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…
Tuesday TV: Rita Moreno Profiled on PBS
The still-feisty Rita Moreno, who turns 90 later this year, talks about her career of more than 70 years in a two-hour profile of her on “American Masters” (PBS, 9…
Monday TV: When ICE Changes Your Plans
Emily Cohen Ibañez’s documentary “Fruits of Labor” follows Ashley, an ambitious teenager looking to graduate high school and go to college. But the teen has a change of plans when…
Sunday TV: Prince William Saves the Earth
Prince William hosts “The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet” (Discovery+, streaming), a five part series highlighting innovative solutions to the climate crisis. Sir David Attenborough joins him in showcasing five…
Saturday: Owen Wilson Helps ‘SNL’ turn 47
Owen Wilson hosts the 47th season premiere of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.), a mainstay whose cast has changed only incrementally this year. Gone is Beck Bennett, who was…
Friday TV: ‘The Many Saints of Newark’
Since “The Sopranos” was the most game changing series in TV history, it’s fitting that the long, long awaited prequel “The Many Saints of Newark” (HBO Max, streaming) is available…
Thursday: Weirdness of ‘The Way Down’
I’m a sucker for documentaries about cults and over-the-top evangelists, so “The Way Down” (HBO Max, streaming) fits that bill. Especially since Remnant Fellowship Church leader Gwen Shamblin Lara looks…
Wednesday TV: Shh! It’s Silent Movie Day
There's nowhere better to be than Turner Classic Movies for Silent Movie Day, featuring many films made as long as a century ago. It starts with “Flesh and the Devil”…
Tuesday TV: The Sinkhole by the Tar Pit
“La Brea” (NBC, 9 p.m.) may seem like too direct a metaphor for network TV: tumbling down a sinkhole. Like a lot of sci-fi tinged broadcast series begin like this:…
Film Review: Optimistic ‘Seeding Change’
The preponderance of documentaries on climate crisis are so deeply depressing, with the prospects for the future so dire, one can hardly make it to a conclusion where there might…