Tuesday TV: Simon Schama on The Holocaust
Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the esteemed historian takes a personal look at the genocide in “Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local…
Monday TV: Have Pangolin Will Travel
The co-director of the documentary “My Octopus Teacher” returns with a film about a different creature. “Pangolin: Lulu’s Journey” (Netflix, streaming) concerns a man’s effort to save one of the…
Sunday TV: Nathan Fielder’s ‘The Rehearsal’
There’s never been anything quite like Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.), which like his previous “Nathan for You” begins as a comedy experiment aimed to help (apparently) real…
Saturday TV: NBA, NHL Playoffs Both Start
Two major sports begin their long, long playoff runs. The NBA Playoffs begins first round play with Milwaukee at Indiana (ESPN, 1 p.m.), Clippers at Denver (ESPN, 3:30 p.m.), Detroit…
Friday TV: Oklahoma Bombing, 30 Years Ago
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the nation’s worst case of domestic terrorism that killed 168, here’s a documentary from Greg Tillman, “Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror” (Netflix,…
Thursday TV: Schmaltzy ‘Ransom Canyon’
With an eye to the success of modern Westerns like “Yellowstone,” the new “Ransom Canyon” (Netflix, streaming) treads on some of the same prairie ground, adding a heaping serving of…
Wednesday TV: Quirky ‘Government Cheese’
David Oyelowo stars in the quirky new series “Government Cheese” (Apple TV+, streaming), about a convicted burglar newly released from prison who invents a new kind of power drill. Set in…
Tuesday TV: The Comics Art of Art Spiegelman
The career of the cartoonist who rose from underground comix to win a Pulitzer Prize with his heartfelt and personal graphic novel “Maus,” is presented in the splendid documentary “Art…
Monday TV: ‘Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid’
Holy Week brings a second season start for “Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid” (History, 10 p.m.) looking into the stories behind cherished artifacts. First, though, he looks into the notions…
Sunday TV: Season Two of ‘The Last of Us’
Last week’s finale of “The White Lotus” drew 6.2 million, but an even bigger audience is likely to show up for tonight’s season two premiere of “The Last of Us”…