Wednesday TV: Chelsea’s New Talk Show
Chelsea Handler returns to the talk show format, but on a different platform than her last one on E! “Chelsea” (Netflix, streaming) means to shake up the late night format. So…
Tuesday TV: Gloria Steinem’s New ‘Woman’
Hear her roar: The latest program on the still-groaning network Viceland is from a distinct non-millennial, Gloria Steinem, 82, who in her new series “Woman” (Viceland, 10 p.m.) will explore…
Monday TV: Militarizing the Police
“Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) begins a two-night examination into violence in America by focusing first on the militarization of police forces in the United States. “Peace…
Sunday TV: ‘The Good Wife’ Signs Off
The end of “The Good Wife” (CBS, 9 p.m.) tonight after seven seasons not only means the end of a well written tale filled with a number of interesting recurring…
Saturday TV: Playoffs and a Horse Race
Playoffs are the big thing on network TV tonight with game 5 of the Stanley Cup Eastern Conference series of Pittsburgh at Washington (NBC, 7:15 p.m.) opposite game 3 of…
Friday TV: More ‘Grace and Frankie’
A new season starts for “Grace and Frankie” (Netflix, streaming), the strangely unconvincing buddy comedy with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as jilted exes of a newly gay couple, Sam…
Thursday TV: Two New Streaming Imports
Gerard Depardieu has the stature, at least, to play a mayor of a French city threatened by a former protege (Benoit Magimal) in Netflix’ first foreign language series. The eight…
Wednesday TV: ‘Maron’ on the Skids
When comedians make sitcoms based vaguely on their own lives, they can stage elaborate possibilities without actually living them. For Marc Maron, the put-upon podcaster of “Maron” (IFC, 9 p.m.),…
Remembering Janis Joplin on PBS
This year’s been a bruising one for musician loss, with David Bowie’s death followed by those of Merle Haggard and Prince. But it was almost more showing in 1970 when…
Also on Tuesday: Back to Benghazi
On a new “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) journalist Feras Kilani goes inside Benghazi to find out how chaotic the situation there has become, while Afa Al Ahmad…