Sunday TV: Uber Story, ‘Super Pumped’
The first of what will be a lot of new series about pushy tech-world entrepreneurs, “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the cofounder…
Saturday: John Mulaney and LCD on ‘SNL’
It’s a big episode of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 .m.) with John Mulaney returning to host for the fifth time and LCD Soundsystem as musical guest. At 10 there’s…
Friday TV: Some ‘Vikings’ of Another Era
One hundred years after the activity on “Vikings” comes the spinoff “Vikings: Valhalla” (Netflix, streaming) with name brand fighters of the 11th century. Sam Corlett stars as Leif Eriksson, and…
Thursday TV: As If ‘Law & Order’ Never Left
It’s been a decade since the original “Law & Order” (NBC, 8 p.m.) has been on with new episodes, but you’d hardly know it. Spinoffs continue — indeed, both “Law…
Wednesday: Frederick Douglass Speeches
Five actors — Jeffrey Wright, Nicole Behave, Colman Domingo, Jonathan Majors and Denzel Whitaker — read the words of the monumental abolitionist in the special “Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches”…
Tuesday TV: ‘Fannie Lou Hamer’s America’
The fearless Mississippi sharecropper turned human rights activist is profiled in the Black History Month special “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America: An America Reframed Special” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings).…
Capital Radio, President’s Day, 2-21-22
President's Day brings surprisingly few songs about Lincoln or Washington, but two inspired by John Garfield, along with angry songs about Nixon, Reagan and Bush as well as hopeful ones…
Monday TV: Edging Toward ‘The Endgame’
The statuesque Morena Baccarin returns as a mysterious Ukranian arms dealer who, once nabbed by the feds, orchestrates a series of bank heists in the pilot episode. “The Endgame” (NBC,…
Sunday TV: The Abe Lincoln Story Again
With a strong Abraham Lincoln documentary series already streaming on Apple TV+ (“Lincoln’s Dilemma”), here’s another miniseries on the 16th president that’s more conventional, with a recreation of the man…
Saturday TV: Remembering Sidney Poitier
Turner Classic Movies finally has its memorial tribute for Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor who died last month at 94, with his films “In the Heat of the Night” (8…