Sunday TV: Dragons Eat Katy Perry
Once, it was the biggest event in the pop world (at least for the day). Today, it pales to a fantasy season finale. Katy Perry hosts the 2017 MTV Video…
Saturday TV: Fists Flying, but No Feet
The big hype tonight is the fish-out-of-water fight between unbeaten boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor (pay-per-view, 9 p.m.), the mixed martial arts hero. The last time anybody tried this, the…
Friday TV: ‘Disjointed’ Flames Out
Proof that Netflix is ordering more shows than it needs to is the new “Disjointed” (Netflix, streaming), a new Chuck Lorre sitcom starring Kathy Bates as the proprietor of a…
Thursday TV: Elián Gonzalez, All Grown Up
Elián Gonzalez, the 5-year-old boy who, rescued from the sea while en route to the U.S., and famously returned to Cuba in 1999, is now 23 and something of a folk…
Wednesday TV: Now, to Saturn and Beyond
Public television tosses the eclipse glasses but keeps its eye on space with a two hour special marking the 40th anniversary of NASA’s Voyager mission which has sailed past Jupiter,…
Tuesday TV: ‘Black Girls Rock’ on BET
Taraji P. Henson hosts the ninth “Black Girls Rock!” (BET, 8 p.m.) event from Newark, an event that’s hardly about rock at all, but mostly about the achievement of African…
Monday TV: That Thing in the Sky
It happens every 18 months. But since most of the earth is water, a lot of people on land don’t see a total solar eclipse. The people of American have…
Sunday TV: A Number of Returning Shows
The funny “Episodes” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) is back for its fifth and final season and it finds Matt Le Blanc a hit on a game show called “The Box.” Meanwhile,…
Saturday TV: ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Returns
“Halt and Catch Fire” (AMC returns for its fourth and final season on a Saturday, which would be an insult except that there area already too many things to watch…
Friday TV: ‘Marvel’s Defenders’ Gather
A quickly assembled superhero superstar series brings together Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones and Mike Colter’s Luke Cage with Finn Jones portraying Iron Fist and Charlie Cox’s Daredevil in “Marvel’s The…