Friday TV: How McCartney Spread His Wings
The next chapter of Paul McCartney’s life after the Beatles is chronicled in Morgan Neville’s new music documentary “Paul McCartney: Man on the Run” (Prime Video, streaming) that follows the…
Thursday TV: Civil War Drama ‘The Gray House’
In addition to helping the Underground Railroad, some in the Civil War were involved in spying for the Union. The new eight-episode series “The Gray House” (Prime Video, streaming), produced…
Wednesday TV: ‘Survivor’ Brings its 50th Season
After two weeks of reruns, “Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) finally begins its milestone 50th season with a three hour episode dfeaturing two dozen of the show’s most…
Tuesday TV: The State of the Union, Such as It Is
It’s the busiest night of the year for fact checkers: the 2026 State of the Union Address (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, CNN, CSPAN, MSNBC, 9 p.m.) from a bloviator…
Monday: ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’
Tracy Morgan plays a disgraced former NFL star hoping to rehabilitate his image in the snappy new comedy “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” (NBC, 8 p.m.). He chooses…
Sunday TV: Olympics Bid Farewell For Now
The 2026 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony (NBC, 2:30 p.m.) caps two weeks of action. While the opening ceremony was in four locations, this one will be in one: historic Verona…
Saturday: Emma Thompson in ‘Dead of Winter’
Emma Thompson plays a grief-stricken loner who stops to ask directions near a Minnesota lake and finds herself among a murderous couple in a remote cabin in the thriller “Dead…
Friday TV: The Intergalactic Sound of Sun Ra
If he didn’t invent Afro-Futurism, he certainly provided the soundtrack. Now the out-of-the-world jazz musician, composer and poet gets his story told on “Sun Ra: Do the Impossible,” making its…
Thursday TV: HBO’s ‘Murder in Glitterball City’
The two-part true crime documentary “Murder in Glitterball City” (HBO, 8 p.m.) concerns the death of a hairdresser and drag performer found buried in the basement of a home in…
Wednesday TV: Date Goes Wrong in ’56 Days’
A young couple meets in Boston and there’s grisly murder that happens in “56 Days” (Prime Video, streaming). The new eight-episode series adapts Catherine Ryan Howard’s bestseller and transfers it…