Tuesday TV: ‘Frontline’ Report on Eritrea
“Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) gets a glimpse into one of the world’s most repressive regimes with the undercover report “Escaping Eritrea,” the result of a five-year investigation.…
Monday TV: ‘Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir’
Public television kicks off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a profile of Amy Tan, the author of “The Joy Luck Club,” on a new “American Masters” (PBS, 9 p.m.,…
Sunday TV: Fun History of Late Night
The development of a kind of American art form -- the late night TV talk show -- and how it developed over 60 years is lovingly recalled on the long-delayed…
Saturday TV: Kentucky Derby Rides Again
If it doesn’t seem a year since last year’s running of the roses, it’s because it was delayed until September. This year’s 147th Kentucky Derby (NBC, 2:30 p.m.) is back…
Friday TV: Theroux in ‘The Mosquito Coast’
Justin Theroux fulfills a family ambition by starring in a new series based on his uncle Paul Theroux’s bestseller “The Mosquito Coast” (Apple TV+, streaming) in which an inventor and…
Thursday TV: ‘Let’s Be Real’ Begins Its Run
As much political humor as there is on TV, the one involving puppets “Let’s Be Real” (Fox, 9:30 p.m.) stood out for its sharp lampoons when it first aired, exactly…
Wednesday TV: Biden Addresses Congress
President Joe Biden has his first Address to a Joint Session of Congress (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN, 9 p.m.), an event that would usually be…
Tuesday TV: Drama Series from Turkey
A cleaning lady commits an inadvertent murder while searching for her missing husband in the imported Turkish drama series “Fatma” (Netflix, streaming). Burcu Biricik stars. “Philly D.A.” (PBS, 9 p.m., check…
Monday TV: 50 Years of ‘Sesame Street’
The First Lady gives testimony and Stevie Wonder sings a new version of “Sunny Days” in the golden celebration “Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days” (ABC, 8 p.m.), a…
Sunday TV: Oscars from a Train Station
The 93rd Academy Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.) will of course be weird, due to continuing COVID concerns. But it will try to take place minus the Zoom glitches that have…