Author Archives: Roger Catlin

Not since “Hee Haw” has there been such a pronounced effort to combine country music and comedy but here’s “Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo” (Netflix, streaming) doing jokes and songs in an online special. Ready to get the details once more of this missing person case? “The Murder of Laci Peterson” (A&E, 10 .m.), for which [...]

“The Bachelorette” made her choice last week (and so far the two are still together by all indications – congrats!). Now comes the island of losers in “Bachelor in Paradise” (ABC, 8 p.m.) in which the vaguely familiar participants are encouraged to pair up to stay in the game — and stay on their Mexican [...]

Not to be confused with last weekend’s TCA Awards from the Television Critics Association, the much more popular Teen Choice Awards (Fox, 8 p.m.) holds its 19th annual event from the University of Southern California’s Galen Center to honor the most popular in music, film, TV, sports, fashion and even the internet. It’s hosted by [...]

You can barely understand the accent on “Broadchurch,” and here’s David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck on a reboot of “Duck Tales” (Disney XD, hourly). It also features Dany Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan as Huey, Dewey and Louie; Kate Micucci as Webby Vanderquack and Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack. The animation is rudimentary, but [...]

Inclusion of special needs young people in TV shows can be tricky, especially in comedies. But there’s a sweet, honest tone to the new “Atypical” (Netflix, streaming) which stars Keir Gilchrist as a high school senior on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum. But he’s obsessed with penguins, has a turtle as a best [...]

When they broke the summer hiatus of “Saturday Night Live” to do primetime Weekend Update shows last year, they had a whole Presidential election to cover. You’d almost expect them to skip it in a non-election year, except the news pace may be faster now than ever. And there’s a lot for Colin Jost and [...]

The estimable Brendan Gleeson portrays the grizzled Irish detective who is obsessed with investigating a killer called “Mr. Mercedes” (DirecTV, 8 p.m.) The cast includes Holland Taylor, Kelly Lynch and Mary-Louise Parker and is run by TV vet David E. Kelley. Other literary lights, from A.M. Homes to Dennis Lehane, are individual writer Peter Stormare and Johan [...]

The latest late night segment to break off into its own show is “Carpool Karaoke” (Apple Music, 9 p.m.), in which celebrates take off and sing as they drive around with James Corden. The first to climb in is Will Smith. Future episode pair celebs and singers; two episode premiere each week. Whether it’s worth [...]