Tuesday TV: Trumpapalooza II
Not the most star-studded night at the Republican National Convention (MSNBC, Fox News, 7 p.m.; PBS, 8 p.m.; CNN, 9 p.m.; ABC, NBC, CBS, 10 p.m.). The biggest names include sleep-inducing…
RNC, Night One: Melania Loves Chachi
You thought those three-hour finales for “The Apprentice” stretched things out. The four day Republican National Convention (MSNBC, 5p.m.; Fox News, 6 p.m.; CNN, CSPAN, 7 p.m.; PBS, 8 p.m.;…
Also on Monday: Back from Blindness
An elderly woman and her husband both slowly went blind over the years from cataracts but continued to live their lives in remote Nepal. In Irene Taylor Brodsky’s sweet documentary…
Sunday TV: Squabbling ‘Vice Principals’
It took me a while to warm to Danny McBride’s “Southbound and Down,” but he essentially has the same character in the new “Vice Principals” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.). (In fact, didn’t…
On Stage: UCB’s ‘We Know How You Die!’
New York's UCB Theatre, which grew out of a small group of comics you know in the Upright Citizens Brigade, now contains hundreds of performers you don't know putting on…
Saturday TV: A July Christmas Debut
It’s one thing to fill up July schedules with a bunch of Christmas movies as if to enhance the effects of air conditioning and evoke a cooler time. But there’s…
Playlist 7-15-16
Came directly from an opening set by Scott Miller, so played some of his songs to start. Then it was a salute to a lot of July 15 birthdays: from…
Friday TV: Netflix Thriller Series, ’80s Style
A 1980s small town is the setting and 80s thrillers are the inspiration for “Stranger Things” (Netflix, streaming) a new series in which Winona Ryder plays a harried mother whose…
Thursday TV: Saga of Two Mets Superstars
How do you top its five-part O.J. documentary? "Doc & Darryl," the new film from Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio on "30 for 30" (ESPN, 9 p.m.) about New York…
Wednesday TV: The ESPYS Salute Athletes
Muhammad Ali will receive a special tribute and Kobe Bryant, Peyton Manning and Abby Wambach will receive Icon Awards on The 2016 ESPYs (ABC, 8 p.m.) that takes advantage of…