Thursday TV: Laughing at the Apocalypse
Things are wide open enough on broadcast TV today to even accommodate something as odd as "You, Me and the Apocalypse" (NBC, 8 p.m.) an internationally-made kind of adventure/comedy thing…
Wednesday TV: The Dawn of Flubber
Turner Classic Movies' month-long Wednesday night salute to Fred MacMurray concludes with the 1961 "The Absent Minded Professor" (8 p.m.), in which a substance called Flubber is invented. The film,…
New ‘Outsiders’: Hillbilly Militia
At a time when an armed group of yahoos have taken over government property in Utah and refuse to give it up, here's a timely new series about a similar…
Also on Tuesday: More Mining Trouble
Speaking of mining, some in hill country talk about a government "War on coal" these days, but 100 years ago there was a different war in West Virginia -- for…
Monday TV: Three New Shows
Tom Ellis has made a specialty of portraying a devilish rogue, whose gets by on charm and loos alone. He did in the short-lived cable show "Rush" and does so…
After 13 Year Absence, ‘The X-Files’
There is a palpable sense of dread in the performances of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as they are reunited, inevitably and seemingly against their will, in a latter day…
Also on Sunday: Unaired Bowie Profile
Sometimes, the profiles they work on for “60 Minutes” (CBS, 8 p.m.) go unfinished or get shelved. A 2003 profile of David Bowie, for example, never made it on air until…
Friday TV: A Bad Trip for ‘Mad Dogs’
In the tradition of tourists in trouble comes the new series "Mad Dogs" (Amazon, streaming) in which four pals in their 40s go visit another old buddy who has done…
How ‘Baskets’ Was Woven
The origins of “Baskets” (FX, 10 p.m.), Zach Galifianakis' deepy funny new deadpan comedy began as an offshoot of his internet talk show — one so notorious it even snared…
Also on Thursday: Sharp ‘London Spy’
Ben Whishaw of "Spectre" and "The Danish Girl" stars in a compelling new miniseries "London Spy" (BBC America, 10 p.m.) in which he plays a clubbing guy who falls for…