Friday TV: Streep, Corden in ‘The Prom’
A second new streaming Meryl Streep movie in as many days? You bet. After her turn in Stephen Soderbergh’s “Let them All Talk” on HBO Max Thursday, here’s Streep in…
Thursday TV: Meryl Goes on a Cruise
Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest play college chums reuniting on a cruise in Stephen Soderbergh’s latest film “Let Them All Talk” (HBO Max, streaming). Shot during a two…
Wednesday TV: ‘The Grinch Musical’
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” may have worked best in its original 1966 animated form, with Boris Karloff narrating — certainly compared to the live action Jim Carrey version “How…
Tuesday TV: ’40 Years a Prisoner’ on HBO
Seven years before the police bombing of the MOVE house in Philadelphia that killed 11 and destroyed 65 houses, nine MOVE members were arrested and sentenced to a maximum 100…
Monday TV: Loads of Laurel and Hardy
The best news of the month is a December-long Monday night salute to Laurel & Hardy, whose sweet comedy never goes out of style, even when it started out silent,…
Sunday TV: Bryan Cranston in ‘Your Honor’
Bryan Cranston is used to playing an upstanding citizen who feels forced to be unlawful. Playing a New Orleans judge who tries to shield his son from consequences of a…
Saturday TV: ‘SNL’ Returns with Bateman
Jason Bateman returns to host the first new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) in a month; Morgan Wallen, the country star who was yanked earlier in the season for…
Friday TV: Citizen Fincher’s Latest, ‘Mank’
The latest film gift via streaming is David Fincher’s “Mank” (Netflix, streaming), a film about Herman J. Mankiewicz’s struggle to create one of the greatest screenplays, “Citizen Kane” (HBO Max,…
Taking a Misguided UFO to ‘Heaven’s Gate’
It’s the golden age of cult docuseries. Following two different series on NXIVM on Starz, and the revival of one on Australia’s The Family on Starz — and what was…
Also Thursday: Stars of Jingle Balls Past
Another casualty as the pandemic roils on is the lack of radio station Christmas concerts. Tonight’s “iHeart Radio Jingle Ball Greatest Moments” (CW, 8 p.m.) features highlights from the past…