Saturday TV: Medina Spirit Tries Again
The 146th Preakness Stakes (NBC, 5 p.m.) gets a higher profile this year, because the clouded Kentucky Derby winner in dispute, Medina Spirit, is in it. Post time is 6:47…
Thursday TV: Extreme ‘Justice League’
One things streaming services can provide are super-expanded versions of Hollywood films for specialized audiences. Case in point is “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” (HBO Max, streaming), which is essentially the…
Saturday TV: Slime Forecast at Kids Choice
Kenan Thompson hosts the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2021 (Nickelodeon, 7:30 p.m.) which will include special messages from Vice President Kamala Harris and SpongeBob SquarePants. Justin Bieber leads nominations with…
Thursday TV: A More Fluid ‘Genera+ion’
Independent film producer Ben Barnz once wrote a book about how difficult it was to adopt a daughter with his husband. That baby has since grown up to be a…
Tuesday TV: Covid Era Told by NY Youth
The tragedy of the pandemic that reaches its one year mark in the U.S. this week, is that it has had its affect on everybody — including a handful of…
Tuesday TV: ABC News’ ‘Soul of a Nation’
The news department comes up with a six-episode newsmagazine about the Black experience in America with “Soul of a Nation” (ABC, 10 p.m.) that will feature reports, interviews and some…
Sunday TV: Tarnished Golden Globes
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will try to bring some life to another social distanced awards show, but The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.), already postponed from…
Friday TV: The Killing of Fred Hampton
Daniel Kaluuya stars as assassinated Black Panther party chairman Fred Hampton in the new bio pic “Judas and the Black Messiah” (HBO Max, streaming). Shaka King directs a cast that…
Tuesday: The Crimes of Early ’60s Perth
It seems at first another true crime story. But the four-part “The Night Caller” (Sundance Now, streaming) is unusual because it takes place in Perth, Australia, and occurred nearly 60…
Saturday TV: Football Playoffs Kick Off
NFL’s Wildcard Weekend begins with three games today — Indianapolis at Buffalo (CBS, 1:05 p.m.), Rams at Seattle (Fox, 4:40 p.m.) and Tampa Bay at Washington (NBC, 8:15 p.m.). Yet…