Wednesday TV: Familiar ‘Survivor’ Faces
The 34th season of “Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m.) debuts with its 500th episode. With all this history, they’re bringing back “favorite” old players who supposedly changed the game during their…
Tuesday TV: ‘The Americans’ Returns
I’ve been in a minority by being underwhelmed by “The Americans” (FX, 10 p.m.) all these years. The slow moving costume drama of spies in our midst during the Reagan…
Monday TV: Harmony Before the Ban
It can be no more timely than on the day of a new travel ban announcement to show the benefit of world-uniting, cross cultural exchange. A beautiful mix of the…
A ‘Feud’ That Illuminates Women’s Roles
Delicious for its melding of Hollywood lore and golden age gossip, done up with a lavishness that is 10 times the budget of the pulpy film it portrays, “Feud: Bette…
Also on Sunday: CNN Faith Sampling
Just as Anthony Bordain travels the world and samples food on his “Parts Unkown,” so will the writer and commentator Reza Aslan sample on his new show “Believer with Reza…
Also on Sunday: Time Travel Aplenty
I’m thinking it was “Hot Tub Time Machine” that helped rekindle the inordinate interest in time travel in film and TV, covered so long ago on “Bill & Ted’s Excellent…
Saturday TV: From Oscar to Lifetime Movie
Viola Davis, who just picked up an Academy Award for "Fences," stars as a family court judge in the star-filled made-for-TV she also produces. “Custody” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), written and directed…
Friday TV: Future Superstars on Nick
WNBA All-Star Skylar Diggins hosts a three part documentary series about six young female basketball players from the heartland on “Little Ballers Indiana” (Nickelodeon, 9 p.m.).Current and former WNBA stars pop…
Thursday TV: Final Glimpses of Bill Paxton
It’s sad that the last work Bill Paxton was doing when he died Saturday at 61 was the terrible “Training Day” (CBS, 10 p.m.). The show’s first season was complete,…
Wednesday TV: ‘National Treasure,’ UConn
Robbie Coltrane, who himself portrayed a beloved character in movies (Hagrid!) portrays half of a beloved UK comedy team in “National Treasure” (Hulu, streaming) who is suddenly the target of…