Saturday TV: Franco, Slumming at Lifetime
Here’s another one of those weird instances of Hollywood stars slumming in the Lifetime movie world, as James Franco produces and stars in the creepy thriller “High School Lover” (Lifetime,…
Friday TV: The Suburban Zombie Mom
The new “Santa Clarita Diet” (Netflix, streaming) strikes nearly the right tone in trying to be a comedy about a suburban mom and real estate agent suddenly turned zombie. Drew…
Thursday TV: Superhero Support Team
Amid a flurry of superhero shows on screen and TV, “Powerless” (NBC, 8:30 p.m.) stands out because it focuses on the smaller support people in the background. In this case…
Wednesday TV: Faking Out the Animals
“Nature” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) moves into wacky territory by trying to fool animals by placing life-like robots among them. If they wanted up close observation, they could…
Tuesday TV: Building the First U.S. Subway
New York’s only seems like the oldest, but the country’s first subway was in Boston. An episode of “American Experience” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) titled “The Race Underground,”…
Monday TV: All About Warren Buffett
It seems weird to people that a guy in Omaha would make a lot of money, elect to stay there anyway, and have opinions like he should pay more income…
Sunday TV: SAG Awards, Miss Universe
A hint about Oscar prospects may be gleaned from the winners of The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TBS, TNT, 8 p.m.). Because its big awards go to ensembles,…
Saturday TV: ‘Ghostbusters’ Girl Power
New on premium cable tonight is last year’s remade “Ghostbusters” (Starz, 9 p.m.) with Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig. Also making its bow is the buddy…
Friday TV: Christina Ricci as Zelda
Christina Ricci seems flighty and hard to take in the new online series “Z: The Beginning of Everything” (Amazon, streaming). But by many accounts, that’s just how her subject, Zelda…
Thursday TV: Messing with Archie & Co.
Favorite childhood touchstones are being ruined one after another on network TV this season; first “Oz” on “Emerald City” and now Archie comics on “Riverdale” (The CW, 9 p.m.). In…