Wednesday TV: Murdaugh Saga, Once More
Give Jason Clarke the streaming award of the month. In addition to “The Last Frontier” (Apple TV, streaming) that premiered Friday, he’s also starring in the new “Murdaugh: Death in…
Tuesday TV: ‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore’
The life and career of the actress is explored in the new film “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” on “American Masters” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings). The 23d season…
Monday TV: A More Amusing Trip to the ‘DMV’
Two weeks into October, CBS finally gets to its premiere week, sneaking in a decent little workplace comedy in “DMV” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.), in which an ensemble case tries to…
Sunday TV: Tim Robinson’s ‘The Chair Company’
Three seasons of Tim Robinson’s crazy Netflix sketch show “I Think You Should Leave” were so packed with revved-up, crazy ideas, there’s an effort now to try to smooth them…
Saturday TV: Prisoners Help Shoot Documentary
OK, this documentary actually premiered yesterday, but I forgot to mention it — and there’s very little else to write about today anyway. “The Alabama Solution” (HBO Max, streaming) takes…
Friday TV: Knightley in ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’
Keira Knightley plays a journalist who witnesses a passenger go overboard while on a luxury yacht in “The Woman in Cabin 10” (Netflix, streaming). Hannah Waddingham and Guy Pearce also…
Thursday TV: ‘Boots’ on the Ground in the 1990s
Miles Heizer plays a young Marine recruit in the 1990s when being gay in the military was still illegal in the new series “Boots” (Netflix, streaming), an eight-episode series based…
Wednesday TV: Movie About a Chef and a Dog
From Brazil comes a comedy about a chef who bonds with a caramel-colored dog named Amendoim. Rafael Vitti stars in “Caramelo” (Netflix, streaming). A holiday spin-off season comes in “Is…
Tuesday: ‘Frontline’s Growing Up Poor Update
A new “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) updates a memorable report from 14 years ago, covering the reaction of children who had to grow up in poverty. How…
Monday TV: The Biologist Who Split RNA
Mark Ruffalo, currently killing it in “Task” (HBO, 8 p.m.), narrates a documentary about a Kentucky-born scientist whose breakthrough in the area of RNA that caused a revolution in science,…