Thursday TV: New NFL Season Kicks Off
NFL Season officially begins its regular season with Dallas at Tampa Bay (NBC, 8:20 p.m.), also kicking off Thursday night football. Pregame festivities at 7 p.m. include Tampa Bay getting…
Wednesday TV: ‘Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.’
This fall’s parade of oddball reboots begins with “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” (Disney+, streaming), a kind of remake of “Doogie Houser” done in collaboration with the widow and son of Steven…
Monica’s Story Told in ‘Impeachment’
The title of Ryan Murphy’s latest installation in his anthology series “Impeachment: American Crime Story” (FX, 10 p.m.) gets to the heart of the lurid issues of the Clinton White…
Also on Tuesday: Darker Legacy of 9/11
Most of the 9/11 20th anniversary documentaries so far have concentrated on the shocking and heartbreaking events of that day. "America After 9/11," a two hour report on “Frontline” (PBS,…
Monday TV: Meghan & Harry Flee the UK
The problems of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry that caused them to flee their duties and move to the U.S. is depicted in the latest cheesy movie imagining their life.…
Sunday TV: ‘Guilt’ on PBS’ ‘Masterpiece’
In the new four-part series “Guilt,” Mark Bonnar and Jamie Wives play a pair of brothers who hit an elderly pedestrian during a drunken drive home after a wedding and…
Saturday TV: ‘News of the World’ on HBO
The Tom Hanks Civil War drama “News of the World” (HBO, 8 p.m.) with Helena Zengel, Elizabeth Marvel and Mare Winningham, makes its premium cable premiere. IT’s from Paul Greengrass,…
Documentary Reminds: He’s Rick James
More than 20 years after his hitmaking heyday, Rick James became a household name to a whole new generation in 2004 when Dave Chappelle mocked his brash personality with the…
Also on Friday: Pop Star Proliferation
Move over Brandy. Pop star Camila Cabello stars as the newest “Cinderella” (Amazon Prime, streaming) in a production from Kay Cannon of “Pitch Perfect,” with Idina Menzel as the stepmother,…
Thursday TV: CMA Summer Jam on ABC
Live country music is celebrated in the CMA Summer Jam (ABC, 8 p.m.), a three hour special culled from a two night event at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater in late July.…