Wednesday TV: Dan Patrick Steps Up
The veteran ESPN sportscaster takes over the talk show -- and the title -- of “Undeniable with Dan Patrick” (AT&T/DirecTV) after the five season run of Joe Buck. His guests include…
Tuesday TV: Greatest Super Bowl Ads
Viewers vote on the “Super Bowl Greatest Commercials” (CBS, 8 p.m.), while there is also a glimpse of this year’s ads coming this Sunday. Boomer Esiason and Daniela Ruah host.…
Monday TV: When Columnists Were King
At a time when newspapers are just hanging on, the heyday of big city newspaper columnists is celebrated in the strong documentary “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists” (HBO, 8 p.m.),…
Sunday TV: ‘Rent’ is Latest Live TV Musical
Vanessa Hudgens, Broadway’s Brandon Victor Dixon, Tinashe and Valentina from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” all are featured in the latest live musical production for a network. This production of Jonathan Larson’s…
Saturday TV: Marcia Gay Harden by Proxy
Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden ends up in a Lifetime movie, playing the mother who preyed on her daughter (Emily Skeggs) using Munchausen syndrome by proxy. The story in “Love…
Friday TV: ‘Black Earth Rising’ on Netflix
In the new series “Black Earth Rising” (Netflix, streaming), the striking Michaela Coel stars as a war crimes prosecutor in London whose work draws her to look at her own…
Thursday TV: Siblings of the Child Celeb
Behind every kid superstar are siblings who didn’t fare as well. That’s the premise of “The Other Two” (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.), a deeply cynical and well observed comedy former “SNL”…
Wednesday TV: The Ernie Kovacs Centenary
One of the pioneers of absurdist TV comedy gets a salute today on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Turner Classic Movies’ Ernie Kovacs salute includes three 1961 episodes of…
Tuesday TV: She’s Got Good Personalities
One of the most complex figures in reality television will be Jane Hart, the 28 year old single mom starring in the new “The Many Sides of Jane” (A&E, 10…
Monday: Indigenous Music Minus Taunts
The great, untold story of Native American pioneers of rock 'n' roll should be shown to every misguided MAGA-hat wearing student at Covington Catholic High School. “Rumble: The Indians Who…