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The OfficeThat one dose it! It Is Official! The Brit Version of the NBC comedy sensation is as querky and as funny as the American version I have come to love featuring Steve Carell as a midrange paper supply company branch manager in Scranton New JersyThe Office (UK) Jelly Stapler - Holy God Man - Its like they are using the same story lines in thhis UK counterpart to NBCs The OfficeThe Office - Tommy Gear Keith Gives His Co-Worker Some Pointers On Traveling To AmericaThe Office (UK) Comic Relief DayThe Office (UK) RedundanciesIn This Room I Have Special Authority, Well played chap, Well Played IndeedThe Office (UK) Form An Orderly Queue Ladies‘Rubicon’ offers riddles, but few answersAre you comfortable not knowing? “Rubicon,’’ AMC’s transfixing new suspense drama, poses that question in a few provocative ways — as a question about the American government, as a question about personal relationships, and as an aesthetic TV-viewing question. How long can you sit with a riddle? AMC - Rubicon - Drama - Television - United States AD: Critic’s corner Friday Night Lights 8 p.m., Channel 7 I’m so glad Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton were nominated for acting Emmys, even if their work this season as Eric and Tami Taylor hasn’t been markedly better than it has been all along, and even if the Emmy voters still failed to recognize the show itself as well as its many strong ... Connie Britton - Friday Night Lights - Kyle Chandler - Emmy Award - Tami Taylor In Starz’s ‘Pillars,’ cheesy plot is just part of the fun I kind of love Ian McShane in “The Pillars of the Earth,’’ the new Starz miniseries set in 12th-century England. As the wonderfully, absurdly evil Bishop Waleran Bigod, he is wearing a wig that made me think of Norman Bates’s mother. At times, he’s in enough mascara to lead Green Day, and he spits out his lines as if he ... ianmcshane - Pillars of the Earth - Norman Bates - England - Miniseries Men’ of a certain age What if you could remake “Mad Men’’ with classic midcentury actors? Here’s a little casting reboot. Mad Men - Arts - Performing Arts - Acting - Actors and Actresses Hitting closer to home This review contains spoilers. One of the many beauties of AMC’s “Mad Men’’ has been its loud silences. AMC - Mad Men - Recreation - Makes and Models - Autos Critic’s corner Glee 8 p.m., Channel 25 What do you think of the whole let’s-make-Sue-Sylvester-into-a-human-being-by-giving-her-a-special-needs-sister-so-that-she-can-show-her-sensitive-side-and-be-a-less-cartoony-character-even-though-it-doesn’t-make-much-sense-in-terms-of-her-generally-evil-behavior-but-whatever-this-is-“Glee’’-and-anything-goes-as-long-as-we-have-lots-of-songs-and-a-few-life-lessons-tacked-on-to-the-story thing? Tonight, a repeat of the episode in which we meet Jean Sylvester. Pictured: Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester. Sue Sylvester - Jane Lynch - Glee - madonna - Entertainment Critic’s corner American Masters 9 p.m., Channel 2 A country legend gets his due on “Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself.’’ This documentary looks at the life of Merle Haggard (pictured), from his Dust Bowl childhood to now, with a nod to his years as Mama’s bad boy who landed in San Quentin for a car theft before he was 20. ... Merle Haggard - Dust Bowl - United States - Arts - San Quentin State Prison Critic’s corner Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List 10 p.m., Bravo Last week, Kathy Griffin (pictured) stirred a minor controversy when a joke about Scott Brown’s daughters triggered a disapproving comments from Congressman Barney Frank and Senator Brown. This week, she’s strictly doing good works. Remember when Katie had a colonoscopy? Now Kathy is having a pap smear — outside, in ... Kathy Griffin - Scott Brown - Barney Frank - Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List - Massachusetts Critic’s corner The Closer 9 p.m., TNT Mary McDonnell returns as Captain Raynor (above), which is a good thing. I love this character — so tense and disapproving and jealous of Brenda. McDonnell makes all of Raynor’s suppressed rage palpable, and comic, too. Her face is like a balloon about to pop. And McDonnell and Kyra Sedgwick have fantastic chemistry — or ... Kyra Sedgwick - Closer - TNT - Mary McDonnell - Arts Desperate housewife on verge of foreclosure Here’s a strange little Lifetime movie. Called “The Client List,’’ it’s about a twangy Texas wife and mother who secretly goes a-prostitutin’ when the bank threatens to foreclose on her mortgage. At first we see her in curlers and mom jeans; later, she’s carefully directing the nozzle of a whipped cream container while dressed in lacy lingerie. Foreclosure - Mortgage - Lifetime - Shopping - Home A fun exercise in dragging out a girl’s inner queen We’re all dying to know whether “RuPaul’s Drag U’’ is more Hedda de Class than Lady Gag-gag, more Adrenalynn Rush than Terri Belle. And so I am here to tell you that this new Logo makeover series, which helps women find their inner diva and become fabulous, is far from Devoida Huma and you won’t DeManda Refund. As the show ... RuPaul - Arts and Entertainment - Transgendered - Drag - Drag queen Critic's picks Masterpiece Mystery! 9 p.m., Channel 2 “Poirot: The Third Girl’’ is about the murder of a nanny. A young heiress claims responsibility, but Poirot doubts that she’s guilty. David Suchet (pictured) stars. David Suchet - Hercule Poirot - Mystery - Games - Arts Critic’s corner Goblin 9 p.m., Syfy Gotta love these cheesier-than-thou Syfy horror movies. They’re so bad they’re good, etc., etc., etc. In tonight’s flick, a baby-devouring monster goes after one family’s infant. Said monster wears a black cloak, cloaks being so much more terrifying than coats. Gil Bellows (right, with Brendan Beiser) from “Ally McBeal’’ and Donnelly Rhodes star, along with the ... Syfy - Gil Bellows - Film - Ally McBeal - Horror film AD: |
