Thursday TV: Tales of ‘Class Action Park’
A documentary about a New Jersey amusement park that earned a reputation for being the most crazily dangerous of the 1980s, Action Park, gets a documentary treatment that may play…
Wednesday TV: The Paralympics Story
Just as we missed the Olympics this year, we are now missing the Paralympic Games. A documentary about the competition may fill that hole in “Rising Phoenix” (Netflix, streaming) about…
Tuesday TV: Final Episodes of ‘Trinkets’
A second season starts for “Trinkets” (Netflix, streaming), based on the young adult novel by Kirsten Smith, about three teen girls who meet at a mandated Shoplifters Anonymous meeting. “The…
Monday TV: ‘Love Island,’ Quarantined
Dating isn’t easy in the lockdown, and it’s not easy for dating shows either. Instead of a luxurious resort on an island, the second season of the U.S. version of…
Sunday TV: A Trip Into the NXIVM Cult
Any look into the weird NXIVM world would be interesting, but the nine-part “The Vow” (HBO, 10 pm.) benefits from a wealth of footage from almost every stage of the…
Saturday TV: Rom-Com in Covid Times
. The lingering lockdown requires a whole new level of creativity when it comes to making TV shows. “Love in the Time of Corona” (Freeform, 8 p.m.) was obviously written…
Friday TV: ‘Lucifer’ Arises on Netflix
You can’t keep the devil down. Cancelled on Fox, “Lucifer” (Netflix, streaming) re-emerges on a streaming service for its fifth season — or at least the first half of the…
Thursday TV: Finally, it’s Joe’s Big Night
The 2020 Democratic National Convention (PBS, 8 p.m.; CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, 9 p.m.; ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, 10 p.m.) winds up its odd virtual event — which worked surprisingly…
Tuesday TV: ‘Dead Pixels’ is Good
Who would have guessed that a year-old British import plucked by CW to fill pandemic-caused holes in its schedule would suddenly emerge as best broadcast prime time comedy? “Dead Pixels”…
Monday TV: Unconventional Convention
Like everything else this year, The Democratic National Convention (PBS, 8 p.m.; CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, 9 p.m.; ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, 10 p.m.) will be very different than years…