Back to the ‘Wet Hot American Summer’
It was kind of a dumb movie in 2001, but "Wet Hot American Summer" was full of a lot of future stars, from Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd to Amy…
Also on Friday: A New Disney Musical
The guy who brought "High School Musical" brings a more high concept musical with "Descendants" (Disney, 8 p.m.). It stars Kristin Chenoweth and Dove Cameron but features the teen kids…
Another Season of ‘Leftovers’
The perplexing HBO series "The Leftovers" takes another severe turn when it returns this fall, when its central family suddenly picks up and moves to a tiny town of Texas…
Thursday TV: Jumping from Space’s Edge
Fifty years ago, in an era when people were looking up to the stars largely through the achievements of the U.S. space program, Nick Piantanida, a long distance truck driver…
At TCA: Trevor Noah Keeps His Cool
For a guy about to step into the shoes of a beloved comic and influential political commentator, Trevor Noah is a pretty cool customer. It was on view the times…
How Ellie Kemper Got to ‘Today’
In the first panel of the TV Critics Association summer press tour, for the Netflix comedy “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” I got to ask Ellie Kemper about her summer stint…
Wednesday TV: A Few Reality Checks
Time for reality TV to take a good look at itself. It happens tonight in a variety of ways. "America's Got Talent" (NBC, 8 p.m.) marks its 10th anniversary with…
TCA Begins and Netflix Takes Over
The first full day of the TV Critics Association’s summer press tour in Beverly Hills Tuesday dedicated was dedicated to a network that isn’t in the set at all. Netflix…
The Panorama of Jane Krakowski
Made the mistake of asking Jane Krakowski about her specialization as self-absorbed and often self-deluded women, for several years as Jenna Maroni on “30 Rock” and then, in another Tina…
Tuesday TV: A Birthday for The Bomb
It was 70 years ago this month, in the deserts of New Mexico, man tested its most destructive invention, used weeks later to devastating effect in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The…