Thursday TV: Amanda Seyfried as Philly Cop
Amanda Seyfried stars in a new series “Long Bright River” (Peacock, streaming) about a Philadelphia police officer who finds a string of murders she’s investigating might be related to the…
Wednesday TV: John Mulaney Goes Live
A smart standup and inventive creator of “SNL” musical extravaganzas, John Mulaney was never a particularly good late night comedy host. In the few times he’s tried it last summer…
Tuesday TV: Five Cool Quincy Jones Soundtracks
Turner Classic Movies pays homage to Quincy Jones, who died last November at 91, with a handful of films he scored: “In the Heat of the Night” (8 p.m.), “In…
Monday TV: Ringo & Friends in Nashville
I don’t remember a lot of prime time Beatles concert specials, but here’s one with Ringo Starr, taped in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium in January to help promote his…
Sunday TV: ‘Righteous Gemstones’ Return
“The Righteous Gemstones” (HBO, 10 p.m.) begins its fourth and final season with an elaborate one-off exploring the Civil War roots of the family, in which Bradly Cooper guest stars…
Saturday TV: Lifetime’s ‘I Was Octomom’
Kristen Lee Gutoskie of “The Handmaid’s Tale” takes the title role in the bio film “I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), about the notorious woman who…
Friday TV: Errol Morris Takes on Manson Case
The grisly story has been told numerous times in the last half century. Now documentarian Errol Morris (“The Thin Blue Line,” “The Fog of War”) tries his hand with a…
Thursday: We’re Back, but ‘Douglas is Cancelled’
Hugh Bonneville of “Downton Abbey” fame stars in a new four-part cancel culture satire from “Sherlock” creator Steven Moffat, about a TV host who is rattled by a joke is…
Friday TV: The State of Love on Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day brings an excuse to consider the state of love in the world, and it ain’t exactly good. Such as the stipulation in the title of the imported Taiwanese…
Thursday TV: The Rise and Fall of Sly Stone
The latest music doc from Questlove, who won an Oscar for directing “Summer of Soul,” focuses on the 60s superstar who imploded in “Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden of Black…