Wednesday TV: ‘Sharknado’ Invades D.C.
Talk about extreme weather. Oh, hell yes, it's "Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No" (Syfy, 9 p.m.), the over the top shlock franchise that tries to top itself each time out.…
Tuesday TV: ‘Knock Knocking’ It
The good news about the new "Knock Knock Live" (Fox, 9 p.m.) is that it is NOT an hour of Kellie Pickler telling knock knock jokes. Instead, Pickler and a…
Monday TV: The Artist Who Disappeared
The disappearance of painter Edith Lake Wilkinson, who was part of a group that painted portraits and streets capes from the art colony in Provincetown, Mass., and committed to an…
Sunday TV: Tut, Tut, the Miniseries
Steve Martin does not provide the theme song to the three-episode "Tut" (Spike, 9 p.m.) about the Egyptian boy king. Someone named Avan Jogia gets that role, looking considerably better…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some links to some other things I've written recently, in a variety of forms, for The Washington Post: A review of a play or two in the Capital Fringe…
Saturday TV: Catfishing and Mega Sharks
The only thing worse than buying a mail-order bride online is being bilked by teenage girls who had set up the account. So the dude in "The Bride He Bought…
Playlist 7-17-15
Back in the studio after a couple of weeks off, I began with some of the kind of soul featured at a local free concert earlier tonight, and paused to…
Friday TV: Tig Notaro, Fighting On
A day after racking up 41 Emmy nominations, Netflix flexes its power by showing the edges of comedy. The documentary "Tig" (Netflix, streaming) looks into the world of standup comedian…
Broadcasters Lag in Emmy Nominations
"Game of Thrones" reigned in the Emmy nominations Thursday with 24; "American Horror Story: Freak Show" got 19 with "House of Cards," "Mad Men" and "Transparent" each getting 11. "Thrones"…
Thursday TV: Denis Leary’s Stab at Rock
Like its central character, Denis Leary's "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" (FX, 10 p.m.) is a little out of time. The guitar slinging, groupie magnet rock star is…