New Streamer Peacock Spreads Wings
Peacock, the streaming service named after the NBC logo, begins spreading its feathers today — for free. It’s got thousands of hours of largely NBC programming, scads of “SNL” clips,…
TV Eye Takes a Little Break
For the first time in more than a year, this column takes a break. Not because of the pandemic or any number of worldwide crises, but because it's vacation time.…
Sunday TV: Pole Dancing at P-Valley
Things are a little spicy in the new series “P-Valley” (Starz, 9 p.m.), a new series about the lives of dancers in Southern strip club that shows the entertainers in…
Saturday TV: Calling ‘Dr. Strangelove’
At a time when the entire political world seems like a joke, will it help to watch the satire of a different era? It can't hurt. Stanley Kubrick's “Dr. Strangelove…
Friday TV: Three Stars in New Movies
The big streaming services bring in big stars for a trio of new movies today. Tom Hanks puts on another military uniform, as a U.S. Naval officer overseeing a shipment…
Thursday TV: Amy Schumer’s Pregnancy
Comedian Amy Schumer shares her pregnancy and demonstrates how she puts a stand-up special together on the three-part documentary “Expecting Amy” (HBO Max, streaming). It accompanies another new offering for…
Wednesday TV: Astrology’s Latin Liberace
Walter Mercado became a worldwide phenomenon when he began his over-the-top horoscope readings dressed in glittery capes and jewelry worthy of Liberace. Born in Puerto Rico, soon he was seen…
Tuesday TV: Mike Rowe Revisits Dirty Jobs
Mike Rowe takes to the highway to look back at some of the jobs he visited in his popular former series in the four-part update “Dirty Jobs: Rowe’d Trip” (Discovery,…
Monday: When Women Demanded the Vote
The first half of the two-part, four hour “American Experience: The Vote” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) is meant to mark this year’s 100th anniversary of women finally achieving…
Sunday TV: Trouble Down in Texas
The five episode documentary series “Outcry” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) covers the case of a celebrated Texas high school football star convicted of child molestation but a large group in the…