Also on Monday: Alicia Keys on ‘The Voice’
I’m sure Alicia Keys will be a great addition to the cast of “The Voice” (NBC, 8 p.m.) though I’m not sure what it says about her own career. She…
Sunday TV: Kimmel’s Game of Emmys
Jimmy Kimmel hosts The 68th Annual Emmy Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.), anointing favorites and ushering in the fall TV season (which begins Monday). He’ll be good, droll and dry and…
Saturday TV: When the Fab Four Toured
For all they advanced music, the live shows of The Beatles weren't their high points. There was undoubtedly excitement greeting their shows, but so much so that they could scarcely…
A Fresh Face on British Import, ‘Fleabag’
Of all the terrific comedies this fall (almost exclusively streaming or on cable) just one stars a face that is likely to be absolutely new to audiences. “Fleabag” (Amazon Prime,…
Also on Friday: ‘High Maintenance’
The web series “High Maintenance” (HBO, 11 p.m.) changes very little in its transition from streaming to cable. The quirky, very low key comedy from Ben Sinclair and his wife,…
Thursday TV: ‘Project Runway’ Returns
Season 15 begins for “Project Runway” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.) with 16 new designers put to work immediately, creating looks from the materials that had been put up for their welcoming…
Wednesday TV: Quirky Duck Stamp Artists
Those awaiting Christopher Guest’s new Netflix film “Mascots” for Netflix Oct. 13 will be well-served in the meantime by a documentary that plays like a mockumentary, but is actually real.…
Tuesday TV: Looking at Past Campaigns
To give you a break from what people keep calling the strangest presidential election ever, the new series “The Contenders — 16 for ’16” (PBS, 8 p.m.) looks at past…
Monday TV: Dancing With Weird Roster
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry probably won’t last much longer on “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 7 p.m.) than he did in the Republican Presidential Primary. He’s one of the…
Sunday TV: Churchill Has a Stroke
Michael Gambon usually enhances whatever production he’s in, as a side character, but he’s front and center and very convincing as a 78-year-old Winston Churchill, recovering from a 1953 stroke…