Friday TV: ‘Black Earth Rising’ on Netflix
In the new series “Black Earth Rising” (Netflix, streaming), the striking Michaela Coel stars as a war crimes prosecutor in London whose work draws her to look at her own…
Thursday TV: Siblings of the Child Celeb
Behind every kid superstar are siblings who didn’t fare as well. That’s the premise of “The Other Two” (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.), a deeply cynical and well observed comedy former “SNL”…
Wednesday TV: The Ernie Kovacs Centenary
One of the pioneers of absurdist TV comedy gets a salute today on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Turner Classic Movies’ Ernie Kovacs salute includes three 1961 episodes of…
Tuesday TV: She’s Got Good Personalities
One of the most complex figures in reality television will be Jane Hart, the 28 year old single mom starring in the new “The Many Sides of Jane” (A&E, 10…
Monday: Indigenous Music Minus Taunts
The great, untold story of Native American pioneers of rock 'n' roll should be shown to every misguided MAGA-hat wearing student at Covington Catholic High School. “Rumble: The Indians Who…
Sunday TV: Cheadle in ‘Black Monday’
There’s a lot of energy behind “Black Monday” (Showtime, 10 p.m.), a frantic Wall Street comedy that purports to explain why the big crash of 1989 happened by looking at…
Saturday TV: Benedict’s ‘Brexit’ Turn
At the moment where the UK seems in crisis over its plan to leave the European Union (or lack of it), the intriguing film “Brexit” (HBO, 9 p.m.) shows how…
Friday TV: A Nuanced ‘Butterfly’ on Hulu
Anna Friel stars in the new British series “Butterfly” (Hulu, streaming) as a mother as odds with her estranged husband (Emmett J Scanlan) about how to raise their youngest child…
Thursday TV: Fix Up Your Own Backyard
Landscape designers James DeSantis, Melissa Braiser and Garrett Magee join forces on the new “Backyard Envy” (Bravo, 10 p.m.) to fix up lawns and patios, but one of the first…
Alejandro Escovedo and a Touch of Italy
“Are you ready for some romantic Italian music?” guitarist Antonio Gramentieri calls out to the audience. Well, honestly, no. The crowd at City Winery was actually there for the more…