Also Tonight: ‘Holocaust Escape Tunnel’
When a long-rumored Holocaust escape tunnel was discovered near a mass grave in Lithuania last summer, cameras from “Nova” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) were there. The episode “Holocaust…
Tuesday TV: Familiar ‘Famous in Love’
Bella Thorne, from “Shake It Up!” and “Big Love” stars as a college student and occasional actress who shoots to fame after she is discovered by the biggest star of…
Monday TV: The Monopolization of Seeds
In the last 100 years, 94 percent of seed varieties have been lost, and many are still facing extinction, according to the documentary “Seed: The Untold Story,” debuting tonight on…
Sunday TV: What’s Changed, ‘Veep’ or Us?
"Veep”(HBO, 10:30 p.m.) in its sixth season seems rattled by happenings in the real political world as crass and outlandish as any it could devise. But considering the early episodes…
Saturday TV: NBA Playoffs Tip Off
The NBA Playoffs begin, but oddly none of the first games of the opening rounds are on prime time broadcast TV, though there’s one this afternoon: Indiana at Cleveland (ABC,…
Friday TV: ‘Mystery Science Theater’ Back
Fridays are big days for new shows online. Today’s include a couple that have been rescued from other formats. Jonah Ray is the new host of “Mystery Science Theater 3000:…
Thursday TV: Where Did All the Cod Go?
Competitive fishing shows in the wake of its own “Deadliest Catch” is not given as a reason, but cod has so diminished in the waters off New England, there’s a…
Wednesday TV: Returning on Nostalgia
Old stars tread on nostalgia to get back on TV — and agree to present fictionalized versions of their imagined life since, in two different series, neither of which look…
Tuesday TV: ‘Switched at Birth’ Ends
After five seasons, “Switched at Birth” (Freeform, 9 p.m.) comes to an end, with one last secret uncovered by Lea Thompson’s Kathryn. On “The Americans” (FX, 10 p.m.), Philip gets…
Monday TV: ‘The Great War’ in Six Hours
The Centennial of the start of World War I actually occurred two years ago in Europe. America didn’t get involved until two years in; and so our 100th anniversary events…