Thursday TV: ‘Search Party’ Found Again
The third season of the funny (and lately missing) “Search Party” (HBO Max, streaming) moves from TBS to the newish service, extending the story of Alia Shawkat’s Dory and her…
Clubs Eye Pandemic Reopenings
As phase two kicks in (even as coronavirus cases spike), clubs are tip-toeing toward reopening, but not without as many regulations as an airplane ride - or perhaps more so.…
Wednesday TV: Investigating Abuse
If one can stomach another documentary about the horrible abuse of the young women in the USA Gymnastics team, “Athlete A” (Netflix, streaming) follows the Indianapolis Star team of reporters…
Tuesday TV: The Legacy of Toni Morrison
The life and work of Toni Morrison, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of “Song of Solomon” and “Beloved” who died last summer at 88, is explored in a new “American Masters”…
Monday TV: Walking the Old Rail Lines
Julia Bradbury walks some of the 10,000 miles of disused railway lines in the United Kingdom to find historical clues to the Industrial Revolution as well as signs of modern…
Sunday TV: A Very Different ‘Perry Mason’
Raymond Burr seems the farthest thing away from the new adaptation of “Perry Mason” (HBO, 9 p.m.). Rather than a stocky defense lawyer of the 50s, the Erle Stanley Gardner…
Saturday: ‘Great American Groom-A-Long’
Pandemic-inspired specials aiming to help people stuck in their homes for months have already included “Haircut Night in America.” Now there’s a similar special for emergency-caused home pet care. Hence:…
Friday TV: Holland Taylor’s ‘Ann’
Holland Taylor not only starred in the one woman Broadway show “Ann,” about the flamboyant Texas governor Ann Richards, she also wrote it. She gives one of her final performances…
Thursday TV: Two from Padma Lakshmi
It’s a busy day for Padma Lakshmi. In addition to presiding over the season 17 finale of “Top Chef” (Bravo, 9 p.m.) in Italy, she debuts as hosts of a…
Wednesday TV: Friend of Fossils Hits Road
Science TV’s most delightful new host is Emily Graslie, a South Dakota native who volunteered at the University of Montana’s Zoological Museum and began a YouTube series called “The Brain…