NCIS outscores football as No. 1 viewer favorite
TV Guide has crunched the numbers and given us the Top 24 shows (including ties) of the just-ended 2012-13 season. Did your favorite make the list?
Happy trails: Rock Creek Trail
ROCK CREEK TRAIL Location: Park at Bowman Curve II on North Bowman Road in Little Rock, one block north of Markham Street. Trailhead is in the service alley behind the stores.
True Blood flows again at 8 tonight on HBO
Somewhere along the way I got lost trying to keep up with True Blood.
Hot women of Cleveland return on Wednesday
The Exes and Soul Man premiere this week too.
I don’t know who has more fun on TV than the wacky crew of TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland.
TV’s made strides since Ellen’s ‘Puppy Episode’
Remember when Ellen DeGeneres’ character, Ellen Morgan, came out as gay on her sitcom? It was a Big Deal.
Dishing out Royal Pains, Necessary Roughness
This may disappoint those who think otherwise, but I may not be keeping up with all your favorite programs.
King & Maxwell tweaks private eye series, retro-style
Series premiere follows new Major Crimes
TNT rolls out King & Maxwell, yet another police procedural series, at 9 p.m. Monday.
Cop show Graceland so good it might not last
The first thing you need to know about USA’s summer cop show Graceland is that it has nothing to do with Elvis.
Hot lineup means networks not sitting out summer
Last week I wrote about how summertime TV used to be a quagmire of reruns and filler programs. These days, the traditional TV schedule has shifted to more of a year round affair.
Happy trails: Village Creek State Park
VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK Location: Six miles south of Wynne on Arkansas 284. Trailhead is at the bridge near the visitor center parking lot.
AMC’s The Killing starts up again at 7 tonight
The official 2012-13 network broadcast season is finally over but, unlike years past, it won’t be all reruns and cheesy reality shows for the next three months.
Ex-wrestler ‘The Rock’ hosting Hero hunt on TNT
Contestants will be tested physically, mentally and morally
Anytime we get a new reality show hosted by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, I’m on board.
American Idol more like American Idle now
Is it time to finally put American Idol out to pasture?
CBS keeps solid lineup, adds some heavy hitters
Today, fellow TV lovers, we’ll cover the final network fall announcements with CBS and its corporate little sister, The CW.
PBS to air annual holiday musical troop tribute
Actors Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise serve as hosts
As a veteran, I’ve always appreciated Memorial Day even more than Veterans Day. We can never say thank you enough to those who gave all.
Dancing steps out fewer days as ABC adds 13 shows
There will be a lot less dancing on ABC come the fall. One less night, to be exact.
Fox revives Jack Bauer for 24: Live Another Day
Now that the networks have unveiled their fall lineups, it’s time to see what Fox is up to.
Happy trails: Two Rivers Bridge loop
TWO RIVERS BRIDGE LOOP Location: Trailhead is on Little Rock’s River Mountain Road. Turn north off Cantrell Road, 0.4 mile west of Interstate 430.
Deaths, renewals, births: NBC’s fall lineup told
The broadcast networks unveiled their fall lineups last week, so let’s get right to them.
Viewers see whodunit, watch cops unravel Motive
Show is inspired by the classic series Columbo.
It’s summer TV time. When in doubt, go with something tried and true.
NBC special closes The Office door after 9 years
And now, it’s finally time to bid a fond farewell to our friends at Dunder Mifflin.
Networks in New York now selling fall lineups
This week, while you’re enjoying the season finales of some of your favorite shows, TV is bracing for the fall.
PBS looks at 10 Buildings That Changed America
For many, architecture (like art) comes to mind only when a structure tends to cause controversy.
So You Think You Can Dance steps into Season 10
Who remembers last season’s winner?
I stand before you, fellow dance lovers, as a survivor of Mrs. Ellen Butts’ Little Rock Junior Cotillion.
Praise is justified for Ray McKinnon’s Rectify
I have been remiss in my duties and an outstanding new drama may have slipped under your radar.
PBS series is 4-part biography of Constitution
Sure, it’s easy to drop the word “Constitution” all willy-nilly into political conversations, but how much do we really know about the thing?
Happy trails: Little Rock's downtown bridges
BRIDGE TO BRIDGE Location: Begin at the Clinton Presidential Center parking lot.
‘Half’ of Two and a Half Men gets big pay cut
Well, it looks as if the “half man” will get his wish. Angus T. Jones is out of the renewed Two and a Half Men.
Story of Cher’s mom starts in Arkansas
Project profiles a woman who never gave up
Cable’s Lifetime Network periodically takes heat for its melodramatic tales of women in distress and the dastardly, dastardly men in their lives.
Are pink slips in the envelopes for your faves?
Can you feel the tension in the air?
Droll staff returns to mind Warehouse of weirdness
Don’t sweat, Warehouse 13 fans; our intrepid team is back on the job.
Notable ensemble brings Family Tools to ABC
Colorful extended family is good for a few chuckles
ABC tosses another sitcom on the wall Wednesday to see if it’ll stick. It just might.
Bear Grylls returns with NBC adventure series
When I grow up, I want to be survival expert Bear Grylls.
It’s Dust Bowl deja vu with PBS ‘encore’ showing
Frank Fellone is the paper’s veteran deputy managing editor and keeper of the style and standards flame. He’s also a zealous crusader against the sin of “journalese ” — words and cliches usually found only in newspapers.
Happy trails
GULPHA GORGE TRAIL Location: Trailhead is in Gulpha Gorge Campground at 305 Gorge Road in Hot Springs National Park.
It’s a double dose of family love with TV movies
Sunday is a night of televised romance, fun and whimsy
It’s a “twofer” Sunday for family shows.
Summer’s the season for favorite cable shows
It’s only about a month until TV fans begin to find out if their top shows made the cut for next fall.
Bidding, bickering boil as Storage Wars returns
The unbearable tension, the human drama, the heated passion of Storage Wars returns to A&E at 8 p.m. today.
Tonight’s lineup will make DVR beg for mercy
All of a sudden, a slew of really good stuff is on Sunday night.
Defi ance, video game splash together
Series is set in what was once St. Louis
Cable’s Syfy Channel is rolling out an ambitious new series — a series and an interactive, multi-platform, massive multi-player online, third-person shooter video game based on the show.
Reality TV fans will delight in TLC’s new shows
I remember being on a TV critics’ summer press tour a dozen years ago and witnessing TV changing before my eyes.
NBC dives into love pool with new dating show
Who watches this stuff? And why?
Happy trails: Grand Promenade
GRAND PROMENADE Location : The south trailhead steps are on Hot Springs’ Reserve Street just east of Central Avenue.
Mad Men returns after bar meeting cliffhanger
It’s (finally) back to the ’60s at 8 p.m. today on AMC when Mad Men returns with a two-hour Season 6 premiere.
AETN shows will spotlight classy, classic Burnett
Evening also spotlights other funny ladies
Some things are worth watching again and again.
