Sunday TV: Corden Hosts The Grammys
Framing The 59th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.) as a battle between single-named divas Beyonce and Adele makes it sound so 2015. More than the awards though, will be…
Saturday TV: Image Awards, Alec Baldwin
Yesterday, he hosted his first animal talk show. Tonight, Anthony Anderson of “Blackish” is host of The 48th NCAAP Image Awards (TVOne, 9 p.m.) live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Beyoncé,…
Playlist 2-10-17
After concluding the Firesign Theatre album begun last week, there was a substantial salute to Smokey Robinson, who was being honored on TV for winning the Gershwin Prize from the…
Friday TV: The Return of David Brent
Sometimes I wonder about the original UK version of “The Office” and what David Brent is up to now, he’ brought up to date in the new special “David Brent:…
We Interrupt This News for Comedy
News is so frantic and often dire, it’s an odd time to break in with a new eight-part documentary series “The History of Comedy” (CNN, 10 p.m.). But maybe that’s…
Theatre Review: ‘Trevor’ at 1st Stage
Living in Connecticut eight years ago when a chimp being kept as a pet ripped the face off a neighbor, it was tough to see anything but stark horror in…
Hawley’s Mind-Blowing New ‘Legion’
I grew out of superhero stories about the time I hit adulthood, so there’s little in the current crush of TV series from Marvel and DC to be of interest.…
Also on Wednesday: How We Fly
A new three part series on public television, a co-production with the BBC, looks at all that goes into modern air transportation. “City in the Sky” (PBS, 10 p.m., check…
Review: Spooky Action’s ‘The River’
The theater space at the Spooky Action Theatre is so intimate you immediately feel you’re in the tiny cabin where all its action in Jez Butterworth’s play “The River” takes…
A Best Bet for Militia Group Movie Night
Got a chilling feeling at the PBS portion of the TV Critics Association winter press tour last month. Of course it was happening just before the inauguration, but it was…