Category Archives: What’s On TV

James Spader dons his hat for the last time as the 10th and final season for “The Blacklist” (NBC, 10 p.m.) begins on a new night. Anya Banerjee joins the cast, whose returning members also include Diego Klattenhoff, Hisham Tawfiq and Harry Lennix.  Season finales come for two first season shows: “1923” (Paramount+, streaming) and […]

The 54th Annual NAACP Image Awards (BET, MTV, VH1, CMT, Comedy Central, Paramount, POP, Smithsonian, TV Land, 8 p.m.) are presented live from Pasadena. Queen Latifah hosts. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” leads nominations with 12, followed by “Abbot Elementary” with nine. Among those receiving special awards are Gabrielle Union, Dwayne Wade and Rep. Bennie G. […]

Few comebacks are as welcome as that of “Party Down” (Starz, 9 p.m.), the beloved two season catering comedy from more than a decade ago that returns with its stellar cast of Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr and Megan Mullally. Alas, Lizzy Caplan couldn’t fit it in her schedule, but new cast […]

Travis Fimmel of “Vikings” stars in the new series “Black Snow” (Sundance Now, AMC+, streaming) playing a cold case investigator looking into the death of a teen 15 years earlier that shook the Australian South Sea Islander community Apple’s first French- and English-language series is a six-episode thriller “Liaison” (Apple TV+, streaming), starring Vincent Cassel […]

There probably couldn’t be a better time to introduce yet another new documentary series involving a sinisterly powerful family in South Carolina’s Low Country. “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal” (Netflix, streaming) has another advantage: full cooperation of the young people who survived the deadly boat crash by the young Murdaugh that begins the complicated tale […]

The former music channel pauses its “Ridiculousness” and “Teen Mom” (MTV, 8 p.m.) reruns with a timely report on a group of teenage refugees from Ukraine a year after the invasion there in the documentary “Don’t Leave Me Behind: Stories of Young Ukrainian Survival” (MTV, 10 p.m.).  Back-to-back episodes conclude the documentary series “Fight the […]

The 120 years of Rich Uncle Pennybags’s realm, from Baltic Avenue to Boardwalk, is told on “American Experience” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) in the film “Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History,” declring what was first intended as a criticism of capitalism was quickly seen as a celebration of it.  The name change from Cassius Clay […]

Milo Ventimiglia plays a con man and Catherine Haena Kim a CIA agent who fall in love and try to keep their professions a secret from one another in the new series “The Company You Keep” (ABC, 10 p.m.), based on a Korean series. Sarah Wayne Callies and William Fichtner also star.  It follows the […]

Emmy, Tony and Grammy-winning actor Billy Porter narrates the new documentary series “Black + Iconic: Style Gods” (BET VH1, 8 p.m.), highlighting the legacy and impact of Black figures in music, film, fashion and dance. Beyoncé and Rihanna will both be featured, but so will models Selita Ebanks and Eva Marcille, in addition to designer […]

The stylish new series “Hello Tomorrow!” (Apple TV+, streaming) stars Billy Crudup as the leader of a group of salesmen offering timeshares on the moon. Hank Azaria, Alison Pill and Haneefah Wood co-star, but what may make the half-hour really worth watching is the production design: a kind of retro 1950s affixed with futuristic devices, […]