Review: Theological Meeting of Minds
One of the funnier political bits of the season was one Bill Maher did last fall on “The King Trump Bible,” reinterpreting the text using the pithy phrases of crude…
Sunday TV: Morgan Freeman Finds God
He played God a couple of times in the movies, but he never mentions that as he hosts a new series “The Story of God with Morgan Freeman” (National Geographic…
Saturday TV: Finally, the Final Four
Long before all your brackets collapsed, here’s the night you were looking for all those weeks ago: The Final Four, which isn’t on broadcast TV for some reason, but an…
Playlist, 4-1-16
An April Fool's Day edition of the radio show actually found a few songs about the day, but many more about fools in general and one about April. Started with…
Friday TV: Laugh Track at ‘The Ranch’
The way it opens, you don’t know if the new star-packed series “The Ranch” (Netflix, streaming) is a modern stab at the Western, a 21st century “Big Valley.” The tense…
Thursday TV: Wrong-Headed ‘Rush Hour’
Asian-Americans on network TV may have taken a step forward with things like “Fresh Off the Boat.” But now they take a big step backwards with “Rush Hour” (CBS, 10…
Following ‘The Path,’ Hulu’s New Drama
Here’s the news from the latest streaming serial drama: Cults can be bad. Is this news? Or is it even drama? The makers behind “The Path” (Hulu, streaming) take a…
Also On Tuesday: George Lopez Returns
George Lopez plays a character much like himself in his latest new sitcom “Lopez” (TV Land, 10 p.m.), which is not to be mistaken for his short-lived last sitcom “Saint…
Tuesday TV: A Look Inside Saudi Arabia
A new “Frontline” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) takes a rare look inside contemporary Saudi Arabia, where cameras where hidden cameras operated by activists capture the royalty’s iron rule, executing…
Monday: Debunking Illusionists
“An Honest Liar,” making its debut on “Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings), would be an interesting film if it were just about the history of James Randi,…