Broadcast skews
“The Newsroom” Sunday, Nov. 9 (HBO) The third and final season of Aaron Sorkin’s journalism fan-fiction drama takes place in 2013; your historical place-marker being the Boston Marathon bombing. “The [...]
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Posted November 05, 2014in On The Tube
Posted October 29, 2014in On The Tube
Comic fail
“The McCarthys” Thursday, Oct. 30 (CBS) Series Debut: A fat, loudmouthed, sports-obsessed Bah-ston family has a gay son — and, go for borderline homophobic comedy! Or borderline comedy, period. Even [...]
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Posted October 22, 2014in On The Tube
Monsters Inc.
“Grimm” Friday, Oct. 24 (NBC) “Season Premiere: Law & Order: Supernatural Portlandia” (or, “Grimm” for short) is back! When Season 3 left off, Nick (David Giuntoli) had lost his Grimm [...]
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Posted October 15, 2014in On The Tube
Foo Fighters hit the Sonic Highways, Transporter does TV, and American Dad relocates
“Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways” Friday, Oct. 17 (HBO) Series Debut: You should know that I like my music played and produced by humans — loudly, with electric guitars and minimal [...]
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Posted October 08, 2014in On The Tube
Fun with artificial insemination
“Jane the Virgin” (Monday, 8 p.m., CW) has fun with telenovela conventions. Jane (Gina Rodriguez) is an ordinary young woman swept up in extraordinary events when she’s accidentally inseminated during [...]
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Posted October 01, 2014in On The Tube
The things we did for love
A voiceover sets the scene: “Andrew and Zelda dated for eight months, three weeks, five days and one hour. This television program is the comprehensive account of their relationship, from [...]
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Posted September 24, 2014in On The Tube
When urban meets suburban
Andre (Anthony Anderson) is a self-described former “big scary black guy” who’s succeeded in the white world. He’s a successful advertising executive who lives in the suburbs with his doctor [...]
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Posted September 17, 2014in On The Tube
Brotherhood of the bedpan
Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, “Red Band Society”is the first masterpiece of the fall TV season (Wednesday, 8 p.m., Fox). Nevertheless, it features a premise that practically screams “don’t watch [...]
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Posted September 10, 2014in On The Tube
History the hard way
Ken Burns, PBS’s favorite documentarian, has long specialized in taking the fun out of great American subjects (jazz, baseball, Mark Twain). His latest, “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” (Sunday, 7 [...]
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Posted September 03, 2014in On The Tube
Good for what ails you
Critics have dutifully fallen in line for “The Knick,” an arty period hospital drama that makes its points with buckets of blood (see below). I recommend a more enjoyable period [...]
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