#Worth Watching: ‘Raised by Wolves,’ New Zealand Mystery in ‘The Sounds,’ ‘A.P. Bio’ Back in Session

#Worth Watching: ‘Raised by Wolves,’ New Zealand Mystery in ‘The Sounds,’ ‘A.P. Bio’ Back in Session

“#Worth Watching: ‘Raised by Wolves,’ New Zealand Mystery in ‘The Sounds,’ ‘A.P. Bio’ Back in Session” A selective critical checklist of notable Thursday TV: Raised by Wolves (streaming on HBO Max): Casting a mythic spell, director (of the first two episodes) and executive producer Ridley Scott’s (Alien, Blade Runner) fascinating sci-fi fable is wonderfully strange…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Tough as Nails’ Finale, ‘Chef’s Table’ Goes BBQ, Fosse-Mania on TCM

#Worth Watching: ‘Tough as Nails’ Finale, ‘Chef’s Table’ Goes BBQ, Fosse-Mania on TCM

“#Worth Watching: ‘Tough as Nails’ Finale, ‘Chef’s Table’ Goes BBQ, Fosse-Mania on TCM” A selective critical checklist of notable Wednesday TV: Tough as Nails (9/8c, CBS): The team competition ended last week in a nail-biter of a finish, requiring a grueling tie-breaker involving saws and axes. In the down-and-dirty reality competition’s two-hour season finale —…

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#Worth Watching: A Canadian ‘Transplant’ for NBC, TCM Celebrates Women in Film, Stand-Up in Two Languages

#Worth Watching: A Canadian ‘Transplant’ for NBC, TCM Celebrates Women in Film, Stand-Up in Two Languages

“#Worth Watching: A Canadian ‘Transplant’ for NBC, TCM Celebrates Women in Film, Stand-Up in Two Languages” Fabrice Gaetan/Sphere Media/NBC Transplant A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV: Transplant (10/9c, NBC): Imagine that: a new scripted drama on broadcast network TV. We won’t see new episodes of NBC’s New Amsterdam until 2021, but in the…

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#Worth Watching: The Queen’s Royal Life, Celebrating Planet Earth, Cooking Takeout Favorites With Amy

#Worth Watching: The Queen’s Royal Life, Celebrating Planet Earth, Cooking Takeout Favorites With Amy

“#Worth Watching: The Queen’s Royal Life, Celebrating Planet Earth, Cooking Takeout Favorites With Amy” A selective critical checklist of notable Monday TV: Being the Queen (9/8c, National Geographic): No, this is not another RuPaul’s Drag Race spinoff. A new documentary borrows from more than 100 rare and candid audio interviews with friends, family and palace…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Love Fraud,’ MTV Video Music Awards, ‘Lovecraft’s Haunted House

#Worth Watching: ‘Love Fraud,’ MTV Video Music Awards, ‘Lovecraft’s Haunted House

“#Worth Watching: ‘Love Fraud,’ MTV Video Music Awards, ‘Lovecraft’s Haunted House” A selective critical checklist of notable Sunday TV: Love Fraud (Sunday, 9/8c, Showtime): Dirty John, step aside. This juicy four-part true-crime docuseries follows a notorious Don Juan con artist who loved ’em and left ’em, sometimes after marrying them, leaving a string of broken…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Cobra Kai’ Moves to Netflix, ‘All Together Now,’ ‘Muppets Now’ Rebooted & ‘Phineas and Ferb’ on Disney+

#Worth Watching: ‘Cobra Kai’ Moves to Netflix, ‘All Together Now,’ ‘Muppets Now’ Rebooted & ‘Phineas and Ferb’ on Disney+

“#Worth Watching: ‘Cobra Kai’ Moves to Netflix, ‘All Together Now,’ ‘Muppets Now’ Rebooted & ‘Phineas and Ferb’ on Disney ” A selective critical checklist of notable Friday TV: Cobra Kai (streaming on Netflix): Nostalgia with a kick. Netflix becomes the home of the first two seasons of the acclaimed Karate Kid continuation (previously a YouTube…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Upright’ Finale, Madea’s Farewell, ‘Class Action Park’ & More on HBO Max

#Worth Watching: ‘Upright’ Finale, Madea’s Farewell, ‘Class Action Park’ & More on HBO Max

“#Worth Watching: ‘Upright’ Finale, Madea’s Farewell, ‘Class Action Park’ & More on HBO Max” A selective critical checklist of notable Thursday TV: Upright (streaming on Sundance Now): The heartfelt Australian dramedy comes to the end of its madcap road trip in the final two episodes, some of the most satisfying entertainment you’re likely to find…

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#Worth Watching: Celebrating Paralympics on Netflix, Finales (‘United We Fall,’ ‘Corporate’), Hunting ‘Escobar’s Hippos’

#Worth Watching: Celebrating Paralympics on Netflix, Finales (‘United We Fall,’ ‘Corporate’), Hunting ‘Escobar’s Hippos’

“#Worth Watching: Celebrating Paralympics on Netflix, Finales (‘United We Fall,’ ‘Corporate’), Hunting ‘Escobar’s Hippos’” ABC/Byron Cohen United We Fall A selective critical checklist of notable Wednesday TV: Rising Phoenix (streaming on Netflix): Maybe you caught the inspiring profile of armless archer Matt Stutzman last weekend on CBS Sunday Morning. (If not, look it up —…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Modern Family’s Farewell to Fred Willard, ‘Deadliest Catch,’ Netflix’s ‘Trinkets’

#Worth Watching: ‘Modern Family’s Farewell to Fred Willard, ‘Deadliest Catch,’ Netflix’s ‘Trinkets’

“#Worth Watching: ‘Modern Family’s Farewell to Fred Willard, ‘Deadliest Catch,’ Netflix’s ‘Trinkets’” ABC/Richard CartwrightModern Family A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV: Modern Family (8:30/7:30c, ABC): One of the more moving episodes from the sitcom’s final season has gained even more poignancy since it first aired in January, after the passing of the great…

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