‘Tower’ Focuses on Mass Shooting Victims
Public television presents a rather grim Valentine’s Day by documenting two notorious U.S. shootouts. The better of them can be found in Keith Maitland’s sensitive “Tower” making its TV debut…
Also on Tuesday: Martyring Ruby Ridge
Never has there been so many films about white supremacists on public television as there are this Black History Month. Following a documentary Monday about a man who sits down…
Monday TV: Eagles of Death Metal Fly
Survivors of a concert targeted by terrorists in Paris in Nov 2015 that killed 89, the American rock band the Eagles of Death Metals resolves to return to France to…
Sunday TV: Corden Hosts The Grammys
Framing The 59th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.) as a battle between single-named divas Beyonce and Adele makes it sound so 2015. More than the awards though, will be…
Saturday TV: Image Awards, Alec Baldwin
Yesterday, he hosted his first animal talk show. Tonight, Anthony Anderson of “Blackish” is host of The 48th NCAAP Image Awards (TVOne, 9 p.m.) live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Beyoncé,…
Playlist 2-10-17
After concluding the Firesign Theatre album begun last week, there was a substantial salute to Smokey Robinson, who was being honored on TV for winning the Gershwin Prize from the…
Friday TV: The Return of David Brent
Sometimes I wonder about the original UK version of “The Office” and what David Brent is up to now, he’ brought up to date in the new special “David Brent:…
We Interrupt This News for Comedy
News is so frantic and often dire, it’s an odd time to break in with a new eight-part documentary series “The History of Comedy” (CNN, 10 p.m.). But maybe that’s…
Theatre Review: ‘Trevor’ at 1st Stage
Living in Connecticut eight years ago when a chimp being kept as a pet ripped the face off a neighbor, it was tough to see anything but stark horror in…
Hawley’s Mind-Blowing New ‘Legion’
I grew out of superhero stories about the time I hit adulthood, so there’s little in the current crush of TV series from Marvel and DC to be of interest.…