Back for its 11th season weeks after earning its eighth Emmy, John Oliver’s news-making show returns to HBO and Max Sunday (10 EST/PST). As he shared with USA Today, he plans to go deeper in some segments, and while trying to avoid the horse race aspects of the campaign, “some of the big stories that
AlRawabi School for Girls is a binge-worthy teen drama that is not only well written, but features a stellar cast of newcomers. While the plot is fairly universal, the insight it offers into Jordanian culture is what makes it stand out.
Fascinating, moving and entertaining, this National Geographic documentary tells the little known stories of the Black scientists, pilots, and engineers who became the first Black astronauts, and what they had to contend with as pioneers and role models. Spanning 60 years of history, the film weaves in the role that entertainment played, including the late
Nearly a decade after he abdicated his Daily Show throne, Jon Stewart is back! But it means you’ll need a cable subscription, Fubo or Hulu+ Live to get Comedy Central (11pm). Also, he’s only doing Monday nights and planning to abdicate again after the November election. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays will continue with substitute hosts.
For fans of Ghosts and midlife re-starts, the ABC/Hulu sitcom follows broke and newly single Nell (Gina Rodriguez), who gets a job writing obituaries at her local newspapers, and starts to get some visitors in the form of the people she’s writing about. In the new season, Brad Garrett, Wendy Malick, Rob Corddry and Nico
The strike-delayed return of the new season of Abbott Elementary, the rare broadcast breakout hit about the teachers and staff at a struggling Philly high school. This season, Principal Ava has returned from a summer program at Harvard, and she’s high on her horse and trying out some new management/surveillance techniques. New episodes debut on
A breezy new broadcast-worthy spinoff of The Good Wife and The Good Fight, Elsbeth follows the quirky attorney from its predecessors (played by Carrie Preston) as she relocates to New York and goes to work for the NYPD. Wendell Pierce and Carra Patterson co-star, with the Emmy-winning show creator team of Robert and Michelle King
The CNN anchor leads this limited series that excavates the key figures from past political scandals to “unpack what really happened” and probe their motivations in hindsight. Interviews include Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, actress Rielle Hunter, former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, and former CIA officer Valerie Plame. 9pm ET on CNN.
The latest installment of in National Geographic Channel’s “Genius” franchise takes a fresh approach to the stories of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, diving deeper into their early years and the moments and people who shaped them — and the ways in which their views and approaches to civil rights intersected and varied. Their
Leave it to the British to pivot a “cozy detective drama” around a priest, in this case the titular Father Brown, who has a gift for solving complex murder mysteries in the bucolic yet ceaselessly murder-inspiring Cotswolds. This season, a parishoner drops dead after sampling a nun’s wine at a fair. Expect guest stars from