Thursday TV: Double Down on Finales
It’s just been announced that “Scandal” (ABC, 9 p.m.) will present its final season this fall. So tonight’s season finale, over two hours, sets the stage with preparations for the…
The Pixies Pummel On at Lincoln Theatre
Conventional wisdom says the road from the Stooges to Nirvana went through the Pixies. And though they never broke through to the degree of some of their emulators, the driving…
Upfronts: CBS Unveils Eight New Shows
The last of the big four broadcast networks to present its plans for the 2017-18 TV season, CBS adds eight new shows, including one that’s a spinoff of its popular…
Wednesday TV: Dog Talks But Don’t Worry
Talking animals don’t usually make for great sitcoms, be they “Mister Ed,” the cat on “Sabrina” or whatever those things were on “Alf” and the now cancelled “Imaginary Mary.” Against…
Upfronts: ABC Has a Dozen New Shows
ABC announced the most new shows of any network so far — 12 — in its 2017-18 upfront presentation. But many of its series have limited eight-to-10 episode runs, including…
Stage Review: A Rare ‘Timon of Athens’
Ian Merrill Peakes begins and ends his role as "Timon of Athens" standing in the center of Folger Shakespeare Theatre's stage. At the start, he's basking in his glory as…
Deep Dive into American Roots Music
When radio threatened the young phonograph record industry in American cities in the 1920s, it sent out talent scouts to rural corners of the country, seeking to find local musicians…
Also on Tuesday: Seven Season Finales
Michael Bolton guest stars at himself, an investor in the restaurant on “Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC, 9 p.m.) in the third season finale. In its eighth season finale of…
Upfronts: Fox Brings more ‘X-Files’
Fox brings four new hour-long series and a pair of half hour comedies to its 2017-18 season and will bring back a 10-episode new season of “X-Files” midseason, it…
Monday TV: Darker Side of Motherhood
With all the flowery sentiments of Mother’s Day out of the way, here’s a harrowing story of a terrible bond. It’s mother in Springfield, Mo., who made her daughter think…