Saturday TV: Jon Stewart’s Autism Benefit
Jon Stewart returns to TV to host the biennial “Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism” (HBO, 8 p.m.) from Madison square Garden, a telethon that usually has…
Tony Bennett Gets the Gershwin Prize
The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song usually goes to songwriters. An exception came this year with the award to Tony Bennett, who as a singer over a…
Friday TV: Oscar-Contending ‘Mudbound’
I’m all for the trend of Netflix buying big movies at film festivals and debuting them online the same day they premiere in theaters. The latest one, a likely Oscar…
Thursday TV: ‘Better Things’ Ends Season
It's been a difficult time for Pamela Adlon of “Better Things” (FX, 10 p.m.) -- largely because of what we've learned about her mentor and producer Louis C.K. Still, true…
Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples at the Anthem
“Forever Young” is not a song Bob Dylan played in his first show at the big new rock club The Anthem in D.C. Tuesday, but it is something he embodied.…
Scott Kelly On That Space Station Smell
Last year’s documentary on astronaut Scott Kelly’s 12-month stay on the International Space Station, seen as a precursor to an eventual trip to Mars, “A Year in Space” (PBS, 8…
Also Wednesday: 2 Chainz’ ‘Expensivest’
The rapper 2 Chainz is half fascinated and half appalled by the excess he’ll sample in his new series “Most Expensivest” (Viceland, 10:30 p.m.). He’s more entertaining than Robin Leach…
Tuesday TV: The Dim New ‘Future Man’
The golden age of TV also finds room for something as repellant as “Future Man” (Hulu, streaming) about a slacker who is sought by future warriors based on his modern…
Monday TV: Veterans Day Documentaries
Two bearded, thoughtful Iraq veterans deal with their war memories and deal with their moral injuries by taking a cross country walk from Milwaukee to Santa Barbara, Calif., in which…
Rock Review: Pere Ubu, Johnny Dowd
Pere Ubu as a band predated the American punk explosion, which nonetheless gave context to its fierce, bare-boned recordings. And though it remained associated with the proliferation of bands at…