‘Dopesick’ Chronicles the Opioid Disaster
The shocking story of how the opioid crisis -- the cause of 96,000 deaths in the past 12 months alone -- was started (and encouraged) by a single family looking…
Also Wednesday: Cover Bands Compete
The proliferation of cover bands in clubs has not gone unnoticed by reality show. So here’s the new “Clash of the Cover Bands” (E!, 9:30 p.m.) in which bands pretending…
Tuesday TV: ‘Chucky’ Gets His Own Series
After eight films since 1988, “Chucky” (Syfy, USA, 10 p.m.) is star of his own series this Halloween, with Brad Dourif reprising his film role as the voice of the…
A Different Jayhawks Lineup for D.C. Show
One plus of The Jayhawks playing the mid-Atlantic is that their former bandmate, guitarist Stephen McCarthy, often drives up from Richmond, Va., to rejoin the Minneapolis band, adding some extra…
Monday TV: ‘Independent Lens’ Returns
The documentary series “Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) begins its new season with “Cured,” chronicling the effort to remove homosexuality from being considered a mental disorder. “We’re…
Sunday TV: ‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’
The CW returns to the world of reality competition as its players return to their childhood in a revival of “Legends of the Hidden Temple” (The CW, 8 p.m.), the…
Saturday TV: ‘Voyagers’ Kids in Space
Neil Burger’s space movie “Voyagers” (HBO, 8 p.m.), with Lily-Rose Depp, Tye Sheridan, Fionn Whitehead, Madison Hu and Colin Farrell, makes its premium cable debut. College football dominates primetime broadcast…
Friday TV: Madonna, Bieber in Concert
Maybe the way to experience big tours is not in concert halls but at home watching streaming services. Tonight there are two such experiences. “Madame X” (Paramount+, streaming) chronicles the…
Thursday TV: Her ’15 Minutes of Shame’
Already the executive producer of FX;s “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” Monica Lewinsky is also behind the new documentary “ 15 Minutes of Shame” (HBO Max, streaming). “Imagine waking up with…
Wednesday TV: Let Us Now Praise Fauci
The heroic work of the long-serving director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is told in the absorbing and ultimately uplifting new documentary “Fauci” (Disney+, streaming). In…