Andy Samberg is winningly weird in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Many of us were concerned when Andy Samberg retired from “Saturday Night Live” last spring. Would the comic genius get trapped in more forgettable movies like “Hot Rod,” then disappear? We needn’t have worried. Samberg stars in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” a single-camera sitcom
Read More →“Sons of Anarchy” returns for another dose of brutality and tenderness. Season five of “Sons of Anarchy” ended in a blaze of betrayal and violence. Just when it seemed things couldn’t get any more intense for the California motorcycle club, here comes season six (Tuesday, 9 p.m., FX). Club leader
Read More →London police turn against their own in “Luther” “Luther” (Tuesday-Friday, 9 p.m., BBC America) features Idris Elba as the hulking London detective John Luther, whose crime-solving intensity sometimes leads to questionable tactics. Season three begins with a scary scene that made me cover my eyes, as Luther plunges into a
Read More →“Escape from Polygamy” looks inside a creepy religious sect You’d expect a TV movie called “Escape from Polygamy” to be a predictable docudrama, but this Lifetime production offers plenty of surprises in its story of a teenage girl trapped among religious fundamentalists (Saturday, 7 p.m.). Julina (Haley Lu Richardson) joins
Read More →The sitcom veteran makes a memorable villain in “Baby Sellers” “Baby Sellers” (Saturday, 7 p.m., Lifetime) goes inside the criminal operations that provide infants for the adoption market. The TV movie is efficiently written and directed to evoke maximum outrage. In the opening scenes, Homeland Security officers with flak jackets
Read More →“Clear History” is a feature-length showcase for the comedian’s masochism All of us “Curb Your Enthusiasm” fans were suspicious when writer-star Larry David suspended the series to work on an HBO movie. But we needn’t have worried. “Clear History” is like an extended episode of “Curb,” with even bigger and
Read More →Lisa Kudrow and friends crack each other up in “Web Therapy” “Web Therapy” is a series where comedians amuse each other and, more often than not, the viewers (Tuesday, 10 p.m., Showtime). Lisa Kudrow plans a dumb, vain, manipulative therapist named Fiona, who communicates with people via web chat. Each
Read More →“Axe Cop” aims to be the most awesome cartoon ever Fox premieres “Animation Domination High-Def” (Saturday, 10 p.m.), a block of late-night cartoons featuring “Axe Cop” and “High School USA!” It is the product of the network’s new digital animation studio, which aims straight for the pleasure centers of 14-year-old
Read More →“Breaking Pointe” chronicles bad behavior in a real ballet troupe The CW, home of teen soaps like “Gossip Girl,” goes in a different direction with “Breaking Pointe” (Monday, 8 p.m.). Beginning its second season, the docuseries peeks behind the scenes of Salt Lake City’s Ballet West, where dancers dedicate
Read More →Aaron Sorkin perfects the cable-news drama in its second season I hated the first season of “The Newsroom,” Aaron Sorkin’s attempt to create a smart, fast-talking show about cable news. Sorkin’s journalism setting didn’t feel authentic, as his White House setting did in “The West Wing.” And Jeff Daniels made
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