Monday TV: Discovery’s New Streamer
Need some nonstop “BattleBots” “Gold Rush,” “Monster Garage” and “House Hunters”? A whole new streaming service starts today to offer all of those regular cable offerings. But the new Discovery+…
Film Review: ‘Effigy — Poison and the City’
In the early 19th century northern Germany, so many bodies were dying around the widow Gosche Gottfried, she earned a measure of sympathy. Men were also attracted to her even…
Sunday: Glenda Jackson on ‘Masterpiece’
Glenda Jackson turns in a brilliant performance as a woman descending into dementia even as she tries to figure out mysteries of earlier in her life in “Elizabeth is Missing,”…
Saturday TV: Football’s Final Bowl Games
The last of the bowl games before the college championship between Ohio State and Alabama Jan. 11 are played today, including Texas A&M vs. North Carolina (ESPN, 8 p.m.) in…
Friday TV: Bloom Off the Rose Parade
The most covered parade each year will get the same kind of coverage this year, despite the lack of a parade. “The Rose Parade’s New Year’s Celebration” (ABC, NBC, Hallmark,…
Thursday: Blotto Anchor vs. Rockin’ Eve
The sight of Anderson Cooper blotto after a couple of shots administered by Andy Cohen will have to symbolize this shambolic year on “CNN’s New Year’s Eve 2021” (CNN, 8…
Wednesday TV: Leftovers Surely Abound
With all the reruns shown between the holidays, viewers are familiar with the concept of leftovers. Here’s a whole show about it: In the culinary competition “Best Leftovers Ever!” (Netflix,…
Tuesday TV: ‘The Little House’ Builder
A new “American Masters” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) examines the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who wrote her first novel at 65 and created the series that gave…
Monday TV: The Life of Vernon Jordan
The life of the businessman, civil rights leader and presidential counselor is recounted in the documentary “Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings). Lin-Manuel Miranda’s aeronaut…
Sunday TV: Masking Up the Dancers Now
“The Masked Singer” was a dumb idea that worked (in the ratings, anyway), so here comes “The Masked Dancer” (Fox, 8 p.m.). But can a panel of celebrities — in…