Sunday TV: Little Statues Distributed
People make too much about it, of course, but it’s one of the handful of moments everybody watches. And with Jimmy Kimmel back at the helm, The 90th Annual Academy…
Saturday TV: Independent Spirit Awards
One of the best things about Oscar weekend is the awards show for indie film the day before. Nick Kroll and John Mulaney host the Film Independent Independent Spirit Awards…
Friday TV: A Look Inside ‘Flint Town’
It’s not just the water that’s bad in Flint. There’s also a crisis on the police department, which has been cut deeply because of budgetary constraints while crime has risen.…
Thursday TV: A Trip Back to ‘Atlanta’
At once infused with a brutal reality about the ghetto, but also fanciful and not always explained surrealism, Donald Glover’s inventive and sly “Atlanta” (FX, 10 p.m.) is back for…
Wednesday: ‘Looming Tower’ Stands Tall
I’m such fan of Alex Gibney’s many documentaries, it’s no surprise that his adaptation of Lawrence Wright’s “The Looming Tower” (Hulu, streaming) would have a similar, immediate impact. It tells…
Tuesday TV: Biggie-Tupac Series Starts
The latest in the spate of true crime stories turned into scripted miniseries has a hip hop beat. “Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.” (USA, 10 p.m.)…
Monday TV: Sudden Glut of New Shows
With the Winter Games over, a glut of new and returning shows suddenly appear; late night is back up to full strength, and recording star switches talent competition affiliation. Of…
Sunday TV: The Big Closing Ceremonies
The closing ceremonies of the Olympics (NBC, 7 p.m.) are usually not as lavish as the openers, but enhanced reality and K-pop may make it so, if not Ivanka Trump…
Saturday TV: Anna Deavere Smith’s Insight
Anna Deavere Smith practically invented a form of journalistic one-woman theater in her works in which she interviews key subjects, deeply absorbs their messages and delivery, and relives them on…
Friday TV: Strong ‘Seven Seconds’
The sheer number of shows that continue to premiere on streaming services — and Netflix in particular — can be daunting to the point of surrender. But the new “Seven…