dvr this ABC, Thursday, Nov. 28, 9:30 p.m. I don’t think much needs to be said why you need to record Lady Gaga & the Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular because all you need to know is: Lady Gaga and the Muppets. I could drop the microphone right now. If I had one. Anyway, based on reports…
Lili Taylor, Mackenzie Crook, Michael Irby, Karl Urban, Michael Ealy and Minka Kelly in Almost Human dvr this: Fox, Sunday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. Possibly, the most anticipated new show of the fall is about a future in which every Los Angeles police officer is teamed up with an android. Detective John Kennex (Star Trek’s…
dvr this Among the many wonders of cable is that we get BBC America, which runs the best of British television for the amusement of Americans. I adore watching The Graham Norton Show, which is the U.K. version of Ellen, Leno, and Letterman combined into one. Last week, for instance, he had Chris Hemsworth, Natalie…
dvr this ABC, Sundays, 9 p.m. I stopped watching Revenge, ABC’s horribly silly retribution soap opera, last year when I realized the chief avenger Emily (Emily VanCamp) was rather inconsistent with her avenging. I kept wondering why she hadn’t been able to take out her enemies the Graysons in the first few episodes. But then…
dvr this Fox, Mondays, 9 p.m. The premise of Sleepy Hollow is absurd: Ichibod Crane and the Headless Horseman are suddenly brought back to life in modern-day Massachusetts, and they are linked to a massive, supernatural worldwide conspiracy. The ridiculousness works, mostly because of Tim Mison as Crane; he is arch and serious and very…
dvr this FX, Wednesdays, 10 p.m. I’m one of the few people who greatly disliked the first two seasons of American Horror Story. I found them confusing, sadistic and misogynistic, like a supernatural version of Ryan Murphy’s seminal series Nip/Tuck. However, I’m rather excited about the new season, which Murphy promises to be less cruel…
dvr this Lifetime, Saturday, Oct. 5, 8 p.m. House of Versace tells the story of the rise of Gianni Versace (Enrico Colantoni) and the aftermath of his murder (by gay spree killer Andrew Cunanan), when his sister Donatella took over his famed fashion line. Gina Gershon’s Donatella could be iconic, and the trailer for the…
Andre Braugher in Brooklyn Nine-Nine dvr this Fox, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Michael Schur and Dan Goor, two of the people behind Parks & Recreation, have created a police station workplace comedy that exists somewhere between Barney Miller and The Office. It’s a vehicle for Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samburg, and he’s doing his schtick: wacky…
dvr this Turner Classic Movies, Friday, Sept. 13, 9:15 p.m. Two hundred years from now, the survivors of humanity all live in a domed city and their lives are totally controlled by a computer that, among other unsavory things, kills every person when he or she becomes 30, though they think being vaporized means they…
DVR This: AMC, Available on Amazon.com and ITunes While a bunch of people stopped watching The Killing – the moody, slow and rainy series about murder detectives in Seattle – after they failed to reveal who killed Rose Larsen at the end of season 1, I suggest you return, either on TV or DVD. This…
