Thursday: Strange 4th, ‘Stranger Things’
The little kids on “Stranger Things” (Netflix, streaming) are now gangly teens in season three of the popular sci-fi series and they’re hanging around a lot in the mall. The…
Wednesday TV: The Original Romanovs
"The Romanoffs" were already the subject of Matthew Weiner’s streaming series, now they are the subject of the more historical re-dramatization “The Last Czars” (Netflix, streaming), a British series filmed…
Tuesday TV: How the Speed Eaters Do It
Amid the excesses planned for July Fourth celebrations is the culinary competitions televised on ESPN each year — the hot dog eating contest, a speed eating spectacle sure to cause…
Monday TV: A Third Season ‘Divorce’ Start
The agreeable comedy “Divorce” (HBO, 10 p.m.) returns for a new season, with a wedding and birth imminent. It accompanies the second episode of the intriguing British limited series “Years…
Sunday TV: The Fox News Mastermind
Russell Crowe is unrecognizable stuffed into a fat suit to portray the menacing Roger Ailes in the new seven-part series “The Loudest Voice” (Showtime, 10 p.m.), based on the Gabriel Sherman…
Saturday TV: Ramy Youssef Stands Up
Not only did he present one of the best new comedies of the year in “Ram” (Hulu, streaming), the comic presents an especially start and nuanced standup show, “Ramy Youssef:…
Friday TV: Debunking All That ‘CSI’
How much of forensic crime, which has infused the justice system as well as TV programming (through “CSI” and the like) junk science? A new series “Exhibit A” (Netflix, streaming)…
The Minus 5, Plus 2 From R.E.M.
The recovery from a stroke in 2017 remains a source of celebration surrounding rocker Scott McCaughey. He’s surrounded by musicians who have been friends of his for years, is writing…
Thursday: Thom Yorke’s Netflix Debut
It’s not just Beyonce who releases a new album alongside a streaming film. Now Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke issues a new solo work with a similarly named film “Anima” (Netflix,…
Channeling Troubled Donny Hathaway
There's a transcendent moment in "Twisted Melodies," the one-man Donny Hathaway show by Kelvin Roston Jr. at Mosaic Theater Company, in which the audience and performer are one, singing and clapping…