Friday: Elle Fanning’s Catherine ‘The Great’
It was Helen Mirren who played an elder Catherine the Great in an HBO series, but in the brash new series “The Great” (Hulu, streaming) Elle Fanning plays a fresh…
Thursday TV: ‘Get Away with Murder’ Ends
A surprise witness emerges on the final episode of (ABC, 10 p.m.), ending its run after six seasons. Viola Davis’ award-winning character Annalise Keating is representing herself in her own…
Wednesday TV: ‘Survivor’ Winner Gets $2M
The winner of the 40th season of “Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m.) is crowned tonight, getting $2 million, double the usual prize. The final five will be joined by the one…
Tuesday TV: Controlling Kimmy Schmidt
A beloved online comedy returns with an irresistible gimmick. The special “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend” (Netflix, streaming) is the first comedy to employ the choose-your-adventure technology used in the…
Monday TV: Celebrating ‘Asian-Americans’
A new two day, five-hour documentary series on the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the U.S., “Asian Americans” (PBS, 8 p.m.) begins looking at early days of Chinese and Japanese…
Sunday TV: ‘I Know This Much is True’
We may debate whether a story so dark and morose may fly during this unique time in human history. But there’s no doubt that Derek Cianfrance’s six-part adaptation of Wally…
Saturday TV: One Last SNL from Home
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) never imagined its 45th season would end like this: Isolated, without an audience in their third and maybe last “SNL at Home.” Their second…
Friday TV: Let’s Go Back to Biosphere 2
The documentary “Spaceship Earth” (Hulu, streaming), about the 1991 Biosphere 2 project, makes its debut, recalling the days when eight people agreed to seal themselves away for years in Arizona…
Thursday: Watching TV Stars Watch TV
A sure sign they’re running out of TV shows for prime time: A new show featuring celebrities at home watching TV shows. Rob Lowe (pictured with his sons above), Meghan…
Wednesday TV: ‘Brockmire’ Bids Farewell
What began as just a funny impersonation of an old time baseball broadcaster going on about inappropriate things led to four fun seasons of "Brockmire” (IFC, 10 p.m.). The current…