Friday TV: The Life and Times of Billy Joel
The life and music of the Piano Man is told in a new two-part documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes” (HBO, 8 p.m.), with interviews from an array of…
Thursday TV: ‘The Furry Detectives’ Find a Case
The generally harmless community that likes to socialize while wearing animal costumes were shocked to find some members indulging in animal abuse that they posted online. A few got together…
Wednesday TV: Miley Cyrus’ New ‘Visual Album’
Reluctant as I am to use the made up term “visual album,” it appears that Miley Cyrus had made a bunch of videos to align with her new album of…
Tuesday TV: Case of the Missing News Anchor
A 27-year-old Mason City, Iowa, news anchor never showed up to work one morning in 1995 and was never found again. A three-part true crime documentary “Her Last Broadcast: The…
Monday TV: The Religious Right in Brazil
The rise of the Evangelical Christian church as a political force in Brazil and how it set the stage for the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, who has since been charged…
Sunday TV: Stephen King Adapts ‘The Institute’
Stephen King is executive producer of a new series adapting his sci-fi novel “The Institute” (MGM+, 9 p.m.) about telekinetic teens who are held in a sinister facility that tests…
Sunday TV: Ayo Edebiri in ‘Opus’ on HBO
Currently featured in the new season of “The Bear” (Hulu, streaming), Ayo Edebiri also stars in Mark Anthony Green’s pop music horror flick “Opus” (HBO, 8 p.m.), that opened in…
Friday TV: ‘Dexter’ is Back from the Dead
Michael C. Hall’s Dexter was to have died at the end of the last spinoff, but he appears again in the new one, appropriately titled “Dexter: Resurrection” (Paramount+, streaming). Now…
Thursday TV: Lena Dunham’s Series ‘Too Much’
Lena Dunham returns to series television with a sort of update of “Girls” in which the central character is played by a comic talent who could be a younger version…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Bosch’ Spinoff ‘Ballard’
The latest spinoff of Michael Connelly’s literary series “Bosch” is “Ballard” (Prime Video, streaming), which concentrates on LAPD detective Renee Ballard, played by Maggie Q, who investigates cold cases with…