Sunday TV: Elizabeth Smart Tells Her Story
Speaking of 14-year-old girls in peril, Elizabeth Smart was famously abducted from her home in Salt Lake City in 2002 and rescued nine months later. The case has been the…
Saturday TV: Shepard Fairey Documentary
Shepard Fairey, the street artist who plastered the streets with Andre the Giant stencils and helped boost Barack Obama’s candidacy with his famous “Hope” poster, is profiled on the new…
Friday TV: ‘Lady Dynamite,’ Foo Fighters
Maria Bamford’s bold and experimental “Lady Dynamite” (Netflix, streaming) returns for its second season, with her character living with a new boyfriend and having a new job at a streaming…
Thursday TV: The 300th ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Somehow “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC, 8 p.m.) has reached its 300th episode, bypassing “Murder, She Wrote,” “Fraiser,” “Perry Mason” and “Cheers” in longevity. Started in 2005, it spends tonight’s show dealing…
Wednesday TV: A Cloud Over the CMAs
There may be a whole different tone to the CMA Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.) this year because of the recent shootings, including one at a big country music festival. Organizers…
Tuesday TV: ‘Damnation,’ ‘Long Road’
The new series “Damnation” (USA, 10 p.m.) takes place in the Depression-era Midwest, when a visiting preacher, played by Killian Scott, tries to stir up a working class strike. But a strikebreaker…
Rolling Stone Pages Through 50 Years
The 50th anniversary of Rolling Stone is being marked a number of ways, from a biography that publisher Jann Wenner has already disavowed (and is being well-reviewed) to this two…
Finding the Voice of John Coltrane
“Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) kicks off its 16th season with what would be a perfect “American Masters.” The absorbing and uplifting biography of jazz giant John…
Also on Monday: Hollywood Blacklist
The Hollywood Blacklist gets a good look on Turner Classic Movies Mondays and Tuesdays this month, starting with the documentary “Hollywood on Trial” (8 p.m.). It leads to the films…
Sunday TV: Frankie Shaw’s New ‘SMILF’
We will refrain from using the fake word “dramedy” to describes comedy with pathos, but the new , unfortunately named “SMILF” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) falls into that category. It stars, written…