A lot of TV shows flash past me, some quite good and some rather awful
.Occasionally, however, one is so good that I have to stop and marvel. I’ve just seen the two-hour opener of Ken Burns’ eight-night “Country Music”; it is truly great television.
This won’t reach TV until Sept. 15 (opening PBS’ season), but let’s talk about why it’s so good. Read more…
1) “Elementary,” 10 p.m., CBS. Jonny Lee Miller (shown here) has become the perpetual Sherlock Holmes. Others try. Approximately, Jeremy Britt was Sherlock 43 times; Benedict Cumberbatch, 15; Basil Rathbone, 14; Christopher Lee, 3; Robert Downey Jr., 2. Add them up, throw in lots of others, and you still don’t match this: It’s the 150h episode with Miller as a modern Sherlock, mostly in New York. Tonight, s sculptor has been killed, sparking fears that a serial killer is back. Read more…
