Thursday TV: ‘The Victim’ from BritBox
Kelly Macdonald, who is always pretty great, stars in a new four-part limited series “The Victim” (BritBox, streaming) that may give higher prominence to the anglophile streaming service created by…
Remembering Daniel Johnston, 1961-2019
Sad to hear of the death of Daniel Johnston, the prolific and singular songwriter, whose mental difficulties seemed to bring honesty and and unfettered heartbreak to his music. That he…
Wednesday: 9/11 Refresher for the Young
There are people old enough to vote this year who weren’t alive when 9/11 happened. The century changing terror attack 18 years ago today was certainly vivid to teens at…
Tuesday TV: ‘Frontline’ Exposé on Flint
A new report on the deadly Flint water crisis on “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) shows that there may have been about 70 more Legionnaires deaths during the…
Jenny Lewis’ Glamorous Rock
For a woman whose songs are so direct, and whose voice is so clear, Jenny Lewis also likes to dress up a bit. So for the stop in her On…
‘Brady Bunch’ Restores Own Fake House
It takes more than a cheesy reunion movie to get the six original "Brady Bunch" kids together these days. But when HGTV won a bidding war against Lance Bass to buy…
Also on Monday: Return of ‘The Deuce’
For the third and final season of “The Deuce” (HBO, 9 p.m.), the time picks up in 1985 and Times Square is still gritty as the colorful characters continue their…
Sunday TV: A Taste of ‘Country Music’
Before his eight part, 16-hour documentary opus “Country Music” begins next Sunday, Ken Burns hits on some of its major themes in a concert, “Country Music: Live at the Ryman”…
Saturday TV: Serena Tries For 24th Win
It’s Serena Williams vs. Bianca Andreescu in the women’s singles final at the U.S. Open (ESPN, 4 p.m.). Otherwise, today is all about college football, with its first big Saturday…
Friday TV: Sacha Baron Cohen, Seriously
The last time Sacha Baron Cohen played an Israeli former agent of Mossad, it was the weird, disguised Erran Morad on his devilish prank show “Who is America?” who got…