Monday TV: ‘Sing-Off’ Carols, Country Awards, ‘Mortified’
What if they stopped all the competition, eliminations and prizes in the singing shows? You’d be left with an old fashioned variety special. And that’s what “The Sing-Off Holiday Special”…
Sunday TV: ‘Neverland’ and Football
The world wasn’t begging for a “Peter Pan” prequel, but here’s a miniseries, “Neverland” (Syfy, 9 p.m.), purporting to tell how Peter came to lead the island retreat for the…
Character Parts A Handy Skill for Buscemi on ‘SNL’
In the eight years since Steve Buscemi last hosted "Saturday Night Live," he's seen his star rise on his casting in HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" as the ruthless and very well…
Saturday TV: New British Import ‘Would You Rather’
Your feelings toward British TV may be skewed y the fact that we see just about the best stuff they’re producing, through “Masterpiece” on PBS, or use on BBC America.…
Friday TV: High and Low Minded Fare
British drama is likely to pop up all over the dial these days – not just on PBS or BBC America but now on a Starz offshoot channel. “The Take”…
Astro, Drew Both Cut on ‘X Factor’
Bad night for the single-named teens on “The X Factor.” Both Astro and Drew got the boot to close out Michael Jackson week and to tie in with the theme,…
Thursday TV: Elephant Freedom, CMT Christmas
David Balding built his whole St. Louis-based circus after his beloved elephant Flora. And though she did a lot of tricks, he realized she would never really be happy until…
Gaga, Grammys and L.L.
Staging a concert to announce the Grammys, as the National Society of Recording Arts and Sciences have done for four years now, all but admits that the most important thing…
Michael Jackson Night on ‘X-Factor’
Michael Jackson’s kids have a dismal life ahead for reasons other than their names -- Blanket, Comforter and Throw Pillow I think is what they are. They also have to…
Tree, Beiber, Both Light Up
Santa Claus hasn’t appeared on the “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” treelighting special in years. But another magical man who can cover a lot of ground in one night did stop…