On Sunday: MTV Movie Awards Adds TV
Like the network itself, the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards (MTV, 8 p.m.) seem devalued as well, even though it's added TV to its mix. Adam Devine hosts the event…
Saturday TV: Chris Gethard Confesses
The inventive comic Chris Gerhard may be best on his own talk show, which began on public access, went online and will now be going to truTV. In the meantime,…
Brian Wilson Keeps ‘Pet Sounds’ Going
What began last year as the 50th Anniversary World Tour of a masterpiece that never had a tour in its time is still on the road, out so long it’s…
Friday TV: ‘Sense8,’ ‘Last Kingdom’ Return
The mind-blowing sc-fi of “Sense8” (Netflix, streaming) returns for a second season, now that the worldwide collection of psychically linked people with special powers — who can freely inhabit eachother’s…
‘Macbeth’ With Machine Guns
As investigations into Russian influence on U.S. elections continue, here’s a development that has so far eluded Rachel Maddow: They may have also been behind the witches in “Macbeth.” So…
Thursday TV: Luke, Leia and All That
If you’re wondering why a random spring Thursday has been named Star Wars Day, well, May the Fourth be with you. The result is the first six movies being shown…
Arto Lindsay at the Black Cat Saturday
One of the pillars of the New York’s no wave era, Arto Lindsay’s frantic guitar playing straddled punk, art rock and free jazz. He’s also been part of the Lounge…
Wednesday TV: Andy Cohen Looks Back
Mathematically it was 20 years ago, but 1997 doesn’t seem that long ago. Still there was enough there for nostalgia and cable’s ubiquitous host mines it on the season premiere…
Tuesday TV: New ‘Victorian Slum House’
Some of the best reality shows have come on PBS. Not just “The Great British Baking Show” but the early participatory history such as “Colonial House,” “Pioneer House” and “Manor…
Review: Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones
The guitarist and songwriter Dave Alvin morphed in his time from out-of-time rockabilly revivalist amid the L.A. punk heyday, to cowboy California troubadour. After reuniting on a couple of albums…