Thursday TV: ‘Dateline’s Own Crime Series
Why should streaming services be the only place for multi-episode true crime documentary series? Network newsmagazines have been doing true crime episodes for decades, so why not their own crime…
That Time I Interviewed Rush Limbaugh
The mistake I made when I met Rush Limbaugh 30 years ago was that I thought he was just kidding. The bluster, the self-promotion, the exaggerated outrage of the radio…
Wednesday: Toasting the 14th Amendment
Will Smith hosts the six-part documentary series exploring the 14th amendment promising equal protection in “Amend: The Fight for America” (Netflix, streaming). Actors including Mahershala Ali, Diane Lane, Samuel L.…
Tuesday TV: A History of the Black Church
Henry Louis Gates Jr. hosts the four-hour, two part “The Black Church: This is Our Story This is Our Song” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) which represents Black History…
Monday TV: The Story of Marian Anderson
he life of singer Marian Anderson, who was barred from performing at the D.A.R. Constitution Hall in 1939 because she was Black and instead made a triumphant performance at the…
Sunday TV: New Cartoon ‘The Great North’
Another welcome new animated series arrives in “The Great North” (Fox, 8:30 p.m.) following the adventures of an Alaskan family, with voices provided by Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Will Forte,…
Saturday TV: End of the Impeachment?
With the defense only using two and a half hours of its allowed eight Friday, The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump (CSPAN, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, 10 a.m.) may well end…
Friday TV: The Killing of Fred Hampton
Daniel Kaluuya stars as assassinated Black Panther party chairman Fred Hampton in the new bio pic “Judas and the Black Messiah” (HBO Max, streaming). Shaka King directs a cast that…
Thursday TV: A New Case for ‘Clarice’
“The Silence of the Lambs,” the novel and hit movie, has already produced one TV spinoff in “Hannibal,” has now inspired another. “Clarice” (CBS, 10 p.m.) purports to tell the…
Wednesday TV: A Trip to Big Bend Park
Thomas Haden Church narrates a look at the vast Big Bend National Park on the Texas border on “Nature” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings). “while it is one of…