Monday TV: King Coal’s Dusty Legacy
Coal’s role in American history and the communities that arose around its mining are covered in “King Coal,” an elegiac portrait of the world that opens the 37th season of…
Sunday: ‘Orphan Black’ Next Generation
“Orphan Black,” the captivating Canadian series about the effects of cloning that starred Tatiana Maslany in an Emmy-winning performance as a half dozen or more characters, is back, sort of.…
Saturday TV: All About Little Steven
The Boss’s longtime guitarist, the consigliere to Tony Soprano, and the creator of the Underground Garage is profiled in the documentary “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple” (HBO, 8 p.m.), making its…
Friday TV: Jessica Alba’s Action Movie
Jessica Alba plays a former Special Forces agent pressed back into service to help her community from gangs in the new movie “Trigger Warning” (Netflix, streaming), with a cast that…
Thursday TV: Anachronistic Cheerleaders
Essentially a remake of the nearly 20-year-old CMT series “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team,” the new seven-episode “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders” (Netflix, streaming) takes on a slightly glossier…
Wednesday TV: The Juneteenth Barbie
A year after the huge phenomenon based on the mid-20th century doll, here is finally a film about playthings of color. “Black Barbie: A Documentary” (Netflix, streaming) spotlights a trio…
Tuesday TV: Rivisionist Look at Disco
Equally celebrated and reviled in its time, disco music is enjoying a new assessment these days, as in the new three-part documentary series “Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution” (PBS, 9…
Monday TV: Nicole Kidman’s AFI Tribute
The actress and sometime producer gets the spotlight tonight in The 49th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Nicole Kidman (TNT, 10 p.m.) with figures from Hugh Jackman, Meryl…
Tuesday: Dredging Up Ashley Madison Again
The dating site that encouraged affairs and the panic that occurred once their files were hacked was covered once before, on a Hulu series, “The Ashley Madison Affair.” A new…
Tuesday TV: Jimmy Fallon Celebrates 10 Years
They said it wouldn’t last. Or at least I did, when the new host of the longest-running late night show was going to be the kid from “Saturday Night Live.”…