Wednesday TV: ‘Sherman’s Showcase’
A week after they debuted their “South Side” (Comedy Central, 8 p.m.), the team of Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle present their creative “Sherman’s Showcase” (IFC, 10 p.m.), a sketch…
Tuesday TV: Another Round of Debates
Only one candidate has dropped out since last month’s sessions. Things may be more amped up with the second round of the Democratic Presidential Debates (CNN, 8 p.m.). Tonight’s lineup…
Monday TV: David Spade Tries Late Night
It’s one of the toughest time slots on cable — the post “Daily Show” position that laid waist to shows from Larry Wilmore to Jordan Klepper. The latest contender is…
Sunday TV: Now for Alfred’s Backstory
Every aspect of the Batman story by now would seem to have been has been exploited, but here’s the backstory of Alfred, the Wayne Manor butler and secret-keeper, who was…
Saturday TV: Social Media’s Pain Volumizer
A grim tale of a teen’s sexual assault unfolds through a circulated video in the directorial debut of Pippa Bianco in “Share” (HBO, 10 p.m.). Rhianne Barreto and Nichola Galitzine star…
Friday TV: The Final Shade of Orange
The seventh and final season comes for “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix, streaming), the series that helped define what an online series could be, leading the charge for diversified…
Female Superheroes on TCA Day One
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — She spent 12 seasons in a show about comic book-crazy nerds, so maybe it’s no surprise that the first project for Kaley Cuoco after “The Big…
Wednesday TV: Mueller Finally Testifies
It’s not often that testimony before Congress commands live coverage from the broadcast networks as well as the cable news outlets, but today’s Testimony by Robert Mueller (CSPAN, CNN, MSNBC,…
Tuesday TV: Prosecuting with Prejudice
Documentarian Liz Garbus’ contribution to HBO’s month of gripping, two part documentaries follows a case in Potsdam, N.Y., involving the strangulation murder of a 12-year-old boy in 2011. The one…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I've written elsewhere lately: A preview for TV Guide magazine of “Rolling Thunder Review: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese” that Netflix wouldn’t let…