Friday TV: Chadwick Boseman’s Last One
Another great Friday film premiere comes with an adaptation of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix, streaming) that is not only a star turn for Viola Davis as the…
Thursday TV: No Time to Take ‘The Stand’
If there was any time good for another remake of Stephen King’s “The Stand” (CBS All Access, streaming), it certainly isn’t now. Any post-apocalyptic saga that begins with a killer…
Wednesday TV: Finales Far and Wide
More than two years after it was shot, here’s the finale of the 32nd season of “The Amazing Race” (CBS, 8 p.m.) with the three final teams flying first class…
Tuesday TV: Musicians on Empty Stages
It’s the season for music, at least on television. Kevin Bacon and Eve host “Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change” (CBS, 8 p.m.) with performers including…
Monday TV: iHeart Jingle Ball, Estranged
Billie Ellish, Harry Styles, Sam Smith, Doja Cat, Dua Lipa, Shawn Mendes and The Weeknd turn in socially distanced sets in the “iHeart Radio Jingle Ball 2020” (CW, 8 p.m.).…
Sunday TV: Couples Therapy, Covid Style
The series was already about pairs with problems; now a new special adds another complication: the pandemic in “Couple’s Therapy: The COVID Special” (Showtime, 8 p.m.) conducted by Dr. Orna…
Remembering Charley Pride, 1934-2020
It was just last month that country music pioneer Charley Pride was honored at the CMA Awards. Saturday, at 86, he was one of the more than 298,000 Americans who…
Saturday TV: The ABCs of the Bee Gees
For as big a pop group as they became — and there was a moment following “Saturday Night Fever” when they were ubiquitous — the Bee Gees have never been…
Friday TV: Streep, Corden in ‘The Prom’
A second new streaming Meryl Streep movie in as many days? You bet. After her turn in Stephen Soderbergh’s “Let them All Talk” on HBO Max Thursday, here’s Streep in…
Thursday TV: Meryl Goes on a Cruise
Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest play college chums reuniting on a cruise in Stephen Soderbergh’s latest film “Let Them All Talk” (HBO Max, streaming). Shot during a two…