Saturday TV: Lifetime’s ‘I Was Octomom’
Kristen Lee Gutoskie of “The Handmaid’s Tale” takes the title role in the bio film “I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), about the notorious woman who…
Friday TV: Errol Morris Takes on Manson Case
The grisly story has been told numerous times in the last half century. Now documentarian Errol Morris (“The Thin Blue Line,” “The Fog of War”) tries his hand with a…
Thursday: We’re Back, but ‘Douglas is Cancelled’
Hugh Bonneville of “Downton Abbey” fame stars in a new four-part cancel culture satire from “Sherlock” creator Steven Moffat, about a TV host who is rattled by a joke is…
Friday TV: The State of Love on Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day brings an excuse to consider the state of love in the world, and it ain’t exactly good. Such as the stipulation in the title of the imported Taiwanese…
Thursday TV: The Rise and Fall of Sly Stone
The latest music doc from Questlove, who won an Oscar for directing “Summer of Soul,” focuses on the 60s superstar who imploded in “Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden of Black…
Wednesday TV: Hockey’s 4 Nations Face Off
In lieu of an all-star game this year, the NHL is dividing its best players into teams with their fellow countrymen. The seven-game series in what they’re calling the 4…
Tuesday TV: ‘The Witcher’ Animated Film
“The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep” (Netflix, streaming) is an animated feature based on the live action series “the Witcher” and concentrating on the hero Gerald of Rivia. Doug Cockle…
Monday TV: Returning to Her Border Town
After her younger brother died, filmmaker Robie Flores went back to Eagle Pass, the Texas border town where she grew up, to reflect on how it affected her and what’s…
Sunday TV: Apparently, Some Football Game
If it sounds like a rerun it’s only because Super Bowl LIX features the same match-up as two years ago, Kansas City vs. Philadelphia (Fox, 6:30 p.m.), this time in…
Saturday TV: Sturgill Simpson and his Alter-Ego
The country singer Sturgill Simpson performs his latest album, “Passage du Desir,” which he released under the name Johnny Blue Skies, on a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m.,…