Friday TV: Rosamund Gets ‘Radioactive’
Rosamund Pike plays chemist Marie Curie in the new film “Radioactive” (Amazon, streaming). Based on a graphic novel about the two time Nobel Prize winner, it’s also directed by a…
Thursday TV: Play Ball, Wear Masks
A long delayed opening day starts an already-stunted 60-game season with the start of Major League Baseball. Dr. Anthony Fauci throws out the first pitch with the Yankees at Washington…
Wednesday TV: Even More Awkward Dating
Daters on the autistic spectrum get a chance to mingle on the new reality series “Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix, streaming), whose charms grow because it’s all shot in Australia.…
Tuesday TV: COVID-19’s Dire Effects
On a day when the White House reinstitutes its unreliably upbeat coronavirus briefing (at about 5 p.m.) because it had “great ratings” and was in a “good slot,” other shows…
Monday TV: Radical Monarchs Fly High
Making its debut on “POV” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), Linda Goldstein Knowlton’s “We are the Radical Monarchs” chronicles the work of a group of young girls of color…
Thursday TV: A ’30 Rock’ Reunion for Some
As anticipated as it is, the “30 Rock: A One Time Special” (NBC, 8 p.m.) won’t be as swell as the pandemic reunion episode that preceded it, from “Parks &…
New Streamer Peacock Spreads Wings
Peacock, the streaming service named after the NBC logo, begins spreading its feathers today — for free. It’s got thousands of hours of largely NBC programming, scads of “SNL” clips,…
TV Eye Takes a Little Break
For the first time in more than a year, this column takes a break. Not because of the pandemic or any number of worldwide crises, but because it's vacation time.…
Sunday TV: Pole Dancing at P-Valley
Things are a little spicy in the new series “P-Valley” (Starz, 9 p.m.), a new series about the lives of dancers in Southern strip club that shows the entertainers in…
Saturday TV: Calling ‘Dr. Strangelove’
At a time when the entire political world seems like a joke, will it help to watch the satire of a different era? It can't hurt. Stanley Kubrick's “Dr. Strangelove…