Thursday TV: Dolly’s Movie About a Special
“Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” (NBC, 8 pm.) may sound like a nolliday variety special, but it’s actually a movie musical about the making of such a special. Along the…
Wednesday TV: The Bodybuilder Murder
When a female bodybuilder shot her (also bodybuilding) husband on Valentine’s Day 1995 in self defense, it created just the kind of lurid details to serve up a new documentary…
Friday: Dunham’s ‘Catherine Called Birdy’
Lena Dunham of “Girls” fame returns to write and direct a new film, adapting Karen Cushion’s historical children’s novel “Catherine Called Birdy” (Amazon Prime, streaming). Set in the 13th century…
Tuesday TV: Fat Joe Hosts Hip Hop Awards
Fat Joe hosts The BET Hip Hop Awards (BET 9 p.m.) from Atlanta, with Drake leading with 14 nominations, followed by Kanye West with 10 and Kendrick Lamar with nine.…
Friday TV: New Garcia Comedy ‘Sprung’
Greg Garcia’s brand of sly comedy, that ran from “My Name is Earl” to “Raising Hope” to “The Guest Book” continues his nuttiness with his new one, “Sprung” (Amazon FreeVee,…
Thursday TV: ‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’
Tatiana Maslany is used to playing multiple characters as she did on “Orphan Black.” But in her new role, she plays both a petite attorney and a seven-foot green monster…
Sunday TV: More Tales of Zombie Central
“Tales of the Walking Dead” (AMC, 9 p.m.) is the latest spinoff of the never-ending zombie saga, with new individual stories contained in each of its six episodes. Kenan returns…
Wednesday TV: ‘Reservation Dogs’ Return
One of the best current shows anywhere, “Reservation Dogs” (Hulu, streaming), unjustly ingored by the Emmys, returns for a second season with the gang in disarray; Elora is en route…
Monday TV: ‘America the Beautiful’ Salute
The holiday brings a brand new National Geographic nature series about the continent and its wildlife, big and small, from the makers of “Planet Earth.” The big difference for “America…
TV Eye Closes Briefly
We're not one to take many days off here, but we do so now for a brief hiatus through May 17. I'm sorry I'll miss the Yvette Mimieux retrospective Wednesday…