Monday TV: Freeing Leonard Peltier
A new generation of activists fights to “Free Leonard Peltier” (Netflix, streaming), the American Indian Movement leader who spent decades in prison for a conviction many disputed. Convicted of murdering…
Sunday TV: A Murder at the Pet Cemetery
“The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story” (HBO, 9 p.m.) is a new three-part true crime series about the proprietor of a pet cemetery outside New Orleans who disappears and…
Saturday TV: ‘The Housemaid’ Comes to HBO
Paul Feig’s thriller “The Housemaid” (HBO, 8 p.m.), with Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, makes its premium cable debut, as does the drama “I Was a Stranger” (Showtime, 9 p.m.). …
Friday TV: A Profile of Itzhak Perlman on PBS
A new series spotlighting the most influential names in classical music in the 20th and 21st centuries, “Great Musicians of Our Time” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) begins with…
Thursday: Josh Hartnett in a Sea Monster Saga
Josh Hartnett stars in a new six-episode series about a sea monster, “Below” (Netflix, streaming) that also stars Charlie Heaton and Macenzie Davis. From Michelle and Robert King, who gave…
Wednesday TV: Trying to Create Soothsayers
In the comic mystery “Small Prophets” (Apple TV, streaming), Pearce Quigley plays a bearded old man who tries to find whatever happened to his wife who disappeared by creating creatures…
Tuesday TV: Now an ‘NCIS’ in Your Town, Too
“NCIS: New York” (CBS, 9 p.m.), the seventh spinoff of the franchise, makes its premiere in the Big Apple. But it has some familiar faces: L.L. Cool J, who was…
Capital Radio 10-5-28: Going Down to Liverpool
Started the show with some echoes of the big Power to the People festival held near here Saturday. Then a few songs addressing my recent trip to Liverpool and England.…
Monday TV: Reconciling a Hometown and a Dad
A young filmmaker chronicles the lingering racial segregation in his hometown at the same time he’s trying to reconcile with an ailing father who happens to be his political opposite,…
Sunday TV: ‘Tracker’ Finds Its Own Way Back
“Tracker” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.), one of network TV’s most popular series, returns for its fourth season, with a search for a teenage boy’s missing father. Its accompanied by the second…