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.)…
Saturday: Taylor Sheridan’s Horse Competition
When you turn out as many TV hits as Taylor Sheridan, who was behind “Yellowstone” and its many spinoffs, they let you indulge in your other interests. Hence a two-hour…
Friday TV: ‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ to India
One of the most welcome and entertaining travel guides, “Conan O’Brien Must Go” (HBO, 9 p.m.) returns for its third season with a trip to India. In Mumbai, he tries…
Thursday TV: New Documentary on Djokovic
The tennis legend from Serbia is profiled in the new documentary “Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter” (Prime Video, streaming). From Japan comes the romantic series “S&X” (Netflix, streaming), about…
Wednesday TV: Listening to the Lion
Four years in the making, the limited series “Lion” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.) is a nature documentary from director Jon Favreau that follows the life of an East African lion…
Tuesday TV: Latest New Conflict, ‘Cocktail Wars’
Two-fifths of NSYNC — Lance Bass and Joey Fatone reunite, not to sing, but to co-host a new competition between mixologists. “Cocktail Wars” (E!, 10 p.m.). They’ll judge the work…
Monday TV: ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (FX, FXX, 10 p.m.), the longest running live-action comedy on television, returns for its mind-bending 18th (and possibly final?) season. The first of tonight’s first…
Sunday TV: Another Shot at ‘Green Lantern’
The adaptation of DC comics and the Green Lantern in particular has been difficult in the past. A new attempt, “Lanterns” (HBO, 9 p.m.) stars Kyle Chandler as the Lantern…