Friday TV: ‘The First’ Looks Good
If “The Handmaid’s Tale” was the first series that made many seriously consider Hulu subscriptions, Beau Willimon’s new sleek new series “The First” (Hulu, streaming) about a manned trip to…
Thursday TV: Oslo Accords, 25 Years Later
The most disheartening thing about “The Oslo Diaries” (HBO, 8 p.m.), an enlightening documentary that goes behind the secret, even illegal, negotiations that came the closest to finding peace in…
Wednesday TV: ‘American Horror Story’
“American Horror Story” (FX, 10 p.m.) begins its eighth season by taking parts from all of its previous season in a new story that begins and ends with the end…
Tuesday TV: ‘The Resistance Banker’
In addition to the apparent resistance in the current White House, there is also the story of “The Resistance Banker” (Netflix, streaming), who set up an underground bank to help…
Monday TV: Christiane Takes Over the Hour
She’s been a part of the fill-in since Charlie Rose was yanked from his long-running hour for sexual misconduct. Now Christiane Amanpour inherits the entire hour on the new “Amanpour…
Sunday TV: Jim Carrey’s New ‘Kidding’
Normally I’d be cheering another collaboration between Jim Carrey and director Michel Gondry, whose “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” remains a favorite movie. But in the new series “Kidding” (Showtime,…
Saturday TV: Remembering Burt, ‘Smokey’
To mark the passing of Burt Reynolds Thursday at 82, there is a replay of the 2016 documentary “The Bandit” (CMT, noon), about one of his best-known films by the…
Friday TV: Standing Up for Cancer Again
The sixth annual “Stand Up 2 Cancer” (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Bravo, HBO, Showtime, TNT, WGN America, Smithsonian Channel, Discovery Life, E!, Reelz, 8 p.m.) brings out stars in order…
Thursday TV: Jordin Sparks Has a Baby
Something other than a song from “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks, is the story of having a baby son last May in “Jordin Sparks: A Baby Story” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.).…
Wednesday TV: ‘It’s Always Sunny’s 13th
It’s remarkable that the raucous “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (FXX, 10 p.m.) has reached its 13th season. Next year it will tie “Ozzie & Harriet” as TV’s longest running…