Tuesday TV: Building the First U.S. Subway
New York’s only seems like the oldest, but the country’s first subway was in Boston. An episode of “American Experience” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) titled “The Race Underground,”…
Monday TV: All About Warren Buffett
It seems weird to people that a guy in Omaha would make a lot of money, elect to stay there anyway, and have opinions like he should pay more income…
Sunday TV: SAG Awards, Miss Universe
A hint about Oscar prospects may be gleaned from the winners of The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TBS, TNT, 8 p.m.). Because its big awards go to ensembles,…
Saturday TV: ‘Ghostbusters’ Girl Power
New on premium cable tonight is last year’s remade “Ghostbusters” (Starz, 9 p.m.) with Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig. Also making its bow is the buddy…
Friday TV: Christina Ricci as Zelda
Christina Ricci seems flighty and hard to take in the new online series “Z: The Beginning of Everything” (Amazon, streaming). But by many accounts, that’s just how her subject, Zelda…
Thursday TV: Messing with Archie & Co.
Favorite childhood touchstones are being ruined one after another on network TV this season; first “Oz” on “Emerald City” and now Archie comics on “Riverdale” (The CW, 9 p.m.). In…
Wednesday TV: Alzheimer’s Documentary
There is no cure for one of America’s most critical public health crises. Four million have Alzheimer's disease; nearly 14 million will by 2050. So there’s an urgent tone to…
Tuesday TV: The New Edition Story
The group behind “Candy Girl” and “Cool It Now” is probably worth a bio movie. But a miniseries? “The New Edition Story” (BET, 9 p.m.) stretches the story of Ronnie,…
Monday TV: Second Look at Two Cases
Murder continues to fascinate, and true crime fascinate even more. The stories of two young women who were victims of crime, decades apart, are examined in separate documentaries tonight that…
Sunday TV: Oh Boy, Humans ‘Hunted’
A dark new reality show begins for a dark era: “Hunted” (CBS, 10 p.m.), in which nine teams of two try to evade investigators hunting them for 28 days. The…