Friday TV: Bob and David Back Again
Seventeen years after their groundbreaking absurdist sketch comedy series "Mr. Show with Bob and David," the two are back, online, using only the latter half of that title. "W/ Bob…
Thursday TV: Teens Take Over ‘Runway’
Following the success of smaller-sized cooking competitions from "MasterChef Junior" to "Chopped Junior," here's one for fashion, with Tim Gunn presiding over a group of hopeful teenage designers on "Project…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Men Women Wild’
A clothed variation of their “Naked and Afraid” series, “Men Women Wild” (Discovery, 10 p.m.) tests the relationships of three survivalist couples by sending them in three directions. One pair…
Tuesday TV: The New ‘Donny!’: Don’t!
More than once somebody refers to Donny Deutsch as Donny Douche in his ruthlessly unfunny new sitcom “Donny!” (USA, 10:30 p.m.). It’s not far off the mark. What the boorish…
Monday TV: Elders Back in the Closet
Whatever advances have been made in the LGBT world, it all seems to crash down once they become elderly. Then, they fear showing their identity for fear of reprisals or…
Sunday TV: Ballet Drama on Starz
For all of its visual potential, ballet has only rarely been portrayed well in film or TV. The latest attempt, “Flesh and Bone” (Starz, 8 p.m.) stars Sarah Hay, who…
Saturday TV: Trump Flips Wigs on ‘SNL’
It's a night of elaborate hairpieces on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with Donald Trump the controversial choice to host and Sia the musical guest. It's bad enough that…
Chita Rivera, 82, Pities the Kids
She may be 82, but Broadway legend Chita Rivera is still dancing and singing, most recently in “The Visit” for which she’s won another Tony nomination. She’s won two already,…
The Best Actors to Play Aziz Ansari’s Folks
Aziz Ansari couldn’t find quite the right people to play his parents in his new series “Master of None” (Netflix, online), which drops its entire 10-episode season today. So he…
Also on Friday: Not a Debate, a Forum
There’s only three of them but the candidates in the First in the South Democratic Candidates Forum (MSNBC, 9 p.m.) have so far not made any demands about the room…