Friday TV: A New ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Josh O’Connor, the award winning Prince Charles from “The Crown,” joins Jessie Buckley, most recently the murderous nurse on “Fargo,” for an unusual production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” For…
Thursday TV: Helms in ‘Rutherford Falls’
There’s a definite small town “Parks and Recreation” vibe to the latest comedy from Michael Schur and Ed Helms in which the latter portrays a descendent of a man whose…
Wednesday TV: A New ‘Zero’ from Netflix
Not to be confused with the 2020 Netflix series from Italy, “ZeroZeroZero,” nor the Spanish Netflix action movie from earlier this year, "Below Zero," the new series “Zero” (Netflix, streaming),…
Tuesday TV: Political Thriller That’s True
One of the best political series in years — fiction or nonfiction— the eight-hour documentary “Philly D.A.” (PBS, 9 p.m.) is also among the most timely. Telling the story of…
Monday TV: The Man Behind the Wizard
More than 80 years after its release, the musical “The Wizard of Oz” is a well-worn source of metaphors for just about everything. That impulse works overtime in a biography…
Kate Winslet Becomes ‘Mare of Easttown’
The kind of classy procedural detective drama that HBO does very well is enhanced all the more by the starring performance of Kate Winslet in “Mare of Easttown” (HBO, 10…
‘Couples Therapy’ Begins New Season
A second season begins tonight for the thoroughly absorbing “Couples Therapy” (Showtime, 10 p.m.), a simple depiction of actual therapy sessions that is made more complicated this time around by…
Also on Sunday: Nashville’s ACM Awards
Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton host The 2021 Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.) from Nashville, Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton lead all nominees with six each. Miranda…
Saturday TV: The Funeral of Prince Philip
It’s a major event in the life of the Royals, but because of the pandemic, The Funeral of Prince Phillip (BBC World News, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, 10 a.m.) will…
Friday TV: John Stamos Stars in ‘Big Shot’
John Stamos stars as a hothead college coach who is fired only to become coach of a high school girls’ team in the new series “Big Shot” (Disney+, streaming). He…