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  Television review

  Who gets the last laugh? It might not be viewers

  ‘Who Gets the Last Laugh?.’ 10 p.m. Tuesday. TBS.
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  ‘The Killing’ returns June 2 on AMC

  It’s still called The Killing, and the third season will begin June 2 on AMC. According to the network, the new season begins one year after the close of the Rosie Larsen case. Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) no longer working as a detective. But the search for a runaway girl leads to a gruesome string of murders that connects to a previous murder investigation by Linden — and draws her back into her old life.
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  Television

  A reboot for the National Geographic Channel

  David Lyle, CEO of the National Geographic Channel, has seen enough of the letters to know how they go. The writer is typically a longtime reader of the magazine, who perhaps recalls the times he leafed through its glossy pages while perched on grandpa’s knee.
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  Television

  Death is in the air as ‘Mad Men’ returns

  ‘Mad Men.’ 9 p.m. Sunday. AMC (returns to 10 p.m. April 14).
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  Television Q&A

  ‘Duck Dynasty’ star played in college with Steelers QB

  All of it. While Bradshaw, 64, is a Hall of Fame quarterback who was a Super Bowl winner with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Duck’s Robertson was in fact “ahead of Bradshaw on Louisiana Tech’s depth chart,” according to a story on Sports Illustrated’s SI.com site. Robertson, the site adds, “gave up football with one year of eligibility remaining because the game and any future in it interfered with … duck-hunting season.”

• Picking one last fight with Roger Ebert

  Film critic Roger Ebert, who died of cancer Thursday at age 70, reviewed thousands of movies over the years for the Chicago Sun-Times and his television show. His often cutting reviews ("I've seen audits that were more thrilling," he said of one lifeless picture) in turn triggered thousands of arguments.
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  Television review

  NBC’s ‘Hannibal’ an unappetizing fast-food hash

  ‘Hannibal.’ 10-11 p.m. WTVJ-NBC 6.
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  Television reviews

  TV reviews: ‘Spies of Warsaw,’ ‘Rogue’

  Spies of Warsaw. 9-10 p.m. Wednesday. BBC America.Rogue. 9-11 p.m. Wednesday. DirecTV Audience Network.
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  Screen gems: The week ahead at the movies and on TV

  The week ahead at the movies and on TV

• Television Q&A

  Original ‘Five-O’ detective has new role on series reboot

  From 1968 to 1972, Gilbert “Zulu” Kauhi, an entertainer in Hawaii, played detective Kono Kalakaua. According to a story in the Honolulu Advertiser after his death of complications from diabetes in 2004, Zulu “was fired after an altercation with the show’s publicist in which he acknowledged making loud racist comments.” (He was apparently unhappy with the way his character was being presented.) A story in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin after his death said the actor also annoyed star Jack Lord by falling asleep between takes.
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  Television review

  TV review: When hell froze over — the battle of the Chosin Reservoir

  Ultimate Warfare — Chosin: One Way Out. 10-11 p.m. Tuesday. Military Channel.
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  Screen gems

  The week ahead at the movies and on TV
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  Television Review

  HBO’s ‘Phil Spector’ a spectacular travesty

  ‘Phil Spector.’ 9-10:35 p.m. Sunday. HBO.
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  television

  ‘Burn Notice’ star likes to mentor future filmmakers

  Watching a clever clip reel of his work at a student film exhibit last week, Burn Notice co-star and horror film actor Bruce Campbell was quick to define a couple things about his early career:
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  Television Q&A

  Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ set to return

  There will be a second season of the drama starring Kevin Spacey as a ruthless politician, based on a British TV series. The idea behind the show was to draw viewers to Netflix, and I have not seen any news about it airing on broadcast or cable. Amazon.com does offer the first 13 episodes as streaming video and is taking orders for a DVD and Blu-ray, although without a stated release date. If you are longing for something comparable, the British House of Cards Trilogy is on DVD.
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  Television Reviews

  Tension builds in ‘The Lake,’ but dies at the Bates Motel

  Top Of The Lake. 9-11 p.m. Monday. Sundance Channel.Bates Motel. 10-11 p.m. Monday. A&E.
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  Television

  Jake Tapper and his move to CNN

  Surprisingly, the question seems to surprise Jake Tapper: Why would the best-known reporter at ABC News jump ship to join CNN, the floundering cable network that a lot of people in the industry — a lot of people — regard as the TV news version of the Titanic?

• Screen gems

  The week ahead at the movies and on TV
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  Television review

  Showtime’s documentary on Cheney: portrait of a soldier still at war

  ‘The World According to Dick Cheney.’ 9-11 p.m. Friday. Showtime.
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  Screen gems

  The week ahead at the movies and on TV

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