The 2016 Fall Season: Tuesdays
The New Fall Season We're spending each day this week looking at what's in store, mostly on broadcast networks, as they begin to roll out their fall seasons this week.…
Also on Tuesday: Nazis and NCIS
Artemis Joukowsky got some help from Ken Burns to finish a documentary about an American couple’s mission to help refugees escape the Nazis in Europe, “Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’…
The 2016 Fall TV Season: Mondays
The New Fall Season The day after the Emmys means the new fall season is here, although you wouldn’t necessarily know it from the schedule. Networks are probably wise to…
Also on Monday: Alicia Keys on ‘The Voice’
I’m sure Alicia Keys will be a great addition to the cast of “The Voice” (NBC, 8 p.m.) though I’m not sure what it says about her own career. She…
Sunday TV: Kimmel’s Game of Emmys
Jimmy Kimmel hosts The 68th Annual Emmy Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.), anointing favorites and ushering in the fall TV season (which begins Monday). He’ll be good, droll and dry and…
Saturday TV: When the Fab Four Toured
For all they advanced music, the live shows of The Beatles weren't their high points. There was undoubtedly excitement greeting their shows, but so much so that they could scarcely…
Playlist, 9-16-16
Started with a salute to Prince Buster, the ska pioneer who died last week at 87, and played some of the second wave ska bands who paid homage to him.…
A Fresh Face on British Import, ‘Fleabag’
Of all the terrific comedies this fall (almost exclusively streaming or on cable) just one stars a face that is likely to be absolutely new to audiences. “Fleabag” (Amazon Prime,…
Also on Friday: ‘High Maintenance’
The web series “High Maintenance” (HBO, 11 p.m.) changes very little in its transition from streaming to cable. The quirky, very low key comedy from Ben Sinclair and his wife,…
Thursday TV: ‘Project Runway’ Returns
Season 15 begins for “Project Runway” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.) with 16 new designers put to work immediately, creating looks from the materials that had been put up for their welcoming…