Friday TV: Steve Carell’s ‘Space Force’
Steve Carell’s latest comedy, devised with Greg Daniels, has him leading the newly-formed U.S. “Space Force” (Netflix, streaming) with a strong comic cast that includes John Malkovich, Lisa Kudrow, Ben…
Thursday TV: Questlove Hosts Potluck
The Roots drummer, late night TV presence and music journalist Ahmir Khalib Thompson, better known as Questlove, invites some friends like Tiffany Haddish, Zooey Deschanel, George Lopez, Hannibal Buress and…
HBO Max Launches With Scant Originals
Ready for a new streaming service with a monthly fee? HBO Max is here, bringing with it the entire catalog of HBO shows, but also the wealth of AT&T and…
Also Wednesday: Netflix Take on Epstein
The new four-part documentary series “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich” (Netflix, streaming) covers the disgraced financier found dead in his cell, using accounts of some of his victims. Director Lisa Bryant…
Tuesday TV: ‘The Genetic Detective’ Begins
The new true crime series “The Genetic Detective” (ABC, 10 p.m.) follows the work of CeCe Moore, who uses DNA to help solve cold case murders. The first is a…
Monday TV: Re-Examining U.S. Grant
The History channel gets back to its original mission with the three-part “Grant” (History, 9 p.m.), telling the comipicated story of the Civil War general turned President. Historians and ex-generals…
Sunday TV: More Sports Documentaries
Sports documentaries, like those which you can learn about topics such as Anfield development, are big recently (in the absence of actual sports), so ESPN follows its epic and popular…
Saturday TV: Memorial Day Marathon
The three-day, 31 film Memorial Day Marathon begins on Turner Classic Movies with “Drums Along the Mohawk” (6 a.m.), “Captain Caution” (8 am.), “Glory” (9:30 a.m.), “Sergeant York” (11:45 a.m.),…
Friday TV: The Real Jane Roe Confesses
The first documentary from FX is a consequential one: “AKA Jane Roe” (FX, 9 p.m.) is British filmmaker Nick Sweeney recording the final months of Norma McCorvey, who agreed to…
Thursday TV: Add a Red Nose to the Mask
It was not always clear what Red Nose Day ever was about, and even less so this year when its cause (anti-poverty) is conflated with pandemic relief (which may mean…