Sunday TV: Those Iffy Golden Globes
The most suspect of the awards shows (Lady Gaga was a best actress winner last year, Pia Zadora style, keep in mind), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 74th Golden Globe…
Saturday TV: Mother Daughter Elegy
Just yesterday, they were buried. Today we get a glimpse into their beguiling relationship — mother and daughter Hollywood stars, forever pegged to their pictures: Debbie Reynolds, catapulted in “Singing…
Friday TV: Desecrating ‘Oz’
L. Frank Baum’s 1899 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” has been reflected many times in film, most prominently in the iconic 1939 musical. But as many terrible variations that…
Thursday TV: A New ‘One Day at a Time’
More than 40 years after he developed the original Bonnie Franklin version, Norman Lear has made a fresh version of his “One Day at a Time” (Netflix, streaming), this time…
Mos Def: Yasiin Bey’s Final Performance
It’s been a tough year for Yasiin Bey, the rapper formerly known as Mos Def, who now wants to be known as a former rapper. He was arrested in South…
Wednesday TV: ‘Sunny’ Turns Black
Although Kaitlin Olson got her own network star turn this week in Fox's “The Mick,” she’s still part of the gang on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (FXX, 10 p.m.),…
Tuesday TV: Sidney Lumet Looks Back
The 31st season of “American Masters” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) starts with a terrific profile of filmmaker Sidney Lumet. The longer-than-usual biography by Nancy Buirski is built on…
Monday TV: New Shows for the New Year
In the new “Beyond” (Freeform, 9 p.m.) from “Heroes” creator Tim Kring, a man wakes up after a 12 year coma to find he’s got supernatural abilities. His job (and…
The Old 97’s Ring in Another New Year
In the 2014 song “Longer Than You’ve Been Alive,” The Old 97s note “most of our shows were a triumph of rock, although some nights I might have been checkin’…
Sunday TV: Two New Network Series
She is very good and very underused on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” so it’s good to see Kaitlin Olson getting a spotlight with a new network comedy, from a…