Monday: The Mother of Nuclear Disasters
Grim is the overlying feel of “Chernobyl” (HBO, 9 p.m.), a new miniseries that revisits the 1986 Russian nuclear disaster, which begins with the suicide two years later of a…
Sunday TV: Yet Another Potential Queen
Charlotte Hope stars as Catherine Aragon in the time before she met Heny VIII in the latest historic drama series, “The Spanish Princess” (Stars, 8 p.m.). Harriet Walter and Laura…
Saturday TV: Kentucky Derby Time
Put on a big flowery hat and pour a mint julep. Today’s the day for the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby (NBC, 6 p.m.) from Churchill Downs in Louisville.…
Friday TV: Gymnasts Speak Out on Abuse
Every Olympics, they fly through the air effortlessly, full of power and in complete control, earning gold medals representing the U.S.A. But in reality scores of the young gymnasts were…
Thursday TV: A Pageant Plunges On
As recently as four years ago, it was a pageant run by your current president of the United States. Today's Miss USA (Fox, 8 p.m.) is without him at the top,…
Wednesday TV: Billboard Music Awards
The least surprising trophies in the music biz probably comes from the Billboard Music Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.) where the year’s chart toppers serve as winners. Kelly Clarkson hosts; Maria Carey…
Tuesday TV: Asperger’s On the Road
Four young comedians on the spectrum are now also on the road in the documentary series “On Tour with Asperger’s Are Us” (HBO, 8 p.m.). Underwritten by the Duplass Brothers…
Monday TV: How Queen Met Lambert
Something about an Oscar-winning bio pic, combined with a new lead singer who is graduate of one of your marquee adds up to the rare occasion when a rock documentary…
Sunday TV: ‘Red Line,’ Wall Fight
Noah Wylie stars in the new limited series “The Red Line” (CBS, 8 p.m.), set in Chicago and meant to depict divisions worsens by the shooting death of a black…
Commerce Edges Art at Rock Hall
The tug of war between art and commerce is clear in the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (HBO, 8 p.m.) that’s become a big annual concert…