Thursday TV: Yet Another Island of Love
TV dating shows are reaching the saturation point, even as the atolls where they are set expand. To the existing “Temptation Island” and current “Love Island” (CBS, 9 p.m.) is…
Wednesday TV: New Style Chip ‘n’ Dale
Recurring Disney cartoon chipmunks Chip ’n’ Dale have been repurposed one more time. After two dozen shorts in which the two mostly bedeviled Donald Duck, only to return as Rescue…
Tuesday: Chuck Berry in His Own Words
Guitar takes center stage on public television tonight with Chuck Berry the focus of a new episode of “In Their Own Words” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) that includes…
Monday TV: With the Mayor of Ramallah
Musa Hadid, the Christian who heads the local government in Ramallah, Palestine is the subject of the documentary “Mayor,” making its debut on “POV” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings).…
Sunday TV: ‘Good Witch’ Hangs Up Broom
“Good Witch” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.) ends its seven-season run with a final episode for star Catherine Bell, whose history with the series began in a series of movies 13 years…
Saturday TV: Tig Notaro as a Cartoon
Tig Notaro’s latest comedy special is a little different — “Tig Notaro: Drawn” (HBO, 10 p.m.) is entirely animated. She has some things to say about Kool-Aid Man. Minus live…
When Woodstock ’99 Burned It All Down
Warning: There may be a little PTSD for anybody who was there triggered by the new documentary “Music Box: Woodstock ’99: Peace, Love and Rage” (HBO, 9 p.m.), chronicling the…
Also on Friday: ‘Ted Lasso’ Returns
Last year’s sunny series about an American football coach hired to helm a British soccer team, “Ted Lasso” (AppleTV+, streaming) returns for an assured second season of more fun. It…
The Sublimely Weird ‘Ultra City Smiths’
It seems I’ve spent a lot of my time as a TV critic talking up the series of Steven Conrad, because his “Patriot” and “Perpetual Grace LTD” were so quirky…
Also on Thursday: ‘Through Our Eyes’
A new four-part series from Sesame Workshop, “Through Our Eyes” (HBO Max, streaming) looks at big issues facing families today, including homelessness, parental incarceration, military caregiving and climate change, from…