Tonight: Kelsey Grammer is ‘Boss’
They’re promoting the heck out of “Boss” (Starz, 10 p.m.), the newest original series from the network mostly known for showing movies. Happily, it’s no “Spartacus” (that is to say…
Also Tonight: ‘Pearl Jam 20’ on PBS
“American Masters” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) is always eager to seem up to date. But the TV premiere of “Pearl Jam Twenty” tonight only shows they’re only a…
Thursday TV: ‘Miss Representation,’ ‘Sweet Home Alabama’
Women are possibly more woefully represented on TV today than they were 20 years ago. Kids get a terrible message from what they see. The result is a Congress nearly…
Wednesday TV: World Series Begins
Scotty McCreery, the “American Idol” winner whose debut album hit No. 1, sings the National Anthem to kick off the World Series (Fox, 7:30 p.m.). Game 1 has the Texas…
Tuesday TV: ‘Man Up!,’ Scream Awards, Yet Another GOP Debate
What could be a worse sitcom than last week’s tired Tim Allen vehicle, “Last Man Standing”? ABC answers with the new “Man Up!” (ABC, 8:30 p.m.), another new sitcom with…
On Tonight: Harry Belafonte, Entertainer and Activist
The day after the memorial to Martin Luther King was officially dedicated in Washington comes the story of the singer and humanitarian who was by his side as the battle…
Also On Monday: ‘Lottery’ Life Changing, Vincent Price is Right
There are stories galore of people whose lives were ruined by winning the lottery, and far more of people who squandered money on the bad odds all their lives to…
Sunday TV: ‘Walking Dead’ Returns, ‘Case Histories’
Zombies haven’t so completely taken over the popular imagination that there isn’t still an appetite for the second season of “The Walking Dead” (AMC, 9 p.m.), the stark and effective…
Saturday TV: Soul Food and Italian Realism
The new shows keep spilling out on Oprah Winfrey’s network, and this one’s about a soul food restaurant owned by soul singer Robbie Montgomery: “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” (OWN, 9…
Friday TV: Gilbert, Sullivan, & Nine Musketeers
Fridays on public television once were a time to unwind with the week’s issues, dissected. Now “Washington Week with Gwen Ifilll” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) and “Need to…