Monday TV: Local News in the Desert
Driving through the desert years back and running out of gas, I remember there used to be a good AM radio out of Pahrump, Nev., a tiny berg best known…
Sunday TV: Bette Davis Kicks Off Series
The start of August means the start of Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars, with the films of a different actor each day. It begins with Bette Davis in…
Saturday TV: Remembering Baby Jessica
CNN will spend the rest of the summer’s Saturdays showing documentary shorts, hosted by Anderson Cooper. It starts tonight with “58 Hours: The Baby Jessica Story” (CNN, 9 p.m.), about…
Friday: Emily Mortimer’s ‘Pursuit of Love’
Emily Mortimer wrote, directed and costars in the limited series “The Pursuit of Love” (Amazon Prime, streaming) a romantic comedy set in Europe between the world wars. Lily James, Emily…
Thursday TV: Yet Another Island of Love
TV dating shows are reaching the saturation point, even as the atolls where they are set expand. To the existing “Temptation Island” and current “Love Island” (CBS, 9 p.m.) is…
Wednesday TV: New Style Chip ‘n’ Dale
Recurring Disney cartoon chipmunks Chip ’n’ Dale have been repurposed one more time. After two dozen shorts in which the two mostly bedeviled Donald Duck, only to return as Rescue…
Tuesday: Chuck Berry in His Own Words
Guitar takes center stage on public television tonight with Chuck Berry the focus of a new episode of “In Their Own Words” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) that includes…
Monday TV: With the Mayor of Ramallah
Musa Hadid, the Christian who heads the local government in Ramallah, Palestine is the subject of the documentary “Mayor,” making its debut on “POV” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings).…
Sunday TV: ‘Good Witch’ Hangs Up Broom
“Good Witch” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.) ends its seven-season run with a final episode for star Catherine Bell, whose history with the series began in a series of movies 13 years…
Saturday TV: Tig Notaro as a Cartoon
Tig Notaro’s latest comedy special is a little different — “Tig Notaro: Drawn” (HBO, 10 p.m.) is entirely animated. She has some things to say about Kool-Aid Man. Minus live…