Tuesday TV: Young Mayor Has New Ideas
As the youngest mayor of troubled Stockton, Calif., Michael Tubbs has employed innovative programs to get the once bankrupt city near Sacramento back on its feet and reduce violent crime.…
Monday TV: Brave Attorney in Israel
Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel earned a name (and some enemies) in Israel for staunch defense of Palestinians who have resisted the occupation. She’s profiled fighting two cases in a film…
Sunday TV: Charlie Manson Returns
The planned premiere of the latest true crime documentary series “Helter Skelter: An American Myth” (Epic, 10 p.m.) last month was delayed because the world was ablaze in police violence…
Saturday TV: ‘Surviving Joe Exotic’
The majestic tigers who escaped the random gunfire of the psychotic at the head of the year’s biggest streaming hit "Tiger King" get their own animal-centric special with “Surviving Joe…
Friday TV: Rosamund Gets ‘Radioactive’
Rosamund Pike plays chemist Marie Curie in the new film “Radioactive” (Amazon, streaming). Based on a graphic novel about the two time Nobel Prize winner, it’s also directed by a…
Thursday TV: Play Ball, Wear Masks
A long delayed opening day starts an already-stunted 60-game season with the start of Major League Baseball. Dr. Anthony Fauci throws out the first pitch with the Yankees at Washington…
Wednesday TV: Even More Awkward Dating
Daters on the autistic spectrum get a chance to mingle on the new reality series “Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix, streaming), whose charms grow because it’s all shot in Australia.…
Tuesday TV: COVID-19’s Dire Effects
On a day when the White House reinstitutes its unreliably upbeat coronavirus briefing (at about 5 p.m.) because it had “great ratings” and was in a “good slot,” other shows…
Monday TV: Radical Monarchs Fly High
Making its debut on “POV” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), Linda Goldstein Knowlton’s “We are the Radical Monarchs” chronicles the work of a group of young girls of color…
Thursday TV: A ’30 Rock’ Reunion for Some
As anticipated as it is, the “30 Rock: A One Time Special” (NBC, 8 p.m.) won’t be as swell as the pandemic reunion episode that preceded it, from “Parks &…