BWI to LAX to TCA
A full day of travel from East to West Coast meant I got to avoid all of the lurid coverage of the massacre in Colorado. Just as well. Nonstop coverage…
Friday TV: ‘Portlandia’ Brunch Special, Hold the Grilled Cheese
It’s been a long dry spell for “Portlandia,” the funny sketch series with a keen sense of place. Having won a couple of Emmy nominations this week, it’s between seasons…
‘Horror Story’ Ties ‘Mad Men’ for Most Emmy Nominations
Nominees for the 64th Emmy Awards announced early Thursday showed fealty toward recent cable winners while making way for expanded nominations for PBS favorites, and a slight of hand involving…
Thursday TV: ‘Project Runway’ Return, New ‘Sullivan & Son’
“Project Runway” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.) usually ends at a big runway event, namely New York Fashion Week. However, for the 10th season of the design competition starts with a runway…
Wednesday TV: ‘Mama Drama,’ Desperate Landscape
There’s no shortage of people to dislike on reality TV. And here’s 10 more of them. The new “Mama Drama” (VH1, 11 p.m.) features five mother-daughter combinations. The girls act…
New Dylan Album ‘Tempest’ Due Sept. 11
Bob Dylan releases his 35th studio album, “Tempest,” on Sept. 11, 2012, his label announced Tuesday. It will mark the 50th anniversary of Dylan’s first album on Columbia. Ten new…
‘History Detectives’ Search for Dylan’s 1965 Newport Guitar
History isn’t what it used to be. At least on “The History Detectives” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings). Here it is their 100th episode, kicking off its 10th season…
Also On Tuesday: ‘American Gypsies’
There are moments in the new “American Gypsies” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.0 when you may actually learn something about the colorful and until recently, quite closed culture of the Romani…
Monday TV: PBS Unleashes ‘Market Warriors’
One of the greatest successes of public television was to adapt a British series into “Antiques Roadshow” (PBS, 8 and 10 p.m., check local listings), a winning combination of treasure…
Sunday TV: New ‘Political Animals’ vs. Returning ‘Breaking Bad’
Greg Berlanti, executive producer of “Everwood” and “Dirty Sexy Money” has always had a special interest in politics. But just as his “Jack & Bobby” was no “West Wing”; his…