Category Archives: What’s On TV

Winter’s a good time to premiere the six-part sequel “Frozen Planet II” (BBC America, 8 p.m.), with David Attenborough exploring wildlife in the Arctic and Antarctic, starting with a look at polar bears, penguins and snow monkeys.  Speaking of the outdoors, even the made-for-TV romance “Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance” (Hallmark, 8 […]

Jason Segel plays a therapist who starts breaking rules while grieving a dead spouse on the new series “Shrinking” (Apple TV+, streaming), which turns out to be a comedy only that it’s 30 minutes and from Bill Lawrence, who has had a long history with such things (most recently, “Ted Lasso”). It seems like we’ve […]

There’s no shortage of shows where the star somehow attains superpowers. In the brash new “Extraordinary” (Hulu, streaming), a woman struggles because everybody’s got a superpower but her. Mairead Tyers stars with in the UK import that has kind of a “Fleabag” vibe, but younger. A third documentary on the notorious sex cult comes on […]

Born in Black Mountain, N.C., but raised largely in the Washington, D.C. area, Roberta Flack was discovered singing in a local jazz club and became one of the most influential soul singers of the 70s, helping create quiet storm genre and dedicating her life to civil rights activism. Her profile on “American Masters” (PBS, 9 […]

Zach Shallcross, a 26-year-old castoff from the last season of “The Bachelorette,” is now “The Bachelor” (ABC, 8 p.m.), choosing from 30 women who line up for the 27th season. Among the candidates: four nurses, one nursing student, a rodeo racer, a former Miss South Carolina and ex- Miss Florida World and the niece of […]

For as many sharp shows that Howard Gordon has been a part of, from “24” to “Homeland,” his new “Accused” (Fox. 9 p.m.) is a bit of a puzzle. It’s an anthology series with a new cast each week in which a defendant is on trial and their case is unveiled through the course of […]

Newly blonde Aubrey Plaza hosts “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) for the first time, with Sam Smith as musical guest. The “SNL” rerun at 10 p.m. is a show from 2010 with Sigourney Weaver and the Ting Tings.  The NFL divisional playoff rounds begin with Jacksonville at Kansas City (NBC, 4:30 p.m.) and Giants […]

Octavia Spencer returns for season three of “Truth Be Told” (Apple TV+, streaming) about an investigative reporter turned true crime podcaster. Gabrielle Union joins the cast as a teacher fighting to find out what’s happened to a number of missing Black girls. From France comes the new comedy series “Represent” (Netflix, streaming) directed and starring […]