Saturday TV: Triumph vs. Gary Johnson
One of the most unsung but effective political humorists this season has been Robert Smigel’s Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, whose latest special, “Triumph’s Election Watch 2016” (Hulu, streaming) includes…
Friday TV: Racial Mass Incarceration
The latest online documentary of note is Ava DuVernay’s striking “13th” (Netflix, streaming) about the explosion of incarceration of prisoners in the United States, which has 5 percent in the…
Thursday TV: Music from Vegas, L.A.
How about some music? Night one of the “iHeartRadio Music Festival” (The CW, 8 p.m.) from Las Vegas features U2, Billy Idol, Backstreet Boys, Sam Hunt and Pitbull. Ryan Seacrest…
Wednesday TV: Rebooting ‘Frequency’
The second new show on The CW in the same number of days is “Frequency” (The CW, 9 p.m.) a remake of the emotional 2000 movie with Dennis Quaid in which…
Tuesday TV: ‘No Tomorrow,’ Debate
For the third consecutive year, it is the lowly CW network that has been bringing some interesting, light shows starring young women. In the tradition of “Jane the Virgin” and…
Monday TV: ‘Class Divide,’ ‘Timeless’
In part due to the High Line park in New York, crazy expensive apartments went up, often right across the street from existing housing projects, creating an even more jarring…
HBO’s Surprisingly Good ‘Westworld’
Because it’s based on a less-than-classic 1973 Michael Crichton movie and had its production shut down six months while they tried to figure it out, expectations weren’t high for “Westworld”…
Also on Sunday: ‘Madam Secretary’s Back
Network series are still in the process of returning for new fall seasons. “Madam Secretary” (CBS, 9 p.m.) is back on the job, in a season premiere directed by Morgan…
Saturday TV: ‘SNL’ Back for 42nd Season
The first new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) in more than four months must have a lot of pent up material to address. Alec Baldwin is the designated Trump,…
Friday TV: Woody Tries the Small Screen
A serious and fairly consistent filmmaker for more than 40 years, Woody Allen turns his sights to television with his latest project “Crisis in Six Scenes” (Amazon, streaming), a six-episode…