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…
A New Crop of Amazon Pilots to Choose
A handful of new pilots are up at Amazon for sampling. Those that get the most votes will go into production. This year’s crop includes: “One Mississippi” (Amazon, streaming) featuring…
Also Thursday: ‘Mom,’ ‘Elementary’ Back
A third season starts for “Mom” (CBS, 9 p.m.) with Allison Janney’s character meeting her own mother, and look: it’s Ellyn Burstyn. It could have been Oscar nominee June Squibb;…
Wednesday TV: How North America Grew
The forces that built the continent and its natural wonders are still at work, according to the three part series “Making North America” on “Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local…
Tuesday TV: Unsolved Journalist Deaths
The murders of five Vietnamese-American journalists in the United States in different U.S. cities in the 1980s are investigated on a new “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) titled…
Monday TV: A Legacy of Diplomacy
Like a lot of boomer children, David Holbrooke, a producer at the "Today" show didn't begin to fully appreciate the work of his father until after his dad died. He…
Sunday TV: Fighting Ebola with GE
It sounds like a dozen other programs on innovation and science, but the new “Breakthrough” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.) is being promoted as the vision of several directors (or famous…
Halloween Present: New ‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’
Normally you wouldn't expect a 35-year-old movie intended to be a drive-in B movie slasher to engender the kind of fans that warranted two sequels and now, a full fledged…
Also on Saturday: ‘The Returned’ Does
The second season comes for “The Returned” (Sundance, 10 p.m.) and could it have come on a more suitable night? It starts six months after the first ended, with the…