The Governor and the Talk Show
Al Gore was all excited earlier this month announcing the newest show for his Current TV schedule at the TV critics press tour. Who needs another political talk show? Well…
Monday TV: Blair a Bride on ‘Gossip Girl,’ ‘Drag Race’ Revs Up Again
“Gossip Girl” (The CW, 8 p.m.) reaches a couple of milestones tonight. It’s its 100th episode, for one thing, making it ripe for syndication down the road. More substantially, it’s…
Milch’s Faith in ‘Luck’ Audience
There’s no question that tonight’s first episode of “Luck” on HBO is a tough one – a new series about life at the track with no specific explainer about what’s…
How Jeremy Irons Became a Bar Rag
The latest credit for the distinguished Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons comes tonight on a new episode of “The Simpsons,” as a 1,000 year old piece of cloth that has ended…
Sunday TV: Patience for Good ‘Luck,’ SAG Awards
It may be difficult to muster the requisite excitement for the start of the new series “Luck” (HBO, 9 p.m.). After the pilot from David Milch and director Michael Mann…
Everybody Sings Dylan
How many Bob Dylan tribute albums have there been – just in the last decade or so? There was the international cast on the soundtrack to his “Masked and Anonymous”;…
Saturday TV: Namath Documentary, Three TV Movies
For this weekend’s pause in pro football before next week’s Super Bowl, it’s time to recall one of the NFL’s biggest superstars. “Namath” (HBO, 9 p.m.) tells the story of…
Ageless Tony Bennett Talks ‘Duets II,’ Winehouse and The Genius Audience
In the stylishly shot “Tony Bennett: Duets II” making its bow tonight on PBS’ “Great Performance,” everybody dresses up for the recording studio. Bennett naturally is always wearing a snappy…
Friday TV: Time’s Up, ‘Chuck’; But Not for Tony Bennett
It’s a miracle “Chuck” (NBC, 8 and 9 p.m.) lasted long as it did. Though I know it had its partisans, it only had enough fans to barely hang on…
Assessing the ‘Idol’ Auditions
How many did tney send through to Hollywood this week? One hundred? Two hundred? In the three "American Idol" audition shows they've aired since Sunday it seems as if there…