Monday TV: Babies, Babies Everywhere
You may think your hospital is busy. But likely not as busy as the Dr. Jose Labella Memorial Hospital in Philippines, serving poor pregnant women, which has an average of…
Sunday TV: Showtime’s ‘White Famous’
Jay Pharaoh, never used to his full potential on “Saturday Night Live,” bounces back with a series “White Famous” (Showtime, 10 p.m.), about a comedian trying to break into Hollywood…
Saturday TV: Elisabeth Moss in Japan
Because he directed some of the most memorable stand-alone episodes of “Girls,” Richard Shepard also made his own short film in Japan when the rest of the show was there…
Friday TV: Baumbach’s Latest on Netflix
Online entertainment reaches a pinnacle when it presents new movies you’d gladly have gone to the theater to have seen. Tonight’s debut is the latest from Noah Baumbach (“The Squid…
Thursday TV: Female Comics Get a Word
You may remember her from being a nonstop talker on “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore,” where she was also head writer. Now she’s heading her own once a week…
‘I’ll Get You Back Again’ at Round House
With its emphasis on both 1960s psychedelic rock music and the Three Stooges, it would seem the latest offering at the Round House Theatre was tailored precisely for my taste.…
Wednesday TV: Unnecessary ‘Dynasty’
Maybe I spoke too soon on the guilty pleasures of the new “Dynasty” (The CW, 9 p.m.), a revival of the Carringtons TV soap opera, as redone by the people…
Tuesday TV: The BET Hip Hop Awards
DJ Khaled hosts the BET Hip Hop Awards (BET, 8 p.m.) from the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach with performances scheduled from Migos, Cardi B, T-Pain and Rick Ross.…
Monday TV: ‘Valor’ Added to Military Push
On “Valor” (The CW, 9 p.m.), the least-bad of the three new network military dramas, Christina Ochoa plays part of an elite unit of U.S. Army pilots who share a…
Sunday TV: From BBC and Amazon to PBS
The overload of British drama on public television continues with “The Collection” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings), set in postwar Paris, as a designer builds a fashion house based…