Remembering Nanci Griffith, 1953-2021
Though I spent my days as a small town news reporter in Eastern Connecticut in the mid-80s, I got my foot into the features writing at the Hartford Courant by…
Saturday TV: A Peck or Two of Gregory
A bona fide Hollywood star is featured all day on Turner Classic Movies’ Summer of Stars, though his biggest movie, “To Kill a Mockingbird” is not part of it. Instead:…
Friday TV: A Different ‘Beckett’ in Peril
Not about the late playwright, the new “Beckett” (Netflix, streaming) is a film about an American tourist in Grece who finds himself in the middle of a political conspiracy following…
Thursday:’Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Last Gasp
Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher and company return for its eighth and final season of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (NBC, 8 p.m.), starting it off with a pair of episodes. Comedian Patricia Williams…
Wednesday TV: Alternate Marvel Plots
Marvel tries to reshuffle its stories in its first animated series, “What If…?” (Disney+, streaming) in which it takes characters like Doctor Strange, Peggy Carter and Thor and wonders what…
Tuesday TV: Going Back to ‘Fantasy Island’
Roselyn Sanchez stars as the grand niece of Ricardo Montalban’s character for the reboot of “Fantasy Island” (Fox, 8 p.m.) where new guests arrive each week and strange things happen…
The Native Humor of ‘Reservation Dogs’
From the Taika Waititi school of deadpan comedy (with touches of magical realism) that brought us “What We Do in the Shadows” and “Wellington Paranormal” comes “Reservation Dogs” (Hulu, streaming),…
Also on Monday: ‘The Bachelorette’ Fate
As of last week, both her leading candidate and Kate herself had quit the show. Nonetheless there’s three hours cleared for tonight’s finale of “The Bachelorette” (ABC, 8 p.m.) The…
Sunday TV: Taking UFO Visits Seriously
There are so many bogus flying saucer shows over the years, it nearly went unnoticed when actual government UFO documents were declassified and released earlier this year. That wealth of…
Saturday TV: Abbott and Costello All Day
Tonight is the only night on Turner Classic Movies’ month-long Summer Under the Stars to feature two stars instead of one. But Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were a team,…