of Michigan football and that of Ohio State, or Duke vs. North Carolina. But…
Monday TV: Brian Williams Tries Again
“Rock Center with Brian Williams” (NBC, 10 p.m.), the newsmagazine that sounds like a Don Kirshner concert knockoff, had its start on Halloween night last week from Rockefeller Center, which…
‘Hell on Wheels’ Builds a Railroad
The building of the transcontinental railroad is such a good subject for a series, it’s a wonder something like “Hell on Wheels” (AMC, 10 p.m.) hasn’t happened before. Just a…
Also on Sunday: Pretty Great ‘Page Eight’
For all the quality on TV tonight, from “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO, 9 p.m.) to “Homeland” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) and “Dexter” (Showtime, 9 p.m.), the best thing might be the feature-length…
Friday TV: Pat Summitt Talks and ‘The Wizard of Oz’
University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach is soon to embark on her 39th year of coaching with her biggest obstacle a diagnosis for early onset dementia. She tells her story…