For country-music fans – often ignored, sometimes mocked – this is a splendid stretch
.That started last month, with Ken Burns’ “Country Music” taking 16 PBS hours. Now the second phase includes double Reba McEntire (shown here, double Carrie Underwood and lots of Garth Brooks: Read more…
1) “The Resident,” 9 p.m., Fox. At first glance, this is a Halloween episode – vampires … and rising from the dead … and The Raptor (shown here) and Mina stranded in a creepy town, filled with angry stares. Stick around, though; there’s a medical basis for each story. The two hospital ones are heavy-handed, despite terrific work from Jonathan Lipnicki (the former child star) in the “vampire” tale. But the third, in creepyville, is beautifully written and filmed, with an important story at its core. Read more…
