Wednesday TV: Billboard Music Awards
The 2020 Billboard Music Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.) is the latest event to attempt to work amid a pandemic. It had already been postponed since April. Kelly Clarkson hosts and…
Tuesday: A History of ‘Driving While Black’
What seems bad in recent years has actually been around since the invention of the automobile, as chronicled in the new two hour documentary “Driving While Black: Race, Space and…
Monday TV: The Demise of Atlantic Ice
Shot over a series of four years, the documentary “The Last Ice” (Nat Geo Wild, 9 p.m.) shows the rapid disappearance of Arctic ice between Canada and Greenland and especially…
Sunday TV: The Phoenix Awards on BET
Taraji P. Henson hosts The Phoenix Awards (BET, 8 p.m.), honoring individual achievements in society. Andra Day (pictured), Anthony Hamilton, Black Violin, Common, Cynthia Erivo, India Arie, Jonathan Traylor, Kem,…
Saturday TV: Considering Horror Films
Poor film director, writer and actor returns to revel in his favorites in the genre on “Eli Roth’s History of Horror” (AMC, 10 p.m.) which begins with his musing on…
Friday TV: Engaging New Series ‘Deaf U’
Gallaudet University ranks high as a school for the deaf and hard of hearing, but that doesn’t mean its students are bursting with personality and energy. A lot of “Deaf…
Thursday TV: Choosing a Path in Baltimore
Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by William Gray. The new film “Charm City Kings” (HBO Max, streaming), a winner at Sundance earlier this year, concerns a kid (Jahi Di’Allo…
Wednesday TV: Vice Hopefuls Under Glass
Mike Pence is all for walls except apparently when it’s a plexiglass one between him and Sen. Kamala Harris, who he’ll face in Salt Lake City in the one scheduled…
Tuesday TV: ‘Swamp Thing’ Premieres
Science may not be popular in the White House, but it's the basis of the two new network shows that premiere tonight. "Swamp Thing" (CW, 8 p.m.) crawls up from…
Monday TV: ‘Black Mirror’-Like ‘Soulmates’
The conceit of the new “Soulmates” (AMC, 10 p.m.) seems familiar: In a time into the future, people are able to take a test to determine their exact partner. The…