Friday TV: Vandalism as True Crime
As vital as a genre it’s becoming, the true crime documentary series is also ripe for parody, which it gets today in the Funny or Die-produced send-up “American Vandal” (Netflix,…
McCain and Kerry Agree on Vietnam
There will be scores of community talk-backs associated with the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick opus "The Vietnam War" that starts Sunday on PBS. Perhaps none will be as prestigious as the one…
‘Better Things’ Gets Even Better
As good as the first season was, "Better Things" (FX, 10 p.m.) gets even better as its second season starts tonight. Pamela Adlon, who stars, co-writes and directs each episode…
Also Thursday: Death of a Makeup Artist
The makeup artist of celebrities from Cher, Liza Minnelli and Tina Turner to Jennifer Lopez and Janet Jackson is celebrated in the documentary “Kevyn Aucoin: Beauty & the Beast in…
Wednesday TV: ‘Broad City’ Returns
“Broad City” (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.) returns for its fourth season with its adorable duo Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer looking back on the day they happened to meet in…
Two Documentaries on D.C.’s NFL ’80s
For the fifth year in a row, the Washington NFL team began its season with a loss Sunday. No news here: it looks like it might be another long season.…
Also on Monday: Big Hurricane Telethon
Beyonce, Barbra Streisand, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Jamie Foxx, Blake Shelton, Robert De Niro, Justin Bieber, Jered Leto, J. Balvin, Ellen DeGeneres, Drake, Michael Strahan all show up for “Hand…
A More Admirable Display of Love
On the finale night for a show that reflected only the most shallow charade of love, "Bachelor in Paradise" (ABC, 8 p.m.), where dim folks coupled up mostly in order…
Also on Monday: Solicitor to Barrister
An Australian import becomes part of the mostly British lineup on the online service Acorn with “Newton’s Law” (Acorn TV, streaming) in which Claudia Karvan plays suburban solicitor Josephine Newton,…
You Can Bet on HBO’s ‘The Deuce’
David Simon and his creative crew are used to creating whole cities with their ambitious TV series — and changing the medium along the way. First it was Baltimore in…