Monday TV: New ‘Twilight Zone’ Take
It was so striking in its earliest incarnation 60 years ago that Rod Serling’s sly and thought-provoking anthology was revived with the same name twice more in 1985 and 2002,…
Sunday TV: Selina Meyer’s Last Campaign
As real political life reaches its own heights of absurdity, it would seem “Veep” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) would have a tough time to match it. Instead, it goes into overdrive…
Saturday TV: Spotlight on One Nominee
The release of Jessie Smollett this week has turned The 50th NAACP Image Awards (TV One, 8 p.m.), into another cultural impasse. He’s been nominated for an award for his…
Friday TV: A New ‘Hanna’ on the Loose
Saoirse Ronan starred in the 2011 movie about the teenager raised to be a killer, but in the new series with the same name “Hanna” (Amazon, streaming), Esme Creed-Miles takes…
Thursday TV: ‘Abby’s’ Outside Audience
The big news for the new sitcom “Abby’s” (NBC, 9:30 p.m.), about a neighborhood’s illegal backyard bar and its denizens, is that it’s shot before a live audience - outside.…
Wednesday TV: Staten Island Vampires
“Flight of the Conchords” star Jermaine Clement wrote and starred in a deadpan 2015 movie about ordinary and somewhat hapless urban vampires in a mockumentary style. Now he’s behind (but…
Tuesday TV: End of ‘Miracle Workers’
Daniel Radcliffe’s character risks all in an attempt to save Earth and all of mankind on the series finale of “Miracle Workers” (TBS, 10:30 p.m.), Simon Rich’s allegory starring Steve…
Monday TV: Stresses Shortening U.S. Lives
Weekend events will only add to the stresses of half of America whose jitters are already at epidemic levels according to the new documentary “One Nation Under Stress” (HBO, 9…
Sunday TV: On Sports Betting ‘Action’
As sports betting opens up, it won't stay too long. So you better early to bet at starslots.com before its to late. — and the tournament that causes so much wagering…
Saturday TV: ‘The Atlanta Child Murders’
Will Packer is better known as a comedy producer for films like “Ride Along” and “Girls Trip,” but he’s always been haunted by the forgotten case of 29 dead black…