A ‘Feud’ That Illuminates Women’s Roles
Delicious for its melding of Hollywood lore and golden age gossip, done up with a lavishness that is 10 times the budget of the pulpy film it portrays, “Feud: Bette…
Also on Sunday: CNN Faith Sampling
Just as Anthony Bordain travels the world and samples food on his “Parts Unkown,” so will the writer and commentator Reza Aslan sample on his new show “Believer with Reza…
Also on Sunday: Time Travel Aplenty
I’m thinking it was “Hot Tub Time Machine” that helped rekindle the inordinate interest in time travel in film and TV, covered so long ago on “Bill & Ted’s Excellent…
Saturday TV: From Oscar to Lifetime Movie
Viola Davis, who just picked up an Academy Award for "Fences," stars as a family court judge in the star-filled made-for-TV she also produces. “Custody” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), written and directed…
Friday TV: Future Superstars on Nick
WNBA All-Star Skylar Diggins hosts a three part documentary series about six young female basketball players from the heartland on “Little Ballers Indiana” (Nickelodeon, 9 p.m.).Current and former WNBA stars pop…
Thursday TV: Final Glimpses of Bill Paxton
It’s sad that the last work Bill Paxton was doing when he died Saturday at 61 was the terrible “Training Day” (CBS, 10 p.m.). The show’s first season was complete,…
Wednesday TV: ‘National Treasure,’ UConn
Robbie Coltrane, who himself portrayed a beloved character in movies (Hagrid!) portrays half of a beloved UK comedy team in “National Treasure” (Hulu, streaming) who is suddenly the target of…
Tuesday TV: ‘Thank God for Jokes’
In his latest stand up special, “Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes” (Netflix, streaming), he talks about the limits of humor among his many routines. But the director and star…
Monday TV: Ambitious ‘When We Rise’
“When We Rise” (ABC, 9 p.m.) is a high minded and generally recommended history of the gay rights movement, a sincere effort by Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter of “Milk” to…
Sunday TV: Oscars and Surrounding Hype
The practically unflappable Jimmy Kimmel hosts The 89th Academy Awards (ABC 8:30 p.m.) and he’ll probably do a pretty good job. “La La Land” leads all films with 14 nominations, tying…