“S.W.A.T.,” it seems, is one of those shows that’s never really gone.
A new version — the third on TV, plus some movies — arrives this fall. Shemar Moore (shown here) will again star, but with different co-stars. Read more…
Mark Harmon hasn’t faded from our TV screens after all.
CBS says he’ll appear — at least a bit — in every episode of next season’s “NCIS: Origins.” That’s in a two-era story, going from the 1990s to modern times. Read more…
In the olden days — well, a few years ago — shows doled out big moments carefully.
There were 22 episodes (or more) each season. If they rushed things, their world would implode the first year.
And nowadays? With short seasons, streaming shows can be high-octane. The latest example is “Dutton Ranch” (shown here), which closes its first season with a powerhouse episode Friday (July 3) on Paramount+ and, at 10 p.m.,, on the Paramount Network. Read more…
After a way-too-long pause, NBC has decided there will be a second season of “The Americas.”
It has also added a surprise: A new hour — “The Americas: A Wild 250th — will air at 9 p.m. July 2, two days before the U.S. turns 250.
The series (shwon heree) is a lush British-American co-production, viewing the natural world in all three continents. Some critics (including me) raved, some had restrained approval.
Award voters were also restrained. The show drew nominations for narrator Tom Hanks and composer Hans Zimmer, but not for the show itself. Read more…
Some people are simply the best at what they do.
No one can match Spielberg at making movies or Williams at scoring them. No one matches Ohtani at baseball or Elvis at doing Elvis things.
And no one could match James Burrows at an important and dwindling art –directing a comedy that’s done in front of a studio audience.
Burrows died today (June 19) at 85; I’ll have a full story about him later, but for now the basics: Read more…
NBC is turning the New York Knicks’ championship into a three-day celebration. That includes:
— Tonight (June 15): The Knicks do a takeover of Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show,” at 11:35 p.m.
— Tuesday: At 10 p.m., “Password” has the Knicks’ Josh Hart competing with Jimmy Fallon; there’s even a category focusing on the team. (The previously scheduled hour with Ice-T will air later.) And at 12:35 a.m., Karl-Anthony Towns (shown here) visits Seth Meyers’ late show.
— Wednesday: Og Anunoby visits Meyers’ show. Read more…
While some networks are in their summer slumbers, PBS seems to be surging with new documentaries.
Now “POV” starts its 39th season July 20, with a film (shown here) that views China’s unbalanced dating scene. It follows with five more films.
PBS had already set a busy non-fiction line-up. In one burst, it debuts a moving Holocaust film (“The Last Twin”) at 10 p.m. June 15; a deep profile of Katharine Graham, the late Washington Post publisher, at 9 p.m. June 16; and a joyous view of Australian wildlife, at 10 p.m. June 17. Then is a Friday string of multi-part reruns, starting with George H.W.Bush, at 9 p.m. June 19. Read more…
Who would imagine a night when Megan Thee Staillion was only approximately the 43rd most flashy person?
That was Sunday’s Tony Awards, in which the three goals seemed to be: 1) More; 2) Even more; and 3) A whole lot more.
Certainly, I was delighted with the result: “Schmigadoon” (shown here) won for best musical; that may nudge people to see the original version, a gem that’s streaming on Apple.
And Cinco Paul was showered in honors — even if he was sort of invisible. Read more…
When soccer ends and the world goes home, Fox will have Part II of its summer line-up.
In mid-July, it will debut one show, start new seasons of two (including Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares,” shown here in a previous episode) and resume three more.
For now, Fox is obsessing on the World Cub, which brings soccer teams to the U.S., Mexico and Canada, from June 11 to July 19. Every game will be on Fox or Fox Sports1, in addition to Telemundo and streaming on Peacock and Fox One.
To clear the way, the network started many of its summer shows early and will finish three of them early. “Farmer Wants a Wife” and “Bear Grylls is Running Wild” end on June 9, “The Floor” on June 10.
But some others will be back. The plan,announced today (Tuesday) includes: Read more…
For the geographically disadvantaged (that’s most of us), the annual Tony telecast is important.
It shows us the joy of Broadway. It shows what we’d savor if we had the time … and the money … and a proximity to New York.
We don’t, of course, so we catch the Tonys, at 8 p.m. ET Sunday (June 7) on CBS. In a three-hour stretch, we’ll see lots of awards, get a few laughs … and see production numbers from at least nine musicals.
And this year, there’s a bonus: We can stream (via Apple) “Schmigadoon” (shown here)m which a front-runner is based on, Read more…
