Friday TV: Loretta Lynn, Frank Underwood
Loretta Lynn at 83 releases her first new album (“Full Circle”) in 12 years on the same day a new bio film on her remarkable life premieres on “American Masters”…
Thursday TV: Joan Allen in ‘The Family’
Joan Allen stars in "The Family" (ABC, 9 p.m.), a new series whose premise sounds kind of familiar. She’s an ambitious politician whose son went missing a decade ago. Suddenly…
Wednesday TV: Real, Tired ‘O’Neals’
There’s a pretty good cast and some sharp direction to the new family sitcom “The Real O’Neals” (ABC, 8:30 p.m.). But it seems a little old fashioned if its central…
Tuesday TV: Some Pre-Astronaut Antics
Let us now praise the Air Force daredevils who were doing their own experiments as NASA was assembling astronauts, like the guy who went up 101,000 feet in a balloon…
Monday TV: Celebrating Mavis Staples
Hearing the great voice of Mavis Staples is just one of the pleasures of watching “Mavis!” (HBO, 9 p.m.), Jessica Edwards’ documentary about the singer who was a deep-voiced standout…
Sunday TV: Oscars So Dull, Too
If ever there was a year to skip The Academy Awards (ABC, 8:30 p.m.) it might be this year’s. Already there has been an organized boycott for its lack of…
Saturday TV: Independent Spirit Awards
I found out some time ago that the best thing about Oscar weekend is actually the Film Independent Spirit Awards (IFC, 5 p.m.) that comes the night before. The relaxed…
‘Fuller House,’ Still Terrible
Nostalgia colors so much of what one consumed growing up, one has to consider whether any of it was really any good. I can make a case that “Green Acres”…
Also on Friday: Fats Domino, Ray Charles
Today, on the occasion of his 88th birthday, “American Masters” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) salutes the work of Fats Domino, once the world’s biggest hitmakers who even Elvis…
Thursday TV: Art and Eddie Redmayne
At this point you’d expect to see an Oscar nominee spending all their time prepping for Sunday’s event. Instead, Eddie Redmayne flexes his art history education at Cambridge in delving…