Remembering Adam West, Best Batman
For the number of actors who have donned the cape to become increasingly more dark Dark Knights in recent decades, the most iconic Batman was the one on TV in…
TV: Beginning of End for ‘Orphan Black’
Tatiana Maslany returns as a number of clones in the fifth season start of “Orphan Black” (BBC America, 10 p.m.), whose task this year is to tie up the ends…
Friday TV: The Turbulence of Cary Grant
He was one of Hollywood’s smoothest stars. Yet that was all a facade, Cary Grant maintains, hiding a turmoil inside that he treated with therapy and eventually repeated doses LSD.…
Thursday: Comey and Tragedy
One thing TV has over most other modern communication is its ability to share history as it occurs. It happened in the Watergate Hearings 44 years ago, and it may…
Wednesday TV: Deacon Hosts CMT Awards
Things get meta on this year’s CMT Music Awards (CMT, 8 p.m.) as its host is Charles Esten, who is known for portraying Deacon on a fictional show about country…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
A story for SmithsonianMagazine.com about the German artist who is finally getting his first U.S. museum showcase in two concurrent shows in D.C. An overview of Donald Sultan's chilling Disaster…
Tuesday TV: Jack White’s Roots Reunion
The coda to the splendid recent overview into the roots of American roots music “American Epic” is “The American Epic Sessions” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) in which Jack…
(Sandy) Alex G at the Rock & Roll Hotel
I wanted to see the show by (Sandy) Alex G in part because my daughter called him “the Elliott Smith of my generation.” This comparison took me aback, partly because…
Monday TV: The Power of 90 Year Olds
Carl Reiner, at 95, muses about longevity and vitality in his documentary “If You’re Not in the Obits, Eat Your Breakfast” (HBO, 8 p.m.). It sounds like something he might…
Sunday TV: Comics Come, ‘Leftovers’ Go
Seems like the viewing public knows plenty about the life behind the scenes for standup comedy, from “Seinfeld” and “Louie” to “Crashing.” Now comes one in period costume, from the…