Superman’s Planet, the Early Days
The new “Krypton” (Syfy, 10 p.m.), according to a network executive, “asks the provocative question; What if Superman never existed?” Someone clue the guy in: He never really has. Try…
Also on Wednesday: Finale for ‘Versace’
Ryan Murphy’s underrated “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” (FX, 10 p.m.) reaches its finale by going forward in time to the incident at hand and its immediate…
Tuesday TV: Romance While Traveling
There must be easier ways to meet a life partner. But on the new reality show “Love at First Flight” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.), eight strangers are selected by a matchmaker…
Monday TV: A View from the Daughter
Much of the time when he was America’s premier playwright, he was taciturn and reserved; when he married Marilyn Monroe even more so. But in the comprehensive documentary “Arthur Miller:…
Sunday TV: Alan Cumming Takes the Lead
Alan Cumming is a welcome prime time star, but the show he’s in, “Instinct” (CBS, 8 p.m.) is one of the sillier police procedurals around. He’s a criminal justice professor…
Saturday TV: New Inquiry from Amanpour
She’s built a solid career in international reporting but switches topic for a new six-part series suitable for a Saturday night, “Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World” (CNN,…
Friday TV: Spying on Five-Year-Olds
Hooking up a bunch of cameras to watch 5-year-olds play sounds like an invasion of privacy, but the new series “The Secret Life of Kids” (USA, 9 and 10 p.m.)…
Thursday TV: The Madness Arrives
Brackets ready? March Madness begins in earnest with a slew of games over 12 hours. First is Rhode Island vs. Oklahoma (CBS, noon), followed by Tennessee vs. Wright State (truTV,…
Wednesday TV: Man and Mountain Lion
Montana wildlife photographer Casey Anderson has seen a lot of animals near his home in Paradise Valley, close to Yellowstone. But he was particularly excited about getting so close to…
‘Friday Night Lights’ Starts Singing
NBC’s new prestige show “Rise” (NBC, 10 p.m.), about the establishment of a musical theater program in a rural Pennsylvania high school, may remind some of a rural “Glee,” but…