Wednesday TV: Another View of Wu-Tang
The most chronicled hip-hop group on TV this year has to the the Wu-Tang Clan, who follow a documentary series on Showtime with a new docudrama that may well amp…
Tuesday TV: Conan Goes to Greenland
Conan O’Brien is one American who is eager to swoop into other countries and try to undo with humor the damage done by the administration made a hasty move to…
Monday: The Crimes of Harvey Weinstein
The sordid saga of Harvey Weinstein and the history of the Hollywood casting couch is told in Ursula Macfarlane’s documentary “Untouchable” (Hulu, streaming), which includes interviews with victims, journalists such…
Sunday TV: Here Comes Baby Billy
Before he stars in his own network comedy this fall, Walton Goggins cuts a fine figure as a televangelist named Baby Billy, who begins preaching in a former Sears store…
Saturday: Hallmark Taps Reality TV
It’s about time one of TV’s romantic franchises takes note of another. Hallmark veers from its usual plots to set its latest made-for-TV movie “My One & Only” (Hallmark, 9…
Friday TV: Two New Streaming Fantasies
Few mention the 1982 “The Dark Crystal” as the height of Jim Henson’s puppetry, but minds may change after the lavish sequel, coming decades after the original dark fantasy. “The…
Thursday TV: Netflix Does Romance Too
Who says mediocre romance films are only found on Hallmark? Since Netflix wants to be everything for everyone, they have their own romance movie too in the cornily-named “Falling Inn…
Wednesday TV: ‘Animal Babies’ on PBS
Cuteness alert: A new three-episode summer series tracks the youngest creatures on Earth in “Animal Babies: First Year on Earth” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings). Tonight, first steps are…
Tuesday TV: Suspecting the Satanist
When the bodies of two missing men are found in the basement of Satanist in a rural North Carolina, it seems like an open and shut case against John Lawson,…
Monday: MTV Video Music Awards in N.J.
Sebastian Manscalco — he’s a comic — hosts the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, VH1, BET, TV Land, Comedy Central, 8 p.m.) from Newark for its 35th year. Taylor…