Tuesday TV: Return to ‘Roswell, N.M.’
The rebooted “Roswell, New Mexico” (CW, 9 p.m.) starts much the same way the original “Roswell” did on CW nearly 20 years ago — a young woman returns to town,…
‘Hitmaker’ Jon Spencer at the Black Cat
When Jon Spencer took the stage arranging his amps before his latest band started playing Saturday night at the Black Cat in D.C., nobody much responded. Maybe they didn’t recognize…
Monday TV: Vampire Twist in ‘The Passage’
Scientists are working on a virus that could save humanity but could also destroy it. All they need is a test subject. A federal agent (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is sent out…
Sunday TV: ‘True Detective’ Finally Returns
Nic Pizzolatto’s “True Detective” (HBO, 9 p.m.) brought with it a grim foreboding, a visual splendor and a kind of philosophic approach to dogged criminal investigation of lurid crime, using…
Saturday TV: I Believe I’m ‘The Fly’
It’s the most famous high-pitched plea in movie history: “Help me!” It happened in the classic 1958 horror film “The Fly” (TCM, 8 p.m.), the one with Vincent Price (Jeff…
Friday TV: ‘Sex Ed’ Amid Netflix Onslaught
New online today is the British teen comedy series “Sex Education” (Netflix, streaming) about an awkward kid (Asa Butterfield) whose mom (Gillian Anderson) happens to be a sex therapist. The…
Thursday TV: Wan New Sitcom ‘Fam’
Is Nina Dobrev the new Sally Field? The former star of “Vampire Diaries” sure looks like Gidget in the bland new sitcom “Fam” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.), about a an engaged…
Wednesday TV: How to Be a Dictator
Creating a culture of fear, creating a common enemy, creating myth to justify governance, controlling the press, propaganda and creating a cult of personality were all common traits of the…
Tuesday TV: New ‘Project Blue Book’
From producer Robert Zemeckis, director of “Back to the Future” and “Contact” among other films comes the new series “Project Blue Book” (History, 10 p.m.), about the phenomenon of UFO…
Monday TV: The Virgin ‘Bachelor’ Returns
Colton Underwood is the first virgin at the center of “The Bachelor” (ABC, 8 p.m.). But anyone who follows the show may already be sick of him, first on The…