Tuesday TV: The Rise of Liza Minnelli
Born under the shadow of her mother Judy Garland’s showbiz legend, Liza Minnelli emerged as a top star herself, a story that’s told on “American Masters” (PBS, 9 p.m., check…
Monday TV: Guy Ritchie’s New ‘MobLand’
The new series “MobLand” (Showtime, 8 p.m.), in part from director Guy Ritchie, concerns a London crime family battling with another clan. Tom Hardy plays a fixer hired to protect…
Sunday TV: ‘Call the Midwife’ Back for Season 14
“Call the Midwife” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings), which, when it began in 2012, was about British midwives in 1957, now opens its 14th season tonight in 1970. CNN…
Saturday TV: Mikey Madison Hosts a New ‘SNL’
Mikey Madison, Oscar winner from “Anora,” returns to television when she hosts a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with musical guest Morgen Wallen. (Her last big TV role…
Friday TV: Jeffrey Goldberg Holds Court
The highest profile journalist this week — for writing about being on an unsecured chat thread about a U.S. military attack — gets to tell his story once more in…
Thursday TV: Baseball Finally Starts Again
Play ball! The new baseball season finally begins today with games that include Milwaukee at Yankees (ESPN, 3 p.m.) and Detroit at Dodgers (ESPN, 7 p.m.). The NCAA men’s basketball…
Wednesday TV: ‘The Studio’ Skewers Hollywood
The constant missteps of Hollywood has made it a reliable target for spoofing, most recently on HBO’s “The Franchise.” But rarely has there been a satire so sharp as “The…
Tuesday TV: The Long Road to the Disabilities Act
Before there’s the chance for it to be abolished with an exectutive order, here’s a look at the Lon fight for accessibility that resulted in the 1990 Americans with Disabilities…
Monday TV: Women Rule the Basketball Court
The rise of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian-American basketball prodigy from Southern California, is reflected in the documentary “Home Court,” making its debut on “Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local…
Sunday TV: Henry VIII at It Again in ‘Wolf Hall’
The “Masterpiece” sequel to “Wolf Hall,” with the longer title “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) picks up after the beheading of Anne…