Friday TV: Tig Notaro, Fighting On
A day after racking up 41 Emmy nominations, Netflix flexes its power by showing the edges of comedy. The documentary "Tig" (Netflix, streaming) looks into the world of standup comedian…
Thursday TV: Denis Leary’s Stab at Rock
Like its central character, Denis Leary's "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" (FX, 10 p.m.) is a little out of time. The guitar slinging, groupie magnet rock star is…
Also on Thursday: Marvelous ‘Married’
The terrific domestic summer comedy "Married" (FX, 10:30 p.m.) returns for a second season with Nat Faxon and Judy Greer as a couple trying to become responsible in their union, but…
Wednesday TV: ESPYS, New ‘Gaffigan’
The slowest sports day of the year is also the best one to grab all the available athletes for the annual ESPY Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.), which moves to network…
Tuesday TV: All-Star Game and All That
Ciara sings the National Anthem for tonight's All-Star Game (Fox, 7 p.m.) in Cincinnati. Josh Turner sings "God Bless America," which is not the National Anthem. Baseball's biggest names will all…
Monday TV: Depression in Animated Form
The theater's Elizabeth Swados addresses her own malady in the animated film "My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It" (HBO, 9 p.m.) that also features the voice…
Sunday TV: ‘The Strain’ Slinks Back
Overlooked in the onslaught of good TV that debuted last summer, "The Strain" (FX, 10 p.m.) is back with another season of Guillermo del Toro's deliciously creepy work. By now…
Saturday TV: Samberg’s Tennis Hell
The weekend of the Wimbledon finals is also the setting for the mockumentary "7 Days in Hell" (HBO, 10 p.m.), starring Andy Samberg and Kit Harington as extravagant players in…
Friday TV: Less Famous Than His Dad Now
Brody Jenner has been in reality longer than anybody else in his famous extended family -- 10 years if you go back to "Princes of Malibu." Then all those years…
Thursday TV: New ‘Dates’; ‘Rectify’ Returns
Networks scramble to put on programming in the summer, usually grabbing something from Canada, or a weird reality show from the U.S. Sometimes they import something that's accidentally kind of…