Wednesday TV: Africa on Closed Circuit
Drones, time-lapse and remote cameras are used to capture the action in “Africa’s Wild Havens” (Smithsonian, 8 p.m.), starting with the animals under a sausage tree alongside Zambia’s Luangwa River,…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
An interview with country star Miranda Lambert about a hard year and the Hag, for The Washington Post A look at a Library of Congress exhibit on the early work…
Tuesday TV: Death to ‘Pretty Little Liars’
Somebody is supposed to die on tonight’s summer finale of “Pretty Little Liars” (Freeform, 8 p.m.), which comes on the heels of the announcement Monday that the show will end…
Rick Perry, Lochte on ‘Dancing with Stars’
“Dancing with the Stars” is increasingly the rehabilitation camp for personalities we’d rather see fade away. The 23rd season of the show will include former governor and presidential candidate Rick…
Monday TV: ‘Fashion Police’ Stage a Raid
Sunday’s “MTV Video Music Awards” (MTV, 8 p.m.), rerunning tonight, seemed more about fashion than about music, so it’s fitting that the “Fashion Police” (E!, 8 p.m.) reconvenes to discuss…
This is ‘The Night Of’ Big HBO Finale
This summer’s best television viewing has come with “The Night Of” (HBO, 9 p.m.) the terrific adaptation of a British series written by Peter Moffat, “Criminal Justice,” that came into…
Also on Sunday: The MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, BET, VH1, 9 p.m.) stopped being important about the time MTV did. Still, they will try to wring out a little bit of excitement…
Saturday TV: Debbie Gibson’s Return
In the new made-for-TV “Summer of Dreams” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.), Debbie Gibson plays a part that’s not too much of a stretch — an 80s pop star whose career is…
Playlist 8-26-16
The first show in a month is sort of slapped together, owing somewhat to adjustments to a new laptop. But after the shortest salute to Alaska, I played the most…
Friday TV: Boris Karloff All Day
A full day of Boris Karloff on Turner Classic Movies is understandably heavy on the horror, starting with the 1936 “The Walking Dead” (2:15 p.m.) and continuing with “The Man…