Sunday TV: Improving Full Prisons in Africa
The work of the Justice Defenders, who help the incarcerated people in Africa’s overcrowded prisons is featured on an update on “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” (CNN, 8 p.m.),…
Saturday TV: CNN Awards 2025 Heroes
Anderson Cooper and Laura Coates host the annual “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” (CNN, 8 p.m.). The recipients are everyday heroes; those honoring them include Meryl Streep, Jon Batiste, Kathryn…
Friday TV: George Clooney Shines in ‘Jay Kelly’
George Clooney naturally brings a lot of his own personality and history to portray a charismatic movie star looking back on his life in the broadly entertaining new film from…
Thursday TV: Matriarchs Spar in ‘The Abandons’
The newest series from “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter, “The Abandons” (Netflix, streaming), is set in 1874 Washington state, where families fight for land the way motorcycle clubs fought…
Wednesday TV: Christmas Movies Keep Coming
Even the streamers are getting into the holiday romances. Michelle Pfeiffer stars as a grandmother who goes missing for the holiday in the comedy “Oh. What. Fun.” (Prime Video, streaming)…
Tuesday TV: 50 Cent’s Reckoning of P. Diddy
Middling rapper, questionable talent scout, unconvincing fashion designer, Sean Combs changed his names a bunch of times from Puff Daddy to P. Diddy and was sentenced in October for 50…
Monday TV: Rooms Emptied by School Shootings
Reporter and photographer Steve Hartman and Lou Bopp find a way to honor the victims of school shootings by photographing the bedrooms they left behind in the documentary “All the Empty…
Sunday TV: John Legend on New ‘Words + Music’
The Audacity podcast “Words + Music” (MGM+, 9 p.m.), in which artists talk about their creative process, finds its way to television in a new series created by some of…
Saturday TV: 24th Annual Americana Honors
Actor, performer and music fan John C. Reilly, above, hosts the 24th Annual Americana Honors, presented by “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings), held at the Ryman…
Saturday TV: ‘Left Handed Girl’ on Netflix
From Taiwan comes its Oscar entry for international feature, “Left-Handed Girl” (Netflix, streaming), about a single mother and her two daughters who move to Taipei to open a noodle stand…