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…
Review: ‘The Last Schwartz’ at Theater J
"The Last Schwartz," a play that's perfectly suited for Theater J, is certainly a familiar trope for its audience: Somebody brings home a non-Jewish women to a solemn family occasion…
Wednesday TV: Quirky Duck Stamp Artists
Those awaiting Christopher Guest’s new Netflix film “Mascots” for Netflix Oct. 13 will be well-served in the meantime by a documentary that plays like a mockumentary, but is actually real.…