Saturday TV: New Season in ‘Letterkenny’
The best present on Boxing Day is the ninth season start of “Letterkenny” (Hulu, streaming), the wry and fast-moving Canadian comedy about a group of people in a tiny Ontario…
Friday TV: Shonda Rhimes’ ‘Bridgerton’
Shonda Rimes’ first big project for Netflix is the fancy dress English period drama “Bridgerton” (Netflix, streaming) with Phoebe Dynevor, Regé-Jean Page and Julie Andrews. Hollywood comes to your house…
Thursday TV: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Again
They only parse it out a couple of times a season now, but here it is time for “It’s a Wonderful Life” (NBC, 8 p.m.) and Jimmy Stewart’s George Bailey…
Film: Even Jesus Can’t Save This ‘Tulsa’
Scott Pryor describes himself as an attorney, Marine, actor, producer, director and writer — in that order. So it figures that in his vanity project Tulsa — where he has…
Film: Melting Into a Brain Malady
The last time Dana Ashbrook grabbed your attention it was probably as Laura Palmer’s boyfriend Bobby Briggs in Twin Peaks (who became a sheriff’s deputy in the 2017 revival). But…
Wednesday TV: A Craggy Arctic Clooney
George Clooney stars in the new film “The Midnight Sky” (Netflix, streaming), which he also directed and co-produced, playing a grizzled Arctic scientists who tries to stop a group of…
Tuesday TV: Don’t Fight This ‘City Hall’
“City Hall” (PBS, 8 pm., check local listings), the latest of Frederick Wiseman’s vérité documentaries, minus narrators, centers on the governmental workings of Boston, from grand pronouncements of Mayor Marty…
Monday: ‘Rumble’ on ‘Independent Lens’
Reruns abound this week, and one worth catching is the documentary “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” telling the stories of rockers from Link Wray, pictured above, to Jimi…
Sunday TV: Garth & Trisha Take Requests
The superstar country couple who managed a distanced concert in the spring, return for some Christmas cheer in the new special “Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event” (CBS,…
Saturday TV: The Global Citizen Prize 2020
John Legend hosts the second annual “Global Citizen Prize” (NBC, 8 p.m.), which urges grass roots participation amid performances from Legend, along with Alessia Cara, Carrie Underwood, Common, Gwen Stefani,…