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…
Monday TV: Kaitlyn Makes Her Choice
After the hubbub surrounding one Caitlyn on Sunday, the big choice comes from the Kaitlyn on "The Bachelorette" (ABC, 8 p.m.). It's a disheartening choice, between a still-creepy-seeming guy who…
Sunday TV: Caitlyn Takes Control
Nobody said "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" (E!, 7 p.m.) was going to be easy. The most prominent family spin-off tonight begins with "I Am Cait" (E!, 8 p.m.), the…
Saturday TV: Now It’s Tarantulas from Lava
On the heels of Wednesday's "Sharknado 3" (Syfy, 7 p.m.), which is getting a repeat tonight, here's another new hybrid of horror with the same kind of camp factor --…
Playlist 7-24-15
Because nobody was on at 9, I came in early to do something I've always wanted to do, the full "Whipping Post"/"Mountain Jam" from the Fillmore East that took about…
Friday TV: Salute to John Williams
John Williams is saluted on "Great Performances" (PBS, 9 p.m.), by the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel playing, among other things, selections from his score for "Schindler's List,"…
Thursday TV: ‘Wayward Pines’ Way Out
Mysterious TV series usually begin better than they end. Keep that in mind for the season finale of "Wayward Pines" (Fox, 9 p.m.), the claustrophobic new series about a town…
Scandinavian Art Standards: Slipping
“Art is anything you can get away with Check this out,” Marshall McLuhan once said. And I think of that quote every time I sense an artist is testing me,…