Also on Tuesday: Scripted Bravo Attempt
The home of reality shows, Bravo tries a stab at more scripted fare with “Imposters” (Bravo, 9 p.m.) in which Inbar Lavi plays a con woman who cheats successive husbands…
Monday TV: Justin Kirk in New ‘APB’
Perhaps you don’t have the stomach for a new series about a billionaire who rides into town and tries to fix something without any experience. In the case of “APB”…
Keeping You Up to Midnight: A New ’24’
Those digital clock beeps, the still remarkable real-time format, the relentless action, the petty office politics -- the makers of "24: Legacy" (Fox, 10:30 p.m. or whenever the Super Bowl…
Also Sunday: Apparently, a Football Game
This is what we’re supposed to have our national laser focus on, a hopelessly overblown meeting between New England vs. Atlanta (Fox, 6:30 p.m.) in what is grandiosely called Super…
Saturday TV: Franco, Slumming at Lifetime
Here’s another one of those weird instances of Hollywood stars slumming in the Lifetime movie world, as James Franco produces and stars in the creepy thriller “High School Lover” (Lifetime,…
Playlist 2-3-17
After a healthy half of a Firesign Theatre album, it was all about the plane crash, 58 years ago today, that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper,…
Friday TV: The Suburban Zombie Mom
The new “Santa Clarita Diet” (Netflix, streaming) strikes nearly the right tone in trying to be a comedy about a suburban mom and real estate agent suddenly turned zombie. Drew…
From Russia, Ballet’s Humpbacked Horse
If the current state of U.S. relations with Russia seems dark and murky, it's opposite that in the Mariinsky Ballet's current offering at the Kennedy Center. "The Little Humpbacked Horse" is…
Thursday TV: Superhero Support Team
Amid a flurry of superhero shows on screen and TV, “Powerless” (NBC, 8:30 p.m.) stands out because it focuses on the smaller support people in the background. In this case…
Wednesday TV: Faking Out the Animals
“Nature” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) moves into wacky territory by trying to fool animals by placing life-like robots among them. If they wanted up close observation, they could…