Sunday TV: Three Shows Returning
“Sweetbitter” (Starz, 9 p.m.), the series about a young woman finding her way in the New York restaurant world, based on the book of the same name, returns for a…
Saturday TV: Serena at the Finals
This morning has the women’s singles final (ESPN, 9 a.m.) between Simona Halep and Serena Williams, who will be playing in her 10th Wimbledon final. Eddie Redmayne and Johnny Depp…
Friday TV: Inside Rick Rubin’s ‘Shangri-La’
Get into the head of prolific record producer Rick Rubin (Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Adele) in the innovative new four-part series “Shangri-La” (Showtime, 9 p.m.). It comes…
Thursday TV: The Games Networks Play
Jane Lynch hosts a sixth season for “Hollywood Game Night” (NBC, 9 p.m.). The names of the players tonight may not be recognizable, but the faces certainly will be, culled…
Wednesday TV: New Comedy ‘Florida Girls’
Pop, the U.S. home of Canada’s “Schitt’s Creek,” brings another comedy about poverty level living. “Florida Girls” (Pop, 10 and 10:30p.m.) celebrates the life of 20-something girls struggling to survive…
Tuesday: Behind Her Suicide-Urging Texts
Erin Lee Carr, daughter of late New York Times correspondent, turns in an intriguing two part documentary on the celebrated case of a Massachusetts teen charged in the connection with…
Monday TV: Bang, Zoom, to the Moon
The 50th anniversary of the moon landing is July 20, but it will take nearly two weeks to get all the specials in. “Chasing the Moon” is a three-part documentary…
Sunday TV: Whole Lot of Movie Highlights
They’ve already stylishly dissected the decades from the 60s to the 2000s, now Tom Hanks and his production team of Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog take a much broader look…
Saturday TV: ‘The Battle of Algiers’
It’s an Algiers double feature on Turner Classic Movies with Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 “The Battle of Algiers” (8 p.m.). Ana DuVernay introduces the influential film about the Algiers overthrow of…
Friday TV: Lifetime Movies Gone Wrong
Cindy Busby stars as a manic new stepmom in the made-for-TV “The Wrong Stepmother” (Lifetime Movies, 8 p.m.), which also features Vivica A. Fox, Corin Nemec, Tracy Nelson, Calli Taylor…