Monday TV: ‘Love Island,’ Quarantined
Dating isn’t easy in the lockdown, and it’s not easy for dating shows either. Instead of a luxurious resort on an island, the second season of the U.S. version of…
Sunday TV: A Trip Into the NXIVM Cult
Any look into the weird NXIVM world would be interesting, but the nine-part “The Vow” (HBO, 10 pm.) benefits from a wealth of footage from almost every stage of the…
Saturday TV: Rom-Com in Covid Times
. The lingering lockdown requires a whole new level of creativity when it comes to making TV shows. “Love in the Time of Corona” (Freeform, 8 p.m.) was obviously written…
Friday TV: ‘Lucifer’ Arises on Netflix
You can’t keep the devil down. Cancelled on Fox, “Lucifer” (Netflix, streaming) re-emerges on a streaming service for its fifth season — or at least the first half of the…
Thursday TV: Finally, it’s Joe’s Big Night
The 2020 Democratic National Convention (PBS, 8 p.m.; CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, 9 p.m.; ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, 10 p.m.) winds up its odd virtual event — which worked surprisingly…
Wednesday TV: Dodgeball and Democrats
With reality competition shows built around tag, mini-golf and cannonball, it’s about time that there’s one for dodgeball. But not just dodgeball, this is “Dodgeball Thunderdome” (Discovery, where the prize…
Tuesday TV: ‘Dead Pixels’ is Good
Who would have guessed that a year-old British import plucked by CW to fill pandemic-caused holes in its schedule would suddenly emerge as best broadcast prime time comedy? “Dead Pixels”…
Monday TV: Unconventional Convention
Like everything else this year, The Democratic National Convention (PBS, 8 p.m.; CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, 9 p.m.; ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, 10 p.m.) will be very different than years…
Sunday TV: Jolting ‘Lovecraft Country’
If “Watchmen” seemed like an impossible mix of futuristic action, racial history and white supremacy uprising, “Lovecraft Country” (HBO, 9 p.m.) is the network’s latest series to blend the horrors…
Saturday TV: ‘Birds of Prey’ Alight
It was called “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” (HBO, 8 p.m.) when it was released in movie theaters in February. Soon enough, its name…