Saturday TV: An Almost Outstanding ‘Outlander’ Adaptation
Fans of the Diana Gabaldon series of romantic books have already taken to the handsome adaptation of "Outlander" (Starz, 9 p.m.). More than 1 million have watched the debut online;…
Bloody Early Medicine on ‘The Knick’
"The Knick" (Cinemax, 10 p.m.) begins with a kind of a test: If you can make it through the first 10 minutes of an early, 1900 C-section with all of…
Also on Friday: Late Night Watergate
Among the specials marking the 40th anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon, you might have heard that it took a long while for Watergate as a crime to make…
Also Friday: ‘Jonah from Tonga’ Returns
Of the three characters from his "Summer Heights High" series, Chris Lilley has already done a spinoff concentrating on the spoiled private school snob Ja'mie. He now moves to the…
Thursday TV: Garfunkel and Oates’ Debut
Song parodies are having another moment, with Weird "Al" Yankovic debuting at No. 1 and the leading female duet funny song team starting its new series finally, "Garfunkel and Oates"…
Mailbag: Another Side of Danny Kaye
So I wrote about Danny Kaye the other day, or at least a story about a guy who does a one-man Danny Kaye show, for the Washington Post. Then I…
Wednesday TV: All About Altman
The great film director Robert Altman, who created a style and a number of greatly entertaining films, is the subject of a new documentary by Ron Mann, "Altman" (Epix, 8…
Tuesday TV: Big Old Country Music Fest
June's big four-day festival in Nashville is turned into a three hour special on the annual "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock" (ABC, 8 p.m.), with performances from Jason…
Monday TV: Nixon’s Cringe-Worthy Words
I was about the age of my daughter when I witnessed the amazing fall of Richard Nixon, through the Watergate hearings and finally to his historic resignation as president 40…
Sunday TV: Beyonce and the Bills
Got five minutes? On "Beyonce: X10" (HBO, 8:55 p.m.) a song is excerpted from the current "Mrs. Carter Show World Tour." It's one of a 10-part series that will be collected…