Wednesday TV: Trying to Create Soothsayers
In the comic mystery “Small Prophets” (Apple TV, streaming), Pearce Quigley plays a bearded old man who tries to find whatever happened to his wife who disappeared by creating creatures…
Tuesday TV: Now an ‘NCIS’ in Your Town, Too
“NCIS: New York” (CBS, 9 p.m.), the seventh spinoff of the franchise, makes its premiere in the Big Apple. But it has some familiar faces: L.L. Cool J, who was…
Sunday TV: ‘Tracker’ Finds Its Own Way Back
“Tracker” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.), one of network TV’s most popular series, returns for its fourth season, with a search for a teenage boy’s missing father. Its accompanied by the second…
Saturday TV: Back in Time for the Playoffs
Baseball’s postseason begins with the best-of-five divisional series of White Sox at Cleveland (TBS, truTV, 1 p.m.) and Yankees at Tampa Bay (TBS, truTV, 6:30 p.m.) in the ALDS and…
Tuesday TV: Judge Judy Deliberates Her Career
Before she hangs up the gavel next month after 30 years on the bench (or at least the one we see on TV, it’s time to get to know Judge…
Monday TV: Krause, Davis in New ‘Line of Fire’
Peter Krause and Hope Davis lead the cast of the first new scripted broadcast show of the fall season. “Line of Fire” (NBC, 10 p.m.) sounds a little like “Blue…
Sunday TV: Sharon Horgan Defies ‘Youth’
It’s one of Sharon Horgan’s sly jokes to name her new comedy “Youth” (HBO, 10 p.m.) — particularly for a youth-mad network like HBO — when she created it to…
Saturday TV: Billy Strings on ‘Austin City Limits’
Bluegrass whiz Billy Strings returns to headline his second “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings), playing from his Grammy winning album “Highway Prayers.” College football completely dominates…
Friday TV: Jay-Z Sits Down with Rick Rubin
The heavily-bearded producer Rick Rubin, in addition to his many studio assists, has sat down with some of his musical heroes to discuss and break down their work. After doing…
Thursday TV: ‘The Traitors: New Blood’ on NBC
After gaining fans and Emmys for its run on Peacock, the stylish psychological reality competition set in a Scottish castle and hosted by Alan Cumming is finally making its bow…