Getty Images Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks to the media after attending the weekly House Republicans party conference on Capitol Hill, on June 7, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump should not have pardoned a former Arizona sheriff who was convicted of criminal contempt in …

Ethan Miller | Getty Images Conor McGregor taunts Floyd Mayweather Jr. during their super welterweight boxing match on August 26, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. A ruthless Floyd Mayweather scored a 10th round technical knockout over mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor on Saturday, the American cementing …

Photo Peter Serafinowicz as the title character in “The Tick” on Amazon Prime. Credit Amazon Studios The Tick, a goofy, bright blue superhero with a pair of suggestively wiggling antennas, is as difficult to eradicate as his Lyme-disease-carrying namesake. Beginning life in 1986 in a newsletter for a comics store, …

Photo Kit Harington in “Game of Thrones.” Credit Macall B. Polay/HBO The season finale of “Game of Thrones” presents a long-awaited meeting. And “Florence Foster Jenkins” arrives on Amazon and Hulu. What’s on TV GAME OF THRONES 9 p.m. on HBO; also on HBO streaming platforms. Fans have been anticipating …

LIL YACHTY at Terminal 5 (Aug. 25, 8 p.m.). If you feel as if you don’t understand the appeal of the 20-year-old Atlanta musician Lil Yachty, don’t fret — you may be just a little too old for his proudly silly style of rapping and singing. (Sorry.) For those who …

Photo The pianist Taka Kigawa at Le Poisson Rouge. Credit Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Tanglewood (Aug. 27, 2:30 p.m.). If you’re heading to Lenox, Mass., this weekend, skip Saturday evening’s opera gala — featuring …

Photo Lauren Newman, Asami Tomida and Madeline Hollander in Ms. Hollander’s dance work “Arena.” Credit Sam Fleischner for Beach Sessions Dance Series Our guide to dance performances. BEACH SESSIONS DANCE SERIES at Rockaway Beach (Aug. 26, 6 p.m.). The sand is the stage for this second installment of Beach Sessions, …

Photo Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan in “Kings Row.” Credit Warner Home Video Our guide to film series and special screenings. All our movie reviews are at nytimes.com/reviews/movies. EROTIC CITY at the Quad Cinema (Aug. 25-31). Think of independent film in New York, and pioneering directors like John Cassavetes and …

Mr. Thomas was one of the main characters in “Love & War,” a CBS sitcom that ran for three seasons beginning in 1992. His other television credits included the ABC ensemble series “Married People” in the early 1990s and the recent Showtime series “Ray Donovan.” Photo Jay Thomas in 2010. …

Photo The Norwegian guitarist Lage Lund. Credit Jimmy Katz The Norwegian guitarist Lage Lund and the New Orleanian pianist Sullivan Fortner may seem like a misfit pair. Mr. Lund’s playing is hunkered and cleanly stated; Mr. Fortner has a sprightly and additive sensibility. But they’ve worked together here and there, …