Friday TV: Paying More to Stay Home
“Cruella” (Disney +, streaming), the seemingly unnecessary prequel story of Ms. De Vil, starring Emma Stone, is supposed to be one of the first big blockbusters as movie theaters reopen.…
A ‘Friends’ Reunion Fans Will Love
The quality of reunions for classic TV casts has only been improving. And the most anticipated of them, “Friends: The Reunion” (HBO Max, streaming) has the kind of things that…
Also on Thursday: New Look for ‘Rugrats’
The beloved old Nickelodeon cartoon “Rugrats” (Paramount+, streaming) is revived, except this time they’re in weird computer-generated forms. A lot of the voice cast is the same, though, from E.G.…
Wednesday: ‘Crime Scene Kitchen’ Debut
Summertime beckons and with it comes game shows and weird hybrids like “Crime Scene Kitchen” (Fox, 9 p.m.) in which competing bakers must also decode what kind of dessert was…
Tuesday TV: Further Schtick from Borat
The award-winning satire “Borat Subsequent Film” spawns three supplemental specials, consisting of longer takes or unseen segments from the original. Under the umbrella of “Borat Supplemental Reportings Retrieved from Floor…
Monday TV: Rise and Fall of ‘Donut King’
Alice Gu’s “The Donut King” tells the rise and fall of Ted Ngoy, a Cambodian immigrant who built a chain of California donut shops, only to gamble it away. But…
Sunday TV: New Shrink on ‘In Treatment’
“In Treatment” (HBO, 9 p.m.) returns after more than a decade, but with a new therapist, played by Uzo Aduba. Among her patients is a home health aide who can’t…
Saturday TV: NBA Playoffs Tip Off
The NBA Playoffs begin in prime time with Boston at Brooklyn (ABC, 8:15 p.m.) in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference first round series. Other playoff games today have Miami…
How the Music of 1971 Changed Things
Picking an epochal year in music can be tricky. While 1954 or 1977 may be easy choices for turning points in rock, I was always partial to 1966. Ronald Brownstein’s…
Also on Friday: ‘Solos,’ ‘Say It Out Loud’
The seven-episode “Solos” (Amazon Prime, streaming) seems to be one of the better results of the pandemic. From writer David Weil ("Hunters"), it features a number of actors doing "Black…