Tuesday TV: Loosening Heroin’s Grip
Deaths from heroin and prescription opioid overdoses have nearly quadrupling in 15 years. Perhaps because it's invaded white suburbs, it's become a huge issue and warranted a two-hour episode of…
Monday TV: Mike Nichols’ Story Again
Less than a month after a similar film about the late director Mike Nichols by his onetime comedy partner Elaine May played on PBS, here’s a second film about Nichols'…
Sunday TV: Saluting the Sultan of Sitcoms
James Burrows may be responsible for the rhythms of what America finds funny through his longtime direction of popular three-camera sitcoms , from “Cheers,” Weill and grace” to “Taxi,” “Friends,”…
Saturday TV: Building a Huge ‘Telescope’
When it comes to space, Hubble was the big thing. That is, until the James Webb Space Telescope, a massive project that when it is launched in October 2018 will…
You’re Going to Like the New ‘Love’
Like Woody Allen and others before him, Paul Rust seems to have devised a show in which he gets the beautiful woman. Yet in the charming new “Love” (Netflix, streaming)…
Also on Friday: Carole King and ‘Cooked’
The fifteen minute salute to her at the Kennedy Center Honors was probably more satisfying than a surprisingly haphazard “American Masters” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) on Carole King,…
Craig Ferguson Turns to History
Craig Ferguson got so interested in American history when he became a citizen that his new show is all about it. “Join or Die with Craig Ferguson" (History, 11 p.m.) is…
Also on Thursday: Vikings, Spies, Politics
Speaking of non-history on History, the third season starts for “Vikings” (History, 10 p.m.), which begins with Ragnar near death. The miniseries “London Spy” (BBC America, 10 p.m.) comes to…
Wednesday TV: The Three Bs of ‘Survivor’
“Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m.) returns to the brains vs. browns vs. beauty format, with a new set of people that includes a couple of familiar faces: “Beast Mode” Caleb from…
The Story of the Black Panthers
At a time when gun-toting right wing groups advocating government overthrow pose as groups with educational and social benefits (and thus tax exempt), it’s a great time to look at…