Saturday TV: Kids Step Up
Would that we were only worried about the assault of slime on children. It falls again as part of the 2018 Kids Choice Awards (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.), hosted by John…
Friday TV: Tale of the Brown Buffalo
Fans of Hunter S. Thompson will know a bit about Oscar Zeta Acosta, the manic sidekick sometimes known as Dr. Gonzo in “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” But a…
Thursday TV: The Final ‘Portlandia’
For an episode to end its delightful eight season run, it was last week’s “Portlandia” (IFC, 9:30 p.m.) that included a glimpse of most of the many characters created by…
Superman’s Planet, the Early Days
The new “Krypton” (Syfy, 10 p.m.), according to a network executive, “asks the provocative question; What if Superman never existed?” Someone clue the guy in: He never really has. Try…
Also on Wednesday: Finale for ‘Versace’
Ryan Murphy’s underrated “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” (FX, 10 p.m.) reaches its finale by going forward in time to the incident at hand and its immediate…
Tuesday TV: Romance While Traveling
There must be easier ways to meet a life partner. But on the new reality show “Love at First Flight” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.), eight strangers are selected by a matchmaker…
Monday TV: A View from the Daughter
Much of the time when he was America’s premier playwright, he was taciturn and reserved; when he married Marilyn Monroe even more so. But in the comprehensive documentary “Arthur Miller:…
Sunday TV: Alan Cumming Takes the Lead
Alan Cumming is a welcome prime time star, but the show he’s in, “Instinct” (CBS, 8 p.m.) is one of the sillier police procedurals around. He’s a criminal justice professor…
Saturday TV: New Inquiry from Amanpour
She’s built a solid career in international reporting but switches topic for a new six-part series suitable for a Saturday night, “Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World” (CNN,…
Friday TV: Spying on Five-Year-Olds
Hooking up a bunch of cameras to watch 5-year-olds play sounds like an invasion of privacy, but the new series “The Secret Life of Kids” (USA, 9 and 10 p.m.)…