Saturday TV: Jason Isbell Plays a Set
Americana star Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit play five songs from their latest album, "The Nashville Sound,"on a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings). Also on the…
Friday TV: Coupla Retired Guys Talking
When David Letterman retired two years ago, late night television lost not only a singular comic voice but also a host who could have a natural curiosity about his guests…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Alone Together’
Benji Aflalo and Esther Povitsky have pretty good chemistry as best friends navigating their fraught social lives as millennials in Los Angeles on the new “Alone Together” (Freeform, 8:30 p.m.).…
Tuesday TV: Teddy Visits the Amazon
Alec Baldwin plays quite a different president than usual when he provides the voice of Theodore Roosevelt in a documentary about the 1914 adventure trip that almost killed the former…
Monday TV: David Bowie’s Final Five Years
Today would have been the 71st birthday of David Bowie, but he died two years ago Wednesday. HBO chooses the birthday to celebrate as it premieres the British documentary “David…
Sunday TV: Sure Predictions for the Globes
The 75th Golden Globe Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.) are tonight and we have no predictions except that: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will make some goofy choices, TV and movie…
Saturday TV: The Saga of the Coreys
Piggybacking on the recent spate of stories of sexual abuse in Hollywood is the new made for TV movie, “A Tale of Two Coreys” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.). It looks at…
Friday TV: ‘End of the [Something] World’
The darkness and deep cynicism of a new, streaming coming of age series from the UK is indicated by the asterisks necessary in its title. “The End of the F***ing…
Thursday TV: A New Fox Singing Contest
To fill the current lapse of singing competitions, here’s a new one. “The Four” (Fox, 8 p.m.) begins its brief, six-episode run with four finalists in place. Their duty is…
Wednesday TV: Ryan Murphy Calls ‘911’
Ryan Murphy has always innovated in TV and while some of his creations that began big became off-putting, he’s also been able to put out some of the best in…