Monday TV: New ‘The Ultimate Surfer’
One of the last sports to get a reality competition on network TV comes in “The Ultimate Surfer” (ABC, 10 p.m.), gathering 14 surfers training in California for a $100,000…
Sunday TV: Ghouls Who Bring You Gossip
The four-episode documentary “Gossip” (Showtime, 8 p.m.) is a moderately entertaining look at the rise of tabloid newspaper culture in New York City, despite being built on a number fo…
Friday TV: Sandra Oh Takes ‘The Chair’
Sandra Oh stars in a new series about the new head of a university English department. Amanda Peet created “The Chair” (Netflix, streaming), which also features Jay Duplass, Holland Taylor…
Thursday TV: ‘Eyes on the Prize’ in 2021
Sophia Nahli Allison’s “Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground” (HBO Max, streaming) looks back on the groundbreaking documentary by Harry Hampton from 1987 and 1990 and updates it. The new…
Wednesday TV: ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’
Now that “The White Lotus” is over, you may be on the search for another glossy pot boiler about rich people. Nicole Kidman almost started the genre with David E.…
Monday TV: ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Returns
Back on the beach for the first time in two years is “Bachelor in Paradise” (ABC, 8 p.m.), the lightest show in the franchise (following another typically heavy season). Presumably…
Sunday: Checking Out of ‘The White Lotus’
Vacation’s over for the first season of “The White Lotus” (HBO, 9 p.m.), and while its resolutions are not completely satisfying (or especially believable), it puts a bow on what…
Saturday TV: A Peck or Two of Gregory
A bona fide Hollywood star is featured all day on Turner Classic Movies’ Summer of Stars, though his biggest movie, “To Kill a Mockingbird” is not part of it. Instead:…
Friday TV: A Different ‘Beckett’ in Peril
Not about the late playwright, the new “Beckett” (Netflix, streaming) is a film about an American tourist in Grece who finds himself in the middle of a political conspiracy following…
Thursday:’Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Last Gasp
Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher and company return for its eighth and final season of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (NBC, 8 p.m.), starting it off with a pair of episodes. Comedian Patricia Williams…