Also on Sunday: Going Beyond ‘Serial’
One would think the death of a high school girl in Baltimore would have been adequately covered in the first season of the “Serial” podcast. But there is much more…
Saturday TV: Drag Wedding Advice
Bridezillas and stars on “Say Yes to the Dress” (TLC, 8 p.m.) should have thought to it a long time ago: Prospective brides getting styling advice from a group of…
Friday TV: Gervais’ New ‘After Life’
In his latest series, “After Life” (Netflix, streaming), Ricky Gervais stars as a grumpy misanthrope contemplating suicide after his wife dies. Alternately acerbically funny and heartbreaking, it provides a good…
Thursday TV: Forcing ‘Big Bang’ Laughs
I had the opportunity to witness a run-through of tonight’s episode of “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS, 8 p.m.) when I was out in Los Angeles last month. It was…
Wednesday TV: Two Hours of Ramsay’s 24
Two restaurants in Los Angeles are renovated and given new menus in the two-hour second season finale of “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell & Back” (Fox, 8 p.m.). The…
Tuesday TV: Morgan Freeman vs. The Devil
Who is the devil? The third season of “The Story of God with Morgan Freeman” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.) begins with the deep-voiced actor making inquiries and running up the…
Monday TV: Oprah’s Stab at ‘Neverland’
“Leaving Neverland” (HBO, 10 p.m.) reaches its conclusions with some of its most damning evidence: Wade Robson and Jimmy Safechuck don’t hear from Michael Jackson after they’ve effectively been replaced…
Sunday TV: Climbing Heights, Hero Lows
The heights and depths of human possibility are explored in two extraordinary documentaries tonight. The uplifting one — way, way and sometimes uncomfortably too far up — is “Free Solo”…
Saturday TV: The Gender-Benders of ’82
Before Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscars is over, they present a couple of the award-winning gender bending roles, both from the same year, 1982: “Tootsie” (8 p.m.) and…
Friday TV: Let’s Salute the Losers
Funny that few have concentrated on the teams and sports stars who failed to win the big game. But now there’s “Losers” (Netflix, streaming), a new documentary series that chronicles…