Scott Kelly On That Space Station Smell
Last year’s documentary on astronaut Scott Kelly’s 12-month stay on the International Space Station, seen as a precursor to an eventual trip to Mars, “A Year in Space” (PBS, 8…
Also Wednesday: 2 Chainz’ ‘Expensivest’
The rapper 2 Chainz is half fascinated and half appalled by the excess he’ll sample in his new series “Most Expensivest” (Viceland, 10:30 p.m.). He’s more entertaining than Robin Leach…
Tuesday TV: The Dim New ‘Future Man’
The golden age of TV also finds room for something as repellant as “Future Man” (Hulu, streaming) about a slacker who is sought by future warriors based on his modern…
Monday TV: Veterans Day Documentaries
Two bearded, thoughtful Iraq veterans deal with their war memories and deal with their moral injuries by taking a cross country walk from Milwaukee to Santa Barbara, Calif., in which…
Rock Review: Pere Ubu, Johnny Dowd
Pere Ubu as a band predated the American punk explosion, which nonetheless gave context to its fierce, bare-boned recordings. And though it remained associated with the proliferation of bands at…
Sunday TV: Elizabeth Smart Tells Her Story
Speaking of 14-year-old girls in peril, Elizabeth Smart was famously abducted from her home in Salt Lake City in 2002 and rescued nine months later. The case has been the…
Saturday TV: Shepard Fairey Documentary
Shepard Fairey, the street artist who plastered the streets with Andre the Giant stencils and helped boost Barack Obama’s candidacy with his famous “Hope” poster, is profiled on the new…
Friday TV: ‘Lady Dynamite,’ Foo Fighters
Maria Bamford’s bold and experimental “Lady Dynamite” (Netflix, streaming) returns for its second season, with her character living with a new boyfriend and having a new job at a streaming…
Dhani Harrison, Summer Moon at U Street
There were more grey-haired types than usual at the Dhani Harrison show Tuesday at the U Street Music Hall. Were they suddenly interested in dense, synth-heavy 21st Century anthems from…
Thursday TV: The 300th ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Somehow “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC, 8 p.m.) has reached its 300th episode, bypassing “Murder, She Wrote,” “Fraiser,” “Perry Mason” and “Cheers” in longevity. Started in 2005, it spends tonight’s show dealing…