Saturday TV: ‘Beaches,’ and Other Bonding
Why remake the weepy women’s movie “Beaches” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.)? Maybe just so Idina Menzel who costars with Nia Long, gets to sing “Wind Beneath My Wings” more than once.…
Playlist 1-20-17
What's to say after the inauguration? Well, if I did have something to say, I couldn't, since I failed to get the microphones to work. So the music did the…
Friday TV: A Change in Power
The first big television event I recall from my childhood was the inauguration of President Kennedy in 1961. It was so boring, I thought at the time, the commercials would…
Thursday TV: ‘Baskets’ Comes Back
The second season of the delightfully deadpan “Baskets” (FX, 10 p.m.) begins with Zach Galifianakis’ Chip jumping trains like a hobo and throwing in with a traveling homeless circus troupe…
With Obama Goes the Anger Translator
The end of Barack Obama administration Friday also means the end of Luther, Obama's Anger Translator. While the 44th President was cool and calm in the Oval Office, what he…
Wednesday TV: New Navy SEAL Drama
The History channel lurches further into scripted drama with Walter Goggins leading the Navy SEAL Team Six in the new series “Six” (History, A&E, Lifetime Movie Network, 10 p.m.). The…
Tuesday TV: More Late Night Commentary
On the new “Throwing Shade” (TV Land, 10:30 p.m.) Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi move from College Humor website to cable, talking about the days issues and throwing in some…
How Trent Reznor Met Ken Burns
It seemed an odd contrast: The sexagenarian Beatle bob of Ken Burns vs. the darker, calculated spikes of the rock star. But where the documentarian is pegged with using (or…
Monday TV: The End of ‘Regular Show’
Say goodbye to Mordecai the blue jay and Rigby the raccoon as “Regular Show” (Cartoon Network, 6 p.m.) gets an hour-long episode, “A Regular Show Epic Final Battle” that will…
Little Hope for ‘The Young Pope’
One of HBO’s most confounding new series — more than “The Leftovers,” more than “Westworld” — begins tonight with “The Young Pope” (HBO, 9 p.m.). Already a target on internet…