Also Saturday: Earlier Inductees Cavort
“A Hard Day’s Night” (TCM, 8 p.m.) may be the best way to describe this long Election Night Week. The balm, in lieu of any declaration, is The Beatles, who…
Friday TV: James Corden’s Other Talent
James Corden’s biggest talent may not be as late night host, but as a comic actor, proven on stage in his Tony-winning performance in “One Man, Two Guvnors,” presented tonight…
Thursday TV: CBS’ New ‘B Positive’
“B Positive” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.) may be broadcast TV’s best new show of the fall, but only because nobody else showed up in time to make a series. This one,…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Love & Anarchy’
In the new Swedish import “Love & Anarchy” (Netflix, streaming) a married mother of two trades dares with an IT tech. Ida Engvoll stars. A third season begins for the…
Other Things I’ve Written Recently
Here are a few things I've written lately elsewhere: A look at how networks are coping with making television during the pandemic, for AARP’s TV for Grownups Listing 10 Good…
Tuesday TV: Let All the Nail-Biting Begin
Of course you’ve voted already. Now comes the Election Night Coverage (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, Fox News, 8 p.m.) — with many starting hours early,…
Live Theater Returns in a Plexiglass Box
The big drama of The GALA Hispanic Theatre’s season opener “El Perro del Hortelano (The Dog in the Manger)” is that they’re presenting it at all. It’s the first indoor…
Monday TV: Raising an Arm in Protest
By raising his gloved fist at the 1968 Summer Olympics, sprinter Tommy John became one of the first athletes to bring activism to sport. He recalls the moment in the…
Sunday TV: Hugh Laurie is ‘Roadkill’
Hugh Laurie has played a canny politician before (notably on “Veep”). Tonight, he gets to use his natural English accent to play an ambitious UK minister about to about to…
Saturday TV: The Wolf Man and The Rest
Face it, Halloween just ain’t the same this year. Best to stay in and keep the horror films coming. On Turner Classic Movies, that means a day that begins with…