Saturday TV: PreGame Programming
Pre Super Bowl activities include an awards show “NFL Honors” (CBS, 9 p.m.) because why not. Steve Harvey hosts; Green Day performs. It's preceded by a replay of “Super Bowl Greatest Commercials”…
Friday TV: ‘Bliss’ and Other New Movies
Another Friday, another batch of new movies. Among them, Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek are paired in the new sci-fi flick “Bliss” (Amazon Prime, streaming) that considers what is reality…
Thursday TV: Making Their Own Fast Food
Seems a waste of time for award-winning chefs Jeremy Ford, Kristen Kish and Justin Sutherland to spend their time trying to recreate fast food dishes. But that’s what the new…
Wednesday TV: Heigl Back in ‘Firefly Lane’
Katherine Heigl returns to TV in the new series “Firefly Lane” (Netflix, streaming), in which she plays a journalist whose best friend (Sarah Chalke) she met on her street growing…
Tuesday TV: Social Media’s ‘Fake Famous’
The idea behind Nick Bilton’s documentary “Fake Famous” (HBO, 9 p.m.) is to reflect the world of Instagram influencers by choosing three random nobodies and making them look famous through…
Monday TV: A New Danish ‘Investigation’
The new six-part Danish import “The Investigation” (HBO, 10 p.m.), from “Mindhunter” director Tobias Lindholm, closely follows the case of a 2017 murder of Swedish journalist, killed after boarding a…
Sunday TV: Deft ‘The Lady and the Dale’
The deftly told new documentary series “The Lady and the Dale” (HBO, 9 p.m.) begins by telling the near-forgotten story of the three-wheel, gas saving, plastic-bodied car The Dale, which…
Saturday TV: Krasinski Debuts on ‘SNL’
John Krasinski, pictured center, hosts the first “Saturday Night Live” (NBC,11:30 p.m.) of 2021. It's his first time in that position, and it's also the debut for the musical guest,…
Friday TV: Hollywood’s ‘The Little Things’
Big features continue rolling out online from the big streaming services each Friday. Today has Denzel Washington and Rami Malek as a pair of detectives going after a serial killer…
Thursday TV: New ‘Rehab Addict Rescue’
The new series “Rehab Addict Rescue” (HGTV, 9 p.m.) could be about anything, like addiction or rehab. But since it’s on HGTV, it’s about restoring homes, just like “Flipping Across…