Consider it an early present: Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix, streaming) makes its debut on the small screen after a short run at art houses. From the director of “Birdman,” it concerns a Mexican journalist living in Los Angeles who is about to return to his native country to receive an award. Daniel Giménez stars.
The new series “The Recruit” (Netflix, streaming) concerns a newly-hired CIA lawyer (Noah Centineo) faced with a huge case his first week.
A peek inside London’s Abbey Road studios is found in the documentary “If These Walls Could Sing” (Disney+, streaming) by Mary McCartney, whose dad once recorded there.
Making some louder noise is “Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert” (Paramount+, 8:30 p.m.) from Los Angeles, featuring Metallica and Greta Van Fleet, raising money for charity. Jimmy Kimmel hosts.
“Snow Day” (Nickelodeon, 7 p.m.) is a new musical version of the 2000 comedy.
David Tennant and Margarita Levieva star in the four-episode “Litvinenko” (Sundance Now, streaming) about the poisoning of the critic of Vladimir Putin who was poisoned in 2006 and the effort to find justice.
The new thriller “Nanny” (Amazon Prime, streaming) concerns a Senegalese child care aide hired by an affluent New York couple (Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector) and how it all starts to fall apart.
“The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari” (Netflix, streaming) documents a 2019 eruption of an island volcano that killed 22.