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,…
Friday TV: ‘Grimm’ vs. Game 7
It would seem suddenly that storybook characters are all the rage, as a second new network drama based on them begins. The first of them, “Once Upon a Time,” actually…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Whitechapel,’ ‘Top Chef: Just Desserts’ Finale
BBC America has had a knack for putting in some pretty strong dramas on Wednesday night, following “The Hour” and the second season of “Luther” now with “Whitechapel” (BBC America,…
Tuesday TV: Sports Docs, A Live ‘X Factor’
The epicenter for high school basketball these days isn’t somewhere in Indiana – it’s in gritty New Jersey where three teams in the industrial north of the state battle it…
Monday TV: Monsters and Such
In-laws may be challenging, but does that mean we should call them “Monster In-Laws” (A&E , 10 and 10:30 p.m.)? It’s a little misleading, especially a week from “Halloween” (AMC,…
Sunday TV: Stranded in Storybrooke
Because Disney owns ABC, and Disney has also appropriated just about every fairy tale out there, they take a handful to create the misguided new fantasy “Once Upon a Time”…
Saturday TV: Decemberists, Nina Foch
The Decemberists play from their album from earlier this year, “The King is Dead” on a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings). Actress Nina Foch, left,…
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…