Saturday TV: Pilfering School Coffers
Hugh Jackman and Alison Janney seem to be hugely enjoying their roles as Long Island school scofflaws in the new made-for-TV “Bad Education” (HBO, 8 p.m.) based on an actual…
Friday TV: All About the Beastie Boys
A bright spot today has the two surviving members of the Beastie Boys, Adam Horowitz and Michael Diamond, looking back on their history in an adaptation of a stage show…
Thursday TV: NFL Holds a Draft Anyway
The season’s biggest sporting event isn’t really a sport at all, but it’s about sport, which is close enough to make the 2020 NFL Draft (ABC, ESPN,, NFL, 8 p.m.)…
Wednesday TV: Queen of Earth Day’s 50th
The 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day gives us time to remember the global crisis awaiting us when this one runs its course. And a couple of the specials focus…
Tuesday TV: Grammy Salute to Prince
If the novelty of pop stars singing in their bedrooms is wearing off, here’s a music special taped back far enough that there could be several musicians on stage at…
Monday TV: Season Finales for ‘Saul,’ ‘Plot’
Two of the season’s best dramas end their too-brief seasons. David Simon’s adaptation of Philip Roth’s prescient “The Plot Against America” (HBO, 9 p.m.) reaches its conclusion, while the finale…
Sunday TV: Taste of Basketball Greatness
In lieu of sports of any kind, ESPN agreed to move up by two months the premiere of its 10-part, 20 hour Michael Jordan documentary series “The Last Dance” (ESPN,…
Saturday TV: A Big COVID-19 Concert
Lady Gaga snared the top late night hosts to join forces in presenting the biggest concert event yet associated with the worldwide pandemic. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon…
Friday TV: New Show, Minus the Ish
Kenya Barris goes from behind the scenes, writing “black-ish” and its two sequels, "mixed-ish" and "grown-ish" to star in yet another comedy with a lower case title, “#blackAF” (Netflix, streaming).…
Thursday TV: Singalong with Disney
Anyone feel like singing? That seems to have been one response to surviving the pandemic. Join in yourself tonight on “The Disney Family Singalong” (ABC, 8 p.m.). You may be…