Thursday TV: Michael C. Hall Back in ‘Safe’
Michael C. Hall adopts an English accent as he returns to long form TV for the first time since “Dexter” to star in “Safe” (Netflix, streaming), portraying a dad investigating…
Wednesday TV: Rick Moranis’ Slight Return
Following a self-imposed retirement to raise a family, comedy’s Rick Moranis hasn’t starred in a movie since the second “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” sequel, which went straight to DVD…
Tuesday TV: Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar
For uncomfortable viewing, there’s nothing close to tonight’s “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings), and Evan Williams reporting on the Myanmar military’s violent attacks on its Rohingya Muslims that…
Monday TV: ‘Lens’ Inside ‘No Man’s Land’
For the documentary “No Man’s Land,” filmmaker David Garrett Byers got access inside the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Preserve in Oregon — a 41-day standoff in 2016…
Sunday TV: New Starz Series ‘Vida’
The new “Vida” (Starz, 8:30 p.m.) stars Mishel Prada and Melissa Barrera as estranged Mexican American sisters who return to East L.A. after their mother’s death. There they find out…
They Give Rock a Bad Name
Though the first induction ceremonies of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame more than 30 years ago boasted the biggest guns and most wide ranging jam sessions, they were…
Also on Saturday: Kentucky Derby, Etc.
It’s probably a good day to stay inside, to avoid people hopped up on mint juleps or margaritas, as The Kentucky Derby (NBC, 2:30 p.m.) coincides with Cinco de Mayo…
Friday TV: Cold War Jazz Ambassadors
The coolest weapon in America’s Cold War may have been the efforts by the U.S. State Department to show off the country’s jazz greats in international tours that would counter…
Thursday TV: A Gildersleeve Afternoon
Let us now praise “The Great Gildersleeve” (TCM, 3 p.m.). First introduced on the “Fibber McGee and Molly” radio show in 1939, the pompous Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve and his trilling…
Wednesday TV: Serena Williams at Home
The life of tennis champ Serena Williams, including her marriage to Reddit inventor Alexis Ohanian, her complicated pregnancy and her eventual return to competition is the basis of the new…