Tuesday TV: An Epidemic of Missteps
Even doing his reporting from a computer screen in the Catskills, Martin Smith does an ace job sorting out the road to our worldwide pandemic on a new “Frontline” (PBS,…
Monday TV: She Got It All on Tape
Even as she hosted a local public affairs show in Philadelphia, Marion Stokes had her own ideas about television. In fact, she taped it around the clock, from the late…
Sunday TV: BBC Import ‘Beecham House’
In the new six-part drama “Beecham House” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) concerns a former soldier who buys a mansion to begin a new life in Delhi — before…
Saturday TV: New Agatha Christie Series
Jessica Raine of “Call the Midwife” joins David Walliams (“Little Britain”) are husband and wife detectives in the new six-part series “Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime” (Ovation, 7 p.m.). In…
Friday TV: New Spike Lee Film on Netflix
Movie theaters have been making noise about reopening soon, but one nice thing about the quarantine is having first run movies available to stream the moment they’re released. Case in…
Goodbye to ‘Cops’ and ‘Live PD’
Police have yet to be defunded, but “Live PD” has suspended production, just days after “Cops” announced its demise just before its 33rd season start. In each easy-to-produce reality show,…
Thursday: Advice for Game Show: ‘Don’t’
Adam Scott has been recruited to host the latest physical game show on network TV, “Don’t” (ABC, 9 p.m.) where one of the competitions is a blinking contest. That's right: Your…
Wednesday: Doctors Before Coronavirus
Summer is the time for cinema verite series in hospitals. This summer’s occurs online with “Lenox Hill” (Netflix, streaming) looking at the lives of four doctors at Lenox Hill Hospital…
Tuesday TV: Oprah Takes Control
Oprah Winfrey hosts a two night special on the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder and the international uprisings that resulted. “OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here? (OWN, Discovery,…
Monday TV: Rehashed ‘Bachelor’ Seasons
Clare Crawley, the oldest Bachelorette in history will have to wait a little longer to begin awarding any roses as the pandemic put the kibosh on production of what was…