Wednesday TV: ‘Assassination of Versace’
The bar was set high for Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story” series that began two years ago with the remarkable retelling of the O.J. Simpson Trial. Although a lesser known…
Tuesday TV: ‘Black Lightning’ Strikes
Just as we were reaching superhero saturation on the big and small screens, here comes a highlight. worth rallying around. “Black Lightning” (The CW, 9 p.m.) is an adaptation of…
Monday TV: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’
Martin Luther King Day is the perfect time for the broadcast premiere of Raoul Peck’s Oscar-nominated “I Am Not Your Negro.” It’s an imaginative look not only at the intellectual…
Sunday TV: Queens, Past and Current
Just as it did in its first season, the lavish and well wrought “Victoria” falls a bit under the shadow of the regal doings in the Netflix series “The Crown.”…
Saturday TV: Jason Isbell Plays a Set
Americana star Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit play five songs from their latest album, "The Nashville Sound,"on a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings). Also on the…
Friday TV: Coupla Retired Guys Talking
When David Letterman retired two years ago, late night television lost not only a singular comic voice but also a host who could have a natural curiosity about his guests…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Alone Together’
Benji Aflalo and Esther Povitsky have pretty good chemistry as best friends navigating their fraught social lives as millennials in Los Angeles on the new “Alone Together” (Freeform, 8:30 p.m.).…
Tuesday TV: Teddy Visits the Amazon
Alec Baldwin plays quite a different president than usual when he provides the voice of Theodore Roosevelt in a documentary about the 1914 adventure trip that almost killed the former…
Monday TV: David Bowie’s Final Five Years
Today would have been the 71st birthday of David Bowie, but he died two years ago Wednesday. HBO chooses the birthday to celebrate as it premieres the British documentary “David…
Sunday TV: Sure Predictions for the Globes
The 75th Golden Globe Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.) are tonight and we have no predictions except that: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will make some goofy choices, TV and movie…