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…
Tuesday TV: JFK Jr. Special as Cross-Promotion
Here’s something to help remind you that FX (and ABC and Hulu) are all under the Disney umbrella: A new “news” special “John and Carolyn: Love, Beauty and Loss” (ABC,…
Monday TV: Tyra Banks’ ‘Top Model’ Nightmare
The new three-part documentary series “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model” (Netflix, streaming) has Tyra Banks herself recalling the rise of the reality TV competition with pride, but sticking…
Sunday TV: ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ Returns
The second and final season of the adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s “Like Water for Chocolate” (HBO Max, streaming) premieres with Tina finding promise in Dr. Brown but threatened by the…
Saturday TV: NBA’s Afternoon of Slam Dunks
The NBA’s All-Star Saturday (NBC, 5 p.m.) may well be the highlight of the NBA All-Star Weekend with its annual skills, challenge, three point contest and slam duck competitions. It…
Friday TV: When ‘Neighbors’ Can’t Get Along
The conflicts that develop between eccentric neighbors is the subject of the documentary series “Neighbors” (HBO, 9 p.m.), with a different conflict every episode. Produced in part by Josh Sadfie,…
Thursday TV: John F. Kennedy Jr’s Love Story
Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon star in the limited series “Love Story: John F. Kennedy & Carolyn Bessette” (FX, 9 p.m.), a glossy look at the glamorous couple who…