Also on Sunday: ‘Homeland,’ Back Home
One of the most durable TV dramas this century has been “Homeland” (Showtime, 9 p.m.), which returns for its sixth season set back in the United States, where Claire Danes’…
Saturday TV: ‘Star Wars’ Women Get Funny
“Star Wars” women can be funny, tonight’s set of “Saturday Night Live” (10 and 11:30 p.m.) mean to show. The new late night show features not only a serious backlog…
Friday TV: Sneaky Pete, Lemony Snicket
Some days, you might think all the interesting television is streaming. Today might be one of those days, with two big premieres online. The new “Sneaky Pete” (Amazon, streaming) stars…
Thursday TV: Celebrating the New Museum
The big Kennedy Center concert that marked the opening of the National Museum of African-American Culture and History finally gets a broadcast with “Taking the Stage: African American Music and…
Wednesday TV: Election’s Effect Seeps Through
A big question at the TV Critics Association winter press tour is how the presidential election has affected programming. It happens directly tonight on “Black-ish” (ABC, 9:30 p.m.), which reacts…
Tuesday TV: The President’s Farewell
The most significant thing on TV tonight is President Obama’s Farewell Address (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox MSNBC, CSPAN, 9 p.m.). The event from Chicago, expected to be the final…
Monday TV: Pitting Stars vs. Superfans
Andy Richter, longtime Conan O’Brien sidekick, is host of a new game show that was created by rival late night star Jimmy Kimmel. In “Big Fan” (ABC, 10 p.m.), stars…
Sunday TV: Those Iffy Golden Globes
The most suspect of the awards shows (Lady Gaga was a best actress winner last year, Pia Zadora style, keep in mind), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 74th Golden Globe…
Saturday TV: Mother Daughter Elegy
Just yesterday, they were buried. Today we get a glimpse into their beguiling relationship — mother and daughter Hollywood stars, forever pegged to their pictures: Debbie Reynolds, catapulted in “Singing…
Friday TV: Desecrating ‘Oz’
L. Frank Baum’s 1899 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” has been reflected many times in film, most prominently in the iconic 1939 musical. But as many terrible variations that…