Other Sunday TV: Finales for ‘Curb,’ ‘True Blood’
It’s a night of finales on HBO. In addition to “Entourage” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.), ending its run, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO, 10 p.m.) ends its eighth season with a finale…
Other Saturday TV: More 9/11 Tributes
The McCartney documentary isn’t the only mention of 9/11 in programming today. “Voices from Inside the Towers” (History, 9 p.m.) is, as the title indicates, constructed from voice messages from…
Friday TV: Cavett and Brooks Talk, ‘Torchwood’ Finale
It’s been more than 30 years since the heyday of “The Dick Cavett Show,” a late nght program that really concentrated on good conversation. Cavett has been called back into…
Streep, Rollins, Diamond win Kennedy Center Honors
It seems as if the idea behind the Kennedy Center Awards was to have the opportunity to honor people and eulogize their figts to the arts while the honoree is…
‘Rescue Me’ Ends Its Run Right on Time
“Rescue Me” (FX, 10 p.m.) does something tonight that few series are ever allowed to do – run out its eight seasons just where its creators wanted it to close…
Thursday TV: Obama Speaks, NFL Kicks Off
It’s an indication of his presidency that Barack Obama caved to Republican criticism that his planned jobs speech to a joint session of Congress was scheduled the same day as…
Other Wednesday TV; GOP Debate, ‘Talent’ Final Four
Few things are quite as entertaining these days as a Republican Presidential Debate (MSNBC, 8 p.m.). And this one from the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., will feature eight…
‘America’s Most Wanted’ Most Wanted by Lifetime
When Fox announced it no longer wanted “America’s Most Wanted,” producers of the series that enlists help in rounding up suspects went to other networks. Who thought it would end…
Your Oscar Host: He’s Gumby, Dammit
It seems at first a strange idea: Eddie Murphy hosting the Oscars. Possibly because he hasn’t done a lot of the kind of standup comedy lately that is thought to…
Rebound Roses from New ‘Bachelor’
“The Bachelor” continues its tradition of picking as its central figure a runner-up from an immediate past season by officially announcing Tuesday that Ben Flajnik will be the next one…