‘Fuller House,’ Still Terrible
Nostalgia colors so much of what one consumed growing up, one has to consider whether any of it was really any good. I can make a case that “Green Acres”…
Also on Friday: Fats Domino, Ray Charles
Today, on the occasion of his 88th birthday, “American Masters” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) salutes the work of Fats Domino, once the world’s biggest hitmakers who even Elvis…
Thursday TV: Art and Eddie Redmayne
At this point you’d expect to see an Oscar nominee spending all their time prepping for Sunday’s event. Instead, Eddie Redmayne flexes his art history education at Cambridge in delving…
Review: Josh Ritter at The 9:30 Club
You could tell Josh Ritter was happy to be playing the 9:30 Club Wednesday night. He said so, for one thing. It was the second in a two night stand…
Frank Underwood Bares His Knuckles
It’s not like he threw me in front of the Metro train as he did poor Zoe Barnes. But I feel a little bit of what it’s like to be…
Wednesday TV: Big Data to Big Ang
At a time when Apple is fighting the government for access to its information, the timely special “The Human Face of Big Data” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) makes…
James Hunter Six at the Hamilton
The only trouble with a stone traditionalist is that you can’t expect much variation of the form album to album. But that’s not a bad thing with James Hunter, who…
Tuesday TV: Loosening Heroin’s Grip
Deaths from heroin and prescription opioid overdoses have nearly quadrupling in 15 years. Perhaps because it's invaded white suburbs, it's become a huge issue and warranted a two-hour episode of…
Monday TV: Mike Nichols’ Story Again
Less than a month after a similar film about the late director Mike Nichols by his onetime comedy partner Elaine May played on PBS, here’s a second film about Nichols'…
Sunday TV: Saluting the Sultan of Sitcoms
James Burrows may be responsible for the rhythms of what America finds funny through his longtime direction of popular three-camera sitcoms , from “Cheers,” Weill and grace” to “Taxi,” “Friends,”…