Sid Smith

"State of Play," 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, BBC America: This fantastic six-part British series is the best political thriller ever made for television. Fire up the VCR or the DVR,...

"Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking," 8 p.m. Sunday, WTTW-Ch. 11: Three entries in this weekend TV list should have at least some appeal for viewers who...

`I worry," Lily Tomlin used to joke, "that you're only here tonight because a friend dragged you to prove once and for all that I really am funny." Some of...

"Threshold," 8 p.m. Friday, WBBM-Ch. 2: The plot for Friday's edition of this stylish drama sounds like a lost Parliament/Funkadelic song, maybe a hypothetical jam called "Aliens in the Disco."...

"Check, Please!," 8 p.m. Friday, WTTW-Ch. 11: This fizzy and fun foodie series returns. On this season opener, which is hosted as usual by master sommelier Alpana Singh, three Chicago...

"Slings and Arrows," 7 p.m. Sunday, Sundance Channel: Thank goodness Sundance is giving us another chance to catch up with this delicious series, which follows the backstage drama and backstabbing...

ABC's surprise footloose hit inspired by ballroom competition returned for an encore this week, and this time around, last summer's runners-up John O'Hurley and Charlotte Jorgensen came out the winners....

The Bat Cave: The Paradise Island edition. Turns out that's what was underneath the mysterious hatch that kept castaways -- and the rest of us -- so perplexed last season...

The best food in New Orleans doesn't come from Antoine's, Galatoire's or even the French Quarter. It's out in the neighborhoods, in the back yards, at corner grocery markets. The...

"I am unfettered, I'm free," an exuberant Martha Stewart boasted Monday morning during the premiere of her new daytime series, "Martha" (10 a.m. Monday through Friday on WMAQ-Ch. 5). Only...