Thursday TV: ‘Peaky Blinders’ Returns
The fourth season of “Peaky Blinders” (Netflix, streaming), the gangster drama set in post-World War I in Birmingham, England, debuts, with a cast that includes Adrien Brody, Cillian Murphy, Tom…
Wednesday: No ‘Survivor’ Finale Immunity
The distinction of heroes, hustlers and healers became pretty indistinct right away, but this season of “Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m.) turned out pretty strong, mostly through the sheer will of…
Tuesday TV: A Fancy Quinceañera
The fancy coming-of-age party for Latina girls gets a four-part look in the documentary series “15: A Quinceañera Story” (HBO, 7 p.m.), concentrating on women with particularly difficult paths to…
Monday TV: A Third Life for Jon Snow
Kit Harington’s smoldering gaze returns to HBO not as the resurrected Jon Snow, but as a distant relative of the actor, Robert Catesby, a rebellious Catholic looking to overthrow the…
Sunday TV: ‘A Christmas Story Live!’
As beloved as it is an annual nostalgic holiday film, the 1983 “A Christmas Story” is less known as a musical. But it did get a Tony nomination for its…
Saturday TV: Bowl Games Pour Out
Bowl games begin in earnest with Grambling State vs. North Carolina A&T (ABC, noon) in the Celebration Bowl, Troy vs. North Texas (ESPN, 1 p.m.) in the New Orleans Bowl,…
Friday TV: Errol Morris Takes to the Tube
Errol Morris, the one man who left the largest mark on true crime series and cinema, with his artful re-enactments and mesmerizing scores in films going back to “The Thin…
The Top 10 Lists of 2017
As much as I’m honored to be among the 55 TV critics participating in the 2017 Uproxx TV Critics Poll of what’s best on television and streaming, I really have my…
Thursday TV: Olaf, Direct from the Theater
When it appeared last month as the overly long short before the Disney hit “Coco,” it garnered some of the worst “Frozen” backlash. So here it is as it may…
Wednesday TV: Ed Helms Back at the Desk
Things were more clear cut back when he was on “The Daily Show,” when fake news was just another word for satire. But now the term is a political weapon…