Also on Saturday: ‘Ransom’ Resumes
The second season starts for the Canadian import “Ransom” (CBS, 8 p.m.), a network drama you may not remember at all that stars Luke Roberts as a negotiator, with Sarah…
Friday TV: Stream Here Now
The former Richard Alpert, now 86, became the spiritual leader Ram Dass more than 50 years ago with books like "Be Here Now." Twenty years ago, he suffered a stroke…
Thursday TV: ‘Jersey Shore’ Gang to Miami
What did we do to deserve the return of Snooki, the Situation, Pauly D, Vinny, Deena and J-Woww? After their series was cancelled in 2012, they have reunited in their…
Wednesday TV: Four MLK Documentaries
Today, on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, comes four documentaries. “Rise Up: The Movement That Changed America” (History, 10 p.m.) looks back at the civil…
Tuesday TV: ‘Legion’ Back to Blow Minds
There’s nothing on TV quite like “Legion” (FX, 10 p.m.), the eye-popping, mind-blowing series returning for its second season tonight. A Marvel property skewed by “Fargo” mastermind Noah Hawley, it’s…
Monday TV: King’s Frought Final Years
Amid the salutes to Martin Luther King Jr. a half century since his assassination, Peter Kunhardt’s “King in the Wilderness” (HBO, 8 p.m.) examines the complicated final years of his…
Sunday TV: Live ‘JC Superstar’ for Easter
It won’t be as fussy as other broadcast live musicals; indeed, the title is “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” (NBC, 8 p.m.). In other words, it won’t be fully…
Saturday TV: Final Four in Fractured Views
How divided is America? We can’t watch the Final Four in San Antonio without consulting with our own personal version of the games. Hence the Michigan vs. Loyola - Chicago…
Friday TV: About a Long Island FM Station
Even if we don’t believe that stars from U2, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode and Blondie wouldn’t ever have become big without airplay on a Long Island radio station (and we…
Marcia Clark Gets Back to Investigating
Until she became a heroine of the inaugural "American Crime Story", the former Los Angeles prosecutor Marcia Clark had been keeping a basement-deep low profile. But the sympathetic portrayal of…