Sunday TV: HBO’s New ‘I May Destroy You’
The talented Michaela Cole writes and stars in the new “I May Destroy You” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.), a new series about a purple-haired London literary sensation who parties one night…
Saturday TV: Big Bird Explains Racism
How to explain hate to kids? Sesame Street teams up with CNN for their second joint special “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism - A Town Hall for Kids &…
Friday: Elisabeth Moss as Shirley Jackson
Elisabeth Moss gets another plum role, this time as horror author Shirley Jackson who is trying to write her masterpiece in Vermont when she and her husband (Michael Stuhlbarg) are…
Thursday TV: Restaurants’ ‘Summer Rush’
What would seem another seasonal show about an eatery instead reflects a time that seems so far away, when the worst thing restauranteurs would worry about is competition. “Summer Rush”…
Wednesday TV: Spelling Bee Superstars
Among the many storied competitions stilled this year was the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But there is a new documentary “Spelling the Dream” (Netflix, streaming) about the journeys of four…
Tuesday TV: New Crime for ‘Dirty John’
The first “Dirty John” proved that a true crime story with among the wealthy middle aged folks can be engrossing and entertaining, especially if there is a compelling actress at…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I've written lately that have appeared elsewhere: An interview with the artist who won the National Portrait Gallery's people's choice award in a recent competition, for Smithsonian…
Monday TV: Hollywood’s Best Jazz Scores
A new month brings a new showcase for Turner Classic Movies, and a tuneful one: Jazz in Film, a 40 movie focus on Mondays and Thursdays all months. It begins…
Sunday: Who Wants to Be a ‘Quiz’ Cheat?
At a time when “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” has been revived, here’s a look at the British mania over the game show that led to a huge cheating…
Saturday TV: Space Flight, Take Two
Weather willing, there will be a countdown and launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon (CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, 3 p.m.). The Demo-2 test flight was to have launched Wednesday but…