October 27, 2014
‘Sleepy Hollow’ Recap: Ichabod and Daniel Boone, BFFs?
It’s getting cold, so it’s poisonous spider season.
Robert Voets/CBS
Tyler Ritter, far left, with Jack McGee and Laurie Metcalf as his parents, in “The McCarthys,” Thursday nights on CBS.
Welcome to Their World: Boston Accents and TV Sports
By NEIL GENZLINGER
“The McCarthys,” a new sitcom om CBS, stars Tyler Ritter as the odd one out in a close Boston family.
Television
Hazards of the Computer Age
By NEIL GENZLINGER
You might long for the days when pickpockets were your biggest worry after “Cybercrimes With Ben Hammersley,” a series on BBC World News.
NBC Picks Neil Patrick Harris to Host New Variety Show
By BILL CARTER
The network is planning 10 episodes of a music/comedy/sketch show, based on the long-running British series “Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.”
October 28, 2014
‘Gotham’ Recap: The Story of Harvey Bullock
This week “Gotham” made a welcome pivot to the backstory of Jim Gordon’s partner.
David Gregory to Join Katie Couric for Election Special on Yahoo
By RAVI SOMAIYA
It is expected to be the first on-air appearance for Mr. Gregory since he was replaced as host of NBC’s “Meet The Press” in August.
Arts, Briefly
TLC Says Goodbye to ‘Honey Boo Boo’
Compiled by LORI HOLCOMB-HOLLAND
TLC has canceled production of “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” a reality series centered on Alana Thompson, 9, and her family in rural Georgia.
Talk
John Heilemann and Mark Halperin Promise Washington the Program It Deserves
Interview by DAVID CARR
The hosts of “With All Due Respect” swear that their political talk show is different.
A Modern Family With Issues
By JENNA WORTHAM
The new ABC comedy “Black-ish” takes a nuanced and complicated dive into issues of racial identity.
Critic’s Notebook
The Channeling of Secondary Scares
By NEIL GENZLINGER
Halloween programming next week extends even to the Weather Channel, Animal Planet and PBS Kids.
CBS Says James Corden Will Start as ‘Late Late Show’ Host in March
By BILL CARTER
The British comedian is succeeding Craig Ferguson, who ends his 10-year run on Dec. 19. In between, there will be guest hosts.
Dr. Nancy Snyderman Encouraged to Take a Break From NBC News
By BILL CARTER
The medical journalist has finished her 21-day Ebola quarantine, but has been told by the network’s news president to return to work next month.
Critic’s Notebook
Pranksters Who Spare No Punches
By NEIL GENZLINGER
The hidden-camera shows “Freak Out” on ABC Family and “Deal With It” on TBS go all out on Halloween.
Yahoo’s Tumblr Teams Up With TV Shows to Reach Their Audiences
By LESLIE KAUFMAN
In a bid to expand its own audience, the social media and blogging site is reaching out to fans of certain shows through deals with the shows’ creators.
Cristela Alonzo Wants to Make America Laugh
By SUSAN DOMINUS
An old-fashioned sitcom is poised to make her TV’s new working-class comedian.
Television
Crooning the Classics
By KATHRYN SHATTUCK
In “Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!,” Friday night on PBS, this musical odd couple takes on the Great American Songbook.
A Star Who Has No Time for Vanity
By FRANK BRUNI
The Oscar-winning actress Frances McDormand, who set the HBO mini-series “Olive Kitteridge” in motion and stars in it, chafes at Hollywood’s conventions and defies its norms.
Fall Arts Preview - Times 100
How to wade through the crush of culture coming your way this season? Here’s a guide to 100 events that have us especially excited, in order of appearance.
Current Series Recaps
ArtsBeat
‘The Affair’ Recap: Literary Pretensions and a Dead Man
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
Noah Solloway wants to write about “the death of the American pastoral.”
Additional Series
Marcia Strassman, Wife on ‘Welcome Back, Kotter,’ Dies at 66
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ms. Strassman played opposite Gabe Kaplan in “Welcome Back, Kotter,” and, later, was Rick Moranis’s spouse in “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.”
Gerard Parkes, Actor on ‘Fraggle Rock,’ Dies at 90
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The actor who played the inventor on “Fraggle Rock” was born in Dublin and had lived in Canada since the 1950s.
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