This weekend on TV: BBC's remodeled 'Top Gear' mentions Utah (sort of)
The BBC’s latest reboot of “Top Gear” (Sunday, 9 p.m., BBC America) references Utah … without ever using the name of the state. This is the second attempt to make “Top Gear” work in the wake of Jeremy...
View ArticleMonday on TV: Tony is alive, and he's back on '24'
He’s been good. He’s been bad. He’s been alive. He’s been dead. Carlos Bernard returns to “24: Legacy” (7 p.m., Fox/13) as Tony Almeida, who lived and died and lived again on the original “24.” In...
View ArticleTuesday on TV: 'This Is Us' ends (for now); 'Trial & Error' begins; and...
There’s a big finale, a big premiere and some college basketball tonight. • I told you back in September that “This Is Us” (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) is the best new show this season and I have most...
View ArticleWednesday on TV: BYU's NIT game delayed 2 hours because of snowstorm in New York
Tonight’s NIT game in Provo — BYU is hosting Texas-Arlington — has been pushed back a couple of hours because of a snowstorm. Tipoff is now at 9 p.m. on ESPN2; it was originally scheduled at 7 p.m....
View ArticleThursday on TV: Are your brackets done? NCAA tournament tips off!
Well, productivity at work will be down for the next couple of days — the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tips off and goes non-stop for 12 hours at a time. (Yes, we had the First Four games over the...
View ArticleThis weekend on TV: Netflix/Marvel's 'Iron Fist' is not worth binging
Netflix and Marvel are up at bat with their latest superhero series, and it’s a swing and a miss. Or, at least, a bad foul into the stands. “Iron Fist,” which begins streaming on Netflix on Friday, is...
View ArticleMonday on TV: 'Dancing with the Stars' is back -- complete with another...
There’s yet another fake controversy involving “Dancing with the Stars” (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): — which, of course, ABC hopes will help pump up the ratings. The controversy? Heather Morris is one of the...
View ArticleTuesday on TV: 'Flash'/'Supergirl' crossover is good, but it's not great
Tonight, it’s the long-anticipated (at least by some of us) musical crossover between “The Flash” (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30) and “Supergirl.” It’s also a “Glee” reunion of sorts. Grant Gustin, who stars as...
View ArticleWednesday on TV: Fox's 'Shots Fired' -- which debuted at Sundance -- is a...
“Shots Fired” (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13) is something different for Fox – a serious drama that has something to say about America. It’s an unflinching story that begins when a white teenager is shot and...
View ArticleThursday on TV: NCAA men's basketball tournament resumes -- Arizona, Gonzaga...
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament resumes this evening with as close as we’re going to come to having any local interest in the games. None of the local teams made the tournament this year, of...
View ArticleThis weeked on TV: 'Grace and Frankie' are back; 'Bette and Joan' do battle
The very amusing comedy “Grace and Frankie” begins streaming its third season Friday on Netflix. Grace (Jane Fonda) and Frankie (Lily Tomlin) are going into business, marketing a vibrator for seniors....
View ArticleMonday on TV: CBS gives 'The Great Indoors' a Monday-night tryout
CBS is airing an episode of “The Great Indoors” tonight (8:30 p.m., Ch. 2) as an experiment of sorts. The network has already renewed 18 of its current series for next season, and “Great Indoors”...
View ArticleTuesday on TV: 'Bones' goes out with a bang
“Bones” is the longest-running hourlong drama that Fox has aired in its three decades on the air — and it’s all over tonight (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13). In the series finale, Brennan experiences a setback,...
View ArticleWednesday on TV: 'Nobodies' is funny part of the time; 'Imaginary Mary'...
It’s pretty clear why “Nobodies” is on TV Land’s schedule. Melissa McCarthy and her husband, Ben Falcone, are the executive producers — and TV Land wanted to be in business with McCarthy. As for the...
View ArticleThursday on TV: 'Amazing Race' is back, and it's filled with complete strangers
“The Amazing Race” returns for its 29th season in a rather unexpected time slot. It’s not that Thursday is so odd, but 9 p.m. (CBS/Ch. 2) is unusual. (It’s replacing “Training Day,” which is being...
View ArticleThis weekend on TV: 'Dr. Ken' joins a 'Community'; 'Big Little Lies' finally...
Art imitates life — sitcom imitates sitcom — in Friday’s season finale of “Dr. Ken” (7:30 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4). As you’re probably aware, “Dr. Ken” star Ken Jeong is medical doctor in real life who...
View ArticleTV review: Excellent 'Newtown' shows us shattered community coming together
PBS’ “Independent Lens” (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7) offers an incredibly emotional experience tonight, reliving the events of “Newtown” — one of the nation’s worst mass shootings. In December 2012, a...
View ArticleMonday on TV: It's Gonzaga vs. North Carolina for the title; 'Antiques...
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament comes to and tonight when Gonzaga takes on North Carolina for the national championship (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2). The Zags have lost only once this season — and that...
View ArticleTuesday on TV: 'Prison Break' is back, and it's both dumb and boring
“Prison Break” is back (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13) a, and it’s dumber than ever. When the series ended in May 2009, the lead character — Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) — was dead and buried. This...
View ArticleWedneday on TV: 'Brockmire' gets off to a vulgar, funny start
Jim Brockmire (Hank Azaria) is a sportscaster who became a legend for the wrong reason. A decade ago, he had a profane meltdown on the air — in the midst of calling a baseball game — because he came...
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