Monday TV: Reliving It All Again
Now that the Princess Diana documentaries appear to be over, it’s time for all of the annual documentaries about 9/11 — which was 16 years ago a week from today.…
Steely Dan’s Walter Becker (1950-2017)
One of the charms of Walter Becker, the Steely Dan co founder who died Sunday at 67, is that he looked less like a rock star and more like the…
‘Twin Peaks:’ I Am Not Your Finale
A new two hour David Lynch film premieres on cable tonight, and we should welcome it with all of the promise that might bring us. That it is also the…
Also on Sunday: ‘Power’ Shuts Down
There’s a season finale as well on “Power” (Star, 9 p.m.) in which Ghost continues to try to steer clear of his criminal past But there’s a bit of revenge…
Saturday TV: College Football Onslaught
The first of the season’s college football Saturdays (largely listed below) is crowned by prime time’s Florida State vs. Alabama (ABC, 8 p.m.) and Louisville vs. Purdue (Fox, 7:30 p.m.).…
For Linklater, a Mid-Career ‘Masters’
The venerable PBS showcase "American Masters" (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) steps away tonight from the kind of old time cultural heroes they usually profile, from Sammy Davis, Ella…
Also on Friday: ‘Narcos’ Minus Escobar
The third season of “Narcos” (Netflix, streaming) begins without its central figure Pablo Escobar, who died at the end of season two. Minus Escobar and his actor Wagner Moura, the…
Thursday TV: Return to Chernobyl
Speaking of disaster, the 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is still considered one of the “Mysteries of the Abandoned” (Science, 9 p.m.), as engineer Philip Grossman…
On Stage: Bessie Smith and ‘Devil’s Music’
The Mosaic Theater Company ignites its third season with a sure hit, a proven crowd-pleaser about the Empress of Blues. "The Devil's Music: The Life & Blues of Bessie Smith”…
Wednesday TV: ‘Vixen’ Moves to TV
It’s been showing in bite-sized increments online. And now the animated series “Vixen” (The CW, 8 p.m.), about a female superhero who can mimic the abilities of animals, shows its…