Sunday TV: ‘Vinyl,’ ‘Girls’ Finales
“Vinyl” (HBO, 9 p.m.) didn’t quite live up to expectations in its first season, largely because Bobby Cannavale’s Richie Finestra turned out to be such a huge annoyance in his…
Anita Hill Faces Clarence Thomas Again
History is being told again tonight through television — not through a documentary process but through a film version. The filters of the present day, from race relations to intransigent…
Also on Saturday: NBA Playoffs Begin
The NBA Playoffs — a season in itself — begins with Indiana at Toronto (ESPN, 12:30 p.m.), Houston at Golden State (ABC, 3:30 p.m.), Boston at Atlanta (ESPN, 7 p.m.)…
Playlist 4-15-16
Started with some soul instrumentals, then a bunch of The Feelies, in advance of their show in town Saturday. Also playing the area that night, Robbie Fulks, so we heard…
Friday TV: ‘Unbreakable’ Even Better
The nuttiness and fast paced wordplay of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix, streaming) is equaling the levels of Robert Carlock and Tina Fey’s previous comedy, “30 Rock.” Unencumbered by commercials, and…
Thursday TV: ‘Orphan Black,’ New Night
The new season of “Orphan Black” (BBC America, 10 p.m.) also comes on a new night. By now it’s impossible to start watching the show about multiple clones and hope…
Wednesday TV: Grim ‘The Last Panthers’
An audacious series of jewel heists in the 1990s by ex-Yugoslavs from Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia earned a gang of thieves the nickname the Pink Panthers. Interpol named them after…
Tuesday TV: Violent New ‘Game of Silence’
An adaptation of a Turkish series called “Suskunlar,” the new series “Game of Silence” (NBC, 10 p.m.) is about a group of childhood pals who had been sent to juvenile…
‘Jackie Robinson’ Doc, Right on Time
Ken Burns, the patron saint of public television, has already made more than 20 hours of essential American sports history with his 1994 epic “Baseball” and its four hour addendum…
Also on Monday: ‘The Detour,’ ‘Hunters’
There’s already been one bad variation on “National Lampoon’s Vacation” in the past year. Now there ’s a whole comedy series, “The Detour” (TBS, ) on a family road trip…