Friday TV: The Legacy of Sidney Poitier
The life and career of Sidney Poitier are explored in Reginald Hudlin’s documentary “Sidney” (Apple TV+, streaming), produced by Oprah Winfrey. Home movies from the Poitier family are augmented by…
Thursday TV: Another Trip Into the Cave
The dramatic rescue of a boy’s soccer team from a cave in Thailand has already been made into a movie “Thirteen Lives.” Now there’s a six-part true crime documentary series…
Wednesday TV: ‘Abbott Elementary’ Back
Fresh off its first season Emmy wins, “Abbott Elementary” (ABCm, 9 p.m.) begins its second season amid a night of returning comedies that include the “The Conners” (ABC, 8 p.m.),…
Tuesday TV: New Hulu Comedy ‘Reboot’
The best new show of the fall — with nearly no publicity — begins tonight on a streaming service. “Reboot” (Hulu, streaming) is a sharp new comedy from the co-creator…
Monday TV: Early Morning Queen Funeral
The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, 4 a.m.) is a big historic event, of interest for the amount of world leaders (and security)…
Sunday TV: ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
Though his projects take years to make, Ken Burns says he’s always confident that they'll be “echoing in the present” upon their release. So it will be with the three-…
Saturday: One of Anne Heche’s Last Films
Anne Heche gives one of her final performances as a mother whose daughter (Larissa Dias) is abducted for human trafficking In the made-for-TV thriller “Girl in Room 13” (Lifetime, 8…
Friday TV: ‘Black Lucy and the Bard’
“Great Performances” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) presents a new production from the Nashville Ballet based on “Lucy Negro, Redux,” the poetry book by Caroline Randall Williams, who narrates…
Thursday TV: ‘Atlanta’ Begins Final Season
For its fourth and final season, Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” (FX, 10 p.m.) returns to the city the series it’s named after following last season’s European swing. Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Sins of Our Mother’
The latest true crime miniseries, “Sins of Our Mother” (Netflix, streaming) show the quick decline of a once doting Idaho mother that leads to the grisly disappearance of her children.…