Thursday TV: Gene Wilder Tribute on TCM
Turner Classic Movies has its night long tribute to Gene Wilder tonight, following the comic actor’s death Aug. 29 at 83. It includes “Young Frankenstein” (9:15 p.m.), which he wrote…
Wednesday TV: ‘Criminal Mind’ Messing
“Criminal Minds” (CBS, 9 p.m.) returns for its 12th season with a new recruit, Luke Alvez, played by Adam Rodriguez, who will be needed since the show has announced the…
Tuesday TV: Stomach for More Politics?
One highlight of election year coverage is usually “The Choice” episode of “Frontline” (PBS, 9 p.m.), which goes deeper into the biographies of the two major candidates. Perhaps it will…
Monday TV: Politics’ Main Event
The endless predicting, pontificating and poll-watching that’s served as political coverage for two years makes way for something potentially substantive: The first Presidential Debate (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox, Fox…
Sunday TV: ‘Poldark,’ Other Returnees
If it had never had “Downton Abbey,” “Poldark” would have been a standout on “Masterpiece” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings), a sweeping, romantic literature-based story. Instead it will fight…
Saturday TV: Outdoor Events, ‘Gringo’
A lot of today’s big TV events are outdoor daytime events. Chief among them is the opening ceremony for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (CSPAN,…
Also on Friday: More ‘Transparent’
“Transparent” (Netflix, streaming) is still so good, it's one of those things that may be taken for granted. But the family stories get richer and deeper, the stakes a little…
Also on Thursday: ‘Easy’ in Chicago
An impressive array of stars, including Orlando Bloom, Malin Ackerman, Aya Cash, Hannibal Buress, Marc Maron Emily Ratajkowsky and Jake Johnson, are part of the eight-part anthology series about building…
Also on Wednesday: ‘Millennials vs. Gen X’
The 33rd (!) season premiere of “Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m.) in Fiji divides teams between two groups of young people, the Gen X and the slightly younger Millennials. Baby Boomers…
Also on Tuesday: Nazis and NCIS
Artemis Joukowsky got some help from Ken Burns to finish a documentary about an American couple’s mission to help refugees escape the Nazis in Europe, “Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’…