Author Archives: Roger Catlin

Sir David Attenborough is old, but not so old that he knows firsthand the era he’ll be covering in his latest nature series, “Prehistoric Planet” (Apple TV+, streaming) which won’t feature the world’s current creatures, but reproductions of dinosaurs.  Nor are the characters in a new series about Troy Adams’ go-kart track quite as young […]

The former U.S. Marine who was detained in Russia since 2019 before being released last month, is interviewed by Jake Tapper about his ordeal on the special  “Finally Home: The Trevor Reed Interview” (CNN, 8 p.m.).  Carrie Underwood, Michael Bublé, Melissa Etheridge and Flo Rina and Earth, Wind & Fire are among the special guests […]

Natasha Lyonne of “Russian Doll” hosts the 47th season finale of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with musical guest Japanese Breakfast. Finales usually bring out a lot of ex cast members (including Lyonne’s husband Fred Armisen). But it may well also be the last show for an array of cast members including Pete Davidson, […]

The genius of longtime comedian and social observer is explored by comedy student and director Judd Apatow in the two-part documentary “George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO, 8 p.m.), featuring eager participation from a load of other comics including Stephen Colbert, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Patton Oswalt and Bill Burr. It concludes Saturday.  A group of […]

Emmy Rossum, once of “Shameless,” dons the big blonde wig, the pink Corvette and other attributes to become “Angelyne” (Peacock, streaming) in a five-part limited series about the woman who created a sensation when she plastered herself on Los Angeles billboards in the 1980s, deeming herself a superstar even if nobody else did.  First a […]

A new four-part documentary series about the work of wellness and spiritual influencer Teal Swan (pictured), a survivor of severe childhood abuse, tends to think she instead leads a cult, currently in Costa Rica, according to the series title, “The Deep End” (Freeform, 10 p.m.). A rare doc for the network, it also streams  on […]

The original cast of the Tony-winning “Spring Awakening,” including Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele and John Gallagher Jr., reunites after 15 years with a one-time concert event, captured in the documentary “Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known” (HBO, 9 p.m.).  One of the deadliest disasters in California history, a dam collapse in 1928 that killed more than […]