Wednesday TV: Intrigue From South Korea
From South Korea comes the new series “No Way Out: The Roulette” (Hulu, streaming),about a notorious criminal who is released from prison after 13 years only to become the target…
Tuesday TV: ‘Biden’s Decision’ on ‘Frontline’
A two-hour look at the rise of President Joe Biden on “Frontline” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) now also has an ending in the report “Biden’s Decision” incorporates his…
Capital Radio 8-5-24: People Got to Be Free
The biggest prisoner exchange since the end of the Cold War, after six months of secret planning involving seven countries, resulted in last week’s release of 26 people, so we…
Monday TV: Shepherd vs. Animal Testers
A film that explores the relationship between humans, animals and science in a post-pandemic era, “Fauna” focuses on an old shepherd in Barcelona working alongside a high-tech lab for animal…
Sunday TV: ‘House of the Dragon’ Season Finale
The second season finale comes for the “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” (HBO, 9 p.m.) and that usually mens a lot of reptiles flying around, breathing-fire, in…
Saturday TV: ‘Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes’
She was so glamorous, even as a little girl, that she got her first starring role in Hollywood by just walking into the studio. The fascinating Hollywood documentary “Elizabeth Taylor:…
Friday TV: Sandy Cheeks Gets Her Moment
Forever the squirrelly SpongeBob SquarePants sidekick, Sandy Cheeks finally gets her own spotlight in “Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie” (Netflix, streaming), done in a sleek CGI manner unlike…
Thursday TV: ‘A Good Girls Guide to Murder’
Emma Meyers of “Wednesday” both looks like a teenager and has a glum curiosity that makes her character Pip Fitz-Amobi a convincing one in Poppy Cogan’s six-episode adaptation of the…
Wednesday TV: Everest’s ‘Mountain Queen’
Lhakpa Sherpa was already the first Nepali woman to summit and survive a climb of Mount Everest. Now a single mother working as a cleaner at a Whole Foods in…
Tuesday TV: The Right Rises Up in Germany
A new report on “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) looks at the rise of far right extremists on anti-immigrant rhetoric in Germany. “Germany’s Enemy Within” is directed by…