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…
Thursday TV: ‘Bones’ Back, Deaf Poetry
The balance to be struck on most network procedurals is between the time spent on crime on how much we get to know the investigators. Because Emily Deschanel’s starring character…
Wednesday TV: Blondes on Parade, ‘Top Chef’ in Texas
Blondes battle it out all month on Turner Classic Movies, starting tonight with Marilyn Monroe in “Niagara” (8 p.m.) and “Some Like It Hot” (9:45 p.m.); Jayne Mansfield in “The…
Tuesday TV: Baseball Gone; ‘Glee,’ ‘New Girl’ Return
The end of baseball means Fox can try to resurrect a season that started well for them. That means the first new episode of “Glee” (Fox, 8 p.m.) in a…
Monday TV: Will Ferrell’s Twain Prize, Halloween
“The Mark Twain Prize” (PBS, 9 p.m.) seems to be less and less about Samuel Clemens and more about who’s available. Hence this year’s 14th annual winner, Will Ferrell, who…
Sunday TV: ‘Allen Gregory,’ Simpson’s ‘Treehouse’
The latest addition to Fox’s Sunday night animation lineup doesn’t look like the others. “Allen Gregory” (Fox, 8:30 p.m.) is the stylishly drawn saga of a super precocious turned pretentious,…
Saturday TV: U2, Zombies and Witches Among Original Movies
It’s the 20th anniversary of “Achtung Baby,” U2’s big album that produced such songs as “One” and “Mysterious Ways.” A new documentary about its making, “From the Sky Down” (Showtime,…