Wednesday TV: Colonization’s Brutality
The Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck follows up his James Baldwin bio film “I Am Not Your Negro” with a wide-ranging, serious and powerful look at colonialism and slavery in “Exterminate…
Tuesday TV: Nasim Pedrad is ‘Chad’
Funny women playing nerdy teenage boys is something of a trend. Following the two woman leading the cast of “Pen15,” here’s Nasim Pedrad as “Chad” (TBS, 10:30 p.m.), a Persian…
Monday TV: Ken Burns on ‘Hemingway’
There is a little irony that an author known for terse, unfettered sentences is the subject of a filmmaker known for his expansiveness. Ken Burns’ “Hemingway” (PBS, 8 p.m., check…
Sunday TV: FDR and the Crown Princess
The pandemic has meant “Masterpiece” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) has had to look farther than the UK for serialized programming. Tonight’s new production is a co-production with Norway,…
Saturday TV: New Mahalia Jackson Biofilm
Danielle Brooks of “Orange is the New Black” rises to the occasion playing gospel queen Mahalia Jackson in the bio film “Mahalia” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), produced by Robin Roberts. Jason…
Friday TV: Female Comics on ‘Hysterical’
The new documentary “Hysterical” (FX, 9 p.m.) looks at leading women of standup comedy and the special challenges they face. Among those features are Margaret Cho, Fortune Feimster, Nikki Glaser,…
Thursday TV: Baseball’s Opening Day
It’s baseball’s first Opening Day in two years where fans are allowed to be in the stands of most stadia alongside the cardboard cutouts, so there may be more anticipation…