Tuesday TV: Poehler, Offerman Get Crafty
It’s a pleasure to have Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman back on network TV, bantering and challenging one another. The former co-stars of “Parks and Recreation” reunite on a show…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I've written this summer: A walk through a retrospective of Georg Baselitz for Smithsonian Magazine.com. A feature on the rise of the intimacy consultant in…
Monday TV: Reliving Trayvon Martin
Produced in part by Jay-Z and the parents of the victim, the new six-part docs-series “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story” (Paramount, 10 p.m.) relives the 2012 shooting of…
Sunday TV: Roasting Bruce Willis
Demi Moore, Christopher Walken, Dennis Rodma, Martha Stewart and Edward Norton are among the celebrities who show up to the “Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis” (Comedy Central, 10 p.m.),…
At TCA: Promotion Beyond the Call of Duty
Bob Odenkirk was not scheduled to stop into AMC’s session at the TV Critics Association summer press tour Sunday, but he did so in part to show his devotion to…
Stonewalling is His Prerogative
The success of BET’s 2017 docudrama “The New Edition Story” got the network motivated to make the sequel, “The Bobby Brown Story” which premieres Sept. 4 and 5. Brown, 49,…
It Takes Tom Arnold to Take Down Trump
It takes a clown to take down another. That’s the basis of Tom Arnold’s ambitious “The Hunt for Trump Tapes” coming to Viceland Sept. 18. Arnold seems to know how…
Saturday TV: Marcia Clark Goes Pink
Marcia Clark continues her journey from prosecutor to cable host to broadcast personality on the new “Pink Collar Crimes” (CBS, 8 p.m.), which looks at women criminals, starting with one…
Friday TV: ‘Orange’ is the New Season
“Orange is the New Black” (Netflix, streaming), the series that helped put the streaming service on the map for original programming, returns for its sixth season — after one that…
Report from TCA: ‘Deadwood’ is a Go
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — At a time when reboots are now a solid part of TV schedules, HBO’s Quentin Schaffer opened the TV Critics Association summer press tour here Wednesday…