Tuesday TV: The Saga of Australia’s Raygun
When breakdancing became an Olympic sport in 2020, it was a professor of hip-hop dance who somehow advanced to represent Australia with a performance that captivated the world in Paris…
Monday TV: ‘Arrest the Midwife’ Documentary
Home births are a tradition for Amish and Mennonite communities in rural upstate New York, which also happens to be a healthcare desert. So when it suddenly became illegal, the…
Sunday TV: Honoring Dolly Parton ‘9 to 5’
The legacy of the beloved singer, who, who died last week at 80, is all over prime time, with a screening of her 1980 “9 to 5” (ABC, 7:30 p.m.)…
Saturday TV: College Football from Ireland
The college football has a soft opening with a Saturday that begins with North Carolina vs. TCU (ESPN, noon) from Dublin in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. Stateside, it’s San…
Friday TV: De Niro, Scott in ‘The Whisper Man’
A stellar cast of Robert De Niro, Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton star in the new movie “The Whisper Man” (Netflix, streaming) about a widower who enlists his…
Thursday TV: ‘Big Brother’ Racks Up Its 1,000th
“Big Brother” (CBS, 8 p.m.) marks its 1,000th episode (which can add up if you’re on three times a week for 26 seasons). So in addition to the usual business…
Wednesday TV: ‘Death of The Pastor’s Wife’
The death of 30-year-old Mica Miller in 2024 in the North Carolina woods was ruled a suicide, but a new series points to years of abuse since the former teenage…
Tuesday TV: Prize-Winning Poet Mary Oliver
One of America’s most popular poets is celebrated with a striking new film by Sasha Waters on “American Masters” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), “Mary Oliver: Saved by the…
Monday TV: ‘How to Build a Library’ on PBS
Plans by a couple of Nairobi women to turn a neglected, colonial-era and formerly Whites only library in Kenya into a cultural center hits some snags, as seen in a…
Sunday TV: Speeding on the National Mall
Dirty! Noisy! Expensive (and paid by you)! Completely unnecessary and likely damaging to nearby monuments and museum pieces, the so-called Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington D.C. (Fox, 1 p.m.)…