dean robbins

Defiance Monday, 9 p.m. (Syfy) Syfy boasts that Defiance marks the first conversion of tv and online gaming. The drama...

How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life) Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. (ABC) How To Live With...

Masterpiece Classic’s “Mr. Selfridge” Sunday, 9 p.m. (PBS) Jeremy Piven provides Masterpiece Classic with a jolt of American energy, rousing...

Phil Spector Sunday, 9 p.m. (HBO) Phil Spector has a startling premise: that the freaky music producer might be a...

Bates Motel Monday, 10 p.m. (A&E) One has misgivings about a prequel series based on Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 horror...

The Client List Sunday, 10 p.m. (Lifetime) I like shameless soap operas as much as the next guy, and The...

Enlightened Sunday, 9:30 p.m. (HBO) In Enlightened, Amy (Laura Dern) is a troubled woman making crazy-ass stabs at transcendence. This...

Golden Boy Tuesday, 10 p.m. (CBS) Golden Boy is a new cop drama that takes an original approach to its...

Cult Tuesday, 9 p.m. (CW) Cult offers one of the 2012-13 season’s most intriguing concepts. It’s about a tv series,...

Touch Friday, 8 p.m. (FOX) If you love tv, you have to love its grand follies. These are the shows...