This weekend on TV: Corden hosts the Grammys, and there are a couple of shows...
The winners of the 59th Annual Grammy Awards (6 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2) matter to the nominees, but not so much to the viewers. This is always a good show because of the performances. And scheduled...
View ArticleMonday on TV: Yes, SPOILER ALERT is really dead on 'Jane the Virgin'
After spending two seasons building up a love triangle on “Jane the Virgin” (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30) — and a major rivalry between Rafael (Justin Baldoni) and Michael (Brett Dier) — that was all resolved...
View ArticleTuesday on TV: 'NCIS' and 'NCIS: New Orleans" cross over; PBS delves into 2...
Tuesday’s two “NCIS” series tell one story tonight in a crossover event. It gets started on “NCIS” (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2), when Abby’s homeland security think tank is compromised and she is found in...
View ArticleTonight on TV: It's not great legal drama, but 'Doubt' is decent soap opera
Katherine Heigl stars as an attorney who falls for her client — a pediatric surgeon accused of murdering his girlfriend when they were both teenagers — in “Doubt” (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2). If you’re...
View ArticleThursday on TV: Alice Cooper is out to destroy Archie Andrews on 'Riverdale'
Archie Andrews is in trouble in this week’s episode of “Riverdale” (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30). Betty finds out about his illicit relationship with Miss Grundy. And her mother, Alice — who seems to have a...
View ArticleMonday on TV: Is McRaney old enough to be Smits' father on '24'? Nope.
Hollywood has a long history of casting that ignores the calendar, and there’s a particularly prominent example of that in “24: Legacy” (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13). Jimmy Smits stars as Sen. John Donovan,...
View ArticleTuesday on TV: Maya Angelou's 'American Experience' is inspiring
At a time when Americans need all the inspiration they can get, “American Masters” gives “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” (7 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7). If you’re not familiar with her life, this documentary —...
View ArticleWednesday on TV: Fox has renewed both 'Lethal Weapon' and 'Star' -- so good...
Fox has renewed both of the shows it’s airing on Wednesdays — which is sort of a good thing and sort of a bad thing. “Lethal Weapon” (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13) isn’t a great series by any means, but it is...
View ArticleThursday on TV: 'How to Get Away with Murder' ends (for now); 'Blacklist:...
Tonight, one series ends its season and two new series begin. Well, one new series and a spinoff. There are back-to-back episodes of “How to Get Away with Murder” (8 and 9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4), which is...
View ArticleThis weekend on TV: And the winner is ... ABC, which airs the Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel is hosting “The Academy Awards” (6:30 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) — and I, for one, am really looking forward to seeing how he does. ABC also has “On the Red Carpet at the Oscars” (3 p.m., Ch. 4);...
View ArticleMonday on TV: Very good "When We Rise" starts a bit slowly; and don't get...
“When We Rise” (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) turns out to be a very good miniseries. But — be warned — the first two-hour installment is mostly laying the groundwork. In Part 1 the major characters — actors...
View ArticleTuesday on TV: Trump will talk; Colbert will skewer him
Donald Trump delivers a rant … er, uh, speech to a joint session of Congress (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2; ABC/Ch. 4; NBC/Ch. 5; PBS/Ch. 7; Fox/Ch. 13; CNBC; CNN; C-SPAN; FNC; MSNBC). That, of course, pre-empts...
View ArticleKUTV-Ch. 2's owner reportedly wants to buy KSTU-Ch. 13's owner
According to a published report, the owners of KUTV-Ch. 2 are looking to buy the owners of KSTU-Ch. 13. The chances of the two stations ever being owned by the same company are virtually nil, however....
View ArticleThursday on TV: ABC shows us the real people behind 'When We Rise'
Tonight, ABC/Ch. 4 airs Part 3 of “When We Rise” (8 p.m.), the fine miniseries about the decades-long LGBT fight for rights. It’s the early ‘90s, and Cleve, Ken and Richard have all contracted HIV. In...
View ArticleThis weekend on TV: Premieres, finales, RSL soccer and more -- there's a lot...
There’s a lot going on this weekend on TV: • A couple of time-travel series premiere — ABC’s “Time After Time” (Sunday, 8 p.m., Ch. 4) gets off to a pretty good start; Fox’s “Making History” (Sunday,...
View ArticleMonday on TV: It's BYU's vs. St. Mary's and BYU vs. St. Mary's
It’s BYU vs. St. Mary’s and BYU vs. St. Mary’s today in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference tournament. Tournaments, that is. The women’s team takes on the Gaels at 3 p.m. on BYUtv. In the...
View ArticleTuesday on TV: FX's 'The Americans' is a great show, and a new season starts...
In the Season 5 premiere of “The Americans” (11 p.m., FX) — one of TV’s best dramas, Philip and Elizabeth struggle to contain the risks from Paige’s growing relationship with Matthew Beeman. And the...
View ArticleWednesday on TV: 'Survivor' airs its 500th episode (and a Utahn returns to...
The latest edition of “Survivor” (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2) is subtitled “Game Changers,” because all 20 contestants have been on the show before and, supposedly, all of them made moves that changed the...
View ArticleTV review: 'Kicking & Screaming' is a terrible 'Survivor' rip-off
Fox is making another attempt to rip off CBS’ “Survivor” — and the the result is a show you’d have to drag me “Kicking & Screaming” to watch again. The only possible reason to watch this terrible...
View ArticleThursday on TV: Utahn wrote tonight's episode of 'Riverdale'; Utah and USU...
Tonight’s episode of “Riverdale” (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30) was written by Aaron Allen — a native Utahn who’s building a nice career for himself as a TV writer and producer. In the episode, a major piece of...
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