Monday TV: A New Nightly News
Very interested in seeing how the team at “Vice” crafts a nightly half hour newscast, “Vice News Tonight” (HBO, 7:30 p.m.). They are promising short filmed pieces, some animation, and…
Issa Rae’s Sure-Footed ‘Insecure’
Two of HBO’s best new shows came up through lowly web series. There, an artist with complete control, unfettered by network notes can form a singular creative vision. As it…
Also on Sunday: ‘Divorce,’ Big Debate
Another big debut on HBO is that of “Divorce” (HBO, 10 p.m.) the first series for Sarah Jessica Parker since “Sex and the City” went off the air 12 years…
Stage Review: ‘An Iliad’ at Taffety Punk
By now the world is used to inhumane aberrations like ten-year wars. But back when Homer wrote his epic poem, it was still something to rage about, as he did…
Saturday TV: Triumph vs. Gary Johnson
One of the most unsung but effective political humorists this season has been Robert Smigel’s Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, whose latest special, “Triumph’s Election Watch 2016” (Hulu, streaming) includes…
Playlist 10-7-16
Started with a salute to Rod Temperton, the noted British R&B songwriter who died this week at 66. Then heard a bit from new albums by Drive-By Truckers and The…
Friday TV: Racial Mass Incarceration
The latest online documentary of note is Ava DuVernay’s striking “13th” (Netflix, streaming) about the explosion of incarceration of prisoners in the United States, which has 5 percent in the…
Thursday TV: Music from Vegas, L.A.
How about some music? Night one of the “iHeartRadio Music Festival” (The CW, 8 p.m.) from Las Vegas features U2, Billy Idol, Backstreet Boys, Sam Hunt and Pitbull. Ryan Seacrest…
Wednesday TV: Rebooting ‘Frequency’
The second new show on The CW in the same number of days is “Frequency” (The CW, 9 p.m.) a remake of the emotional 2000 movie with Dennis Quaid in which…
Tuesday TV: ‘No Tomorrow,’ Debate
For the third consecutive year, it is the lowly CW network that has been bringing some interesting, light shows starring young women. In the tradition of “Jane the Virgin” and…