Tuesday: Del Toro’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’
As Alfred Hitchcock did on his anthology series of scary stories, Guillermo del Toro strolls on the set to introduce the well-made horror tales in the Halloween week series “Guillermo…
Monday TV: TikTok’s Worrisome Strength
What’s on television is likely of no interest those in Gen Z, addicted to the fast-moving short videos on their favorite app. Shalini Kantayya’s documentary “TikTok Boom” looks at the…
Sunday TV: ‘House of the Dragon’ Finale
“House of the Dragon” (HBO, 9 p.m.) never reached the heights of its mother show, “Game of Thrones” but what it lacked in story it made up in blond wigs…
Saturday TV: The World of Black Hair
Tracee Ellis Ross and the academic Michaela Angela Davis host the new series “The Hair Tales” (OWN, 9 p.m.) in which they interview prominent Black women on their relationship with…
Friday TV: Amazon’s New ‘Raymond & Ray’
Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke play a couple of brothers who reunite at their father’s funeral in Rodrigo Garcia’s feature “Raymond & Ray” (Apple TV+, streaming), which also stars Sophie…
Thursday TV: ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ Back
Whoever thought “Inside Amy Schumer” (Paramount+, streaming) would ever be back (especially after her successful series “Life & Beth”)? But here it is, her old Comedy Central sketch series, back…
Wednesday TV: Joe’s First Year in Office
The first year of President Joe Biden’s administration is examined in John Maggie’s new documentary “Year One: A Political Odyssey” (HBO, 9 p.m.). One of TV’s smartest comedies, “Documentary Now!”…
Tuesday TV: The NBA Begins Its Season
The NBA regular season begins with Philadelphia at Boston (TNT, 7:30 p.m.) and Lakers at Golden State (TNT, 10 p.m.). In other notable sports today, baseball’s best-of-seve National League championship…
Monday TV: Revisiting the NXIVM Cult
There’s already been a couple of documentary series on Keith Raniere’s weird and dangerous NXIVM cult (and I ate up both). So here’s a follow-up of one of them, an…
Sunday TV: ‘Magpie Murders’ on PBS
Lesley Manville stars in the new-six part adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’ “Magpie Murders” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) which is kind of a mystery inside of a mystery. It’s…