Tuesday TV: Listening to Young Ukraine
The former music channel pauses its “Ridiculousness” and “Teen Mom” (MTV, 8 p.m.) reruns with a timely report on a group of teenage refugees from Ukraine a year after the…
Monday TV: Monopoly’s Back Story
The 120 years of Rich Uncle Pennybags’s realm, from Baltic Avenue to Boardwalk, is told on “American Experience” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) in the film “Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret…
Sunday TV: A New Romantic Spy Caper
Milo Ventimiglia plays a con man and Catherine Haena Kim a CIA agent who fall in love and try to keep their professions a secret from one another in the…
Saturday TV: ‘Black + Iconic: Style Gods’
Emmy, Tony and Grammy-winning actor Billy Porter narrates the new documentary series “Black + Iconic: Style Gods” (BET VH1, 8 p.m.), highlighting the legacy and impact of Black figures in…
Friday TV: Retro Futuristic Salesmen
The stylish new series “Hello Tomorrow!” (Apple TV+, streaming) stars Billy Crudup as the leader of a group of salesmen offering timeshares on the moon. Hank Azaria, Alison Pill and…
Thursday: New Comedy ‘Animal Control’
Joel McHale stars in a new workplace comedy “Animal Control” (Fox, 9 p.m.) with a cast that includes Ravi Patel, Grace Palmer, Alivina August and Michael Rowland. The second season…
Wednesday TV: The Real African Queen
Black history goes back centuries in Jada Pinkett-Smith’s new documentary series “African Queens: Njinga” (Netflix, streaming) covering the reign of the 17th century warrior queen of Ndongo and Matamba in…
Tuesday TV: Love Through Dating Shows
On Valentine’s Day, love is a game. At least it is on television, where the idea must be that anyone not out on a date must be home watching shows…
Monday TV: ‘Love in the Time of Fentanyl’
A ragtag group of artists, misfits and drug users operate a renegade safe-injection site in drug-ravaged downtown Vancouver in Colin Askey’s documentary “Love in the Time of Fentanyl.” It makes…
Sunday TV: Apparently, a Football Game
Yes, there’s Super Bowl LVII has Philadelphia vs. Kansas City (Fox, 6:30 p.m.) in Glendale, Ariz.Rihanna heads the halftime show; Chris Stapleton sings the National Anthem, with Troy Kotsur, the…