Wednesday TV: A New ‘Nancy Drew’
As a dark, updated story of the 175-book teen detective series, the new “Nancy Drew” (CW, 9 p.m.) stars Kennedy McMann as an 18-year-old sleuth who foregoes college to look…
Luna Revisits its Penthouse at the 930 Club
On the various Luna tours the band has done since it reunited in 2015 following a 10 year pause, they almost seemed miffed to have to play the old stuff…
Tuesday TV: Lil’ Bit of Hip-Hop Awards
The BET Hip Hop Awards (BET, 8 p.m.) return to Atlanta with Cardi B receiving the most nominations. But performance seems a more important aspect, from Chance the Rapper, Rick…
Monday TV: PBS Brings the Laughs
PBS is known for many things, from great documentaries to British drama, but it has never been known for humor. In fact, I maintain they’ve never booked straight comedy other…
Sunday TV: Here Comes ‘Batwoman’
While another “Batman” character dominates the movies, here’s yet another starting a TV show. Ruby Rose stars as “Batwoman” (CW, 8 p.m.), TV’s first openly lesbian superhero, who decides to…
Reviving ‘Merce Cunningham at 100’
Merce Cunningham’s legacy lingers in contemporary dance, and avant-garde collaboration. He eliminated storylines in dance pieces, concentrated on movement as pointed as abstract art and vaulted modernist music (particularly that…
Saturday: Phoebe Waller-Bridge on ‘SNL’
The tall Emmy winning Phoebe Waller-Bridge of “Fleabag” fame hosts a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with even taller musical guest Taylor Swift. The comedian addresses his mental…
Friday TV: Kids With Strange Powers
“Raising Dion” (Netflix, streaming) is yet another series about a young boy who has mysterious superhero abilities. Alisha Wainwright plays his mom; Michael B. Jordan, a producer of the series, …
Thursday TV: Alicia Keys, Others, Sing
The second half of the “iHeartRadio Music Festival” (CW, 8 p.m.) from Las Vegas features performances from Alicia Keys, Miley Cyrus, Chance the Rapper, Zac Brown and Mumford & Sons.…
Wednesday TV: Fox’s New ‘Almost Family’
The best of the new “Almost Family” (Fox, 9 p.m.) plays like an instant-sisterhood of women played by Brittany Snow, Emily Osment and Megalyn Echikunwoke. But the reason they’re half…