The current hot-button issues – COVID, race and politics – will be faced in four new documentaries.
Freshly added is an ABC special Tuesday, looking at the evolution of the U.S. virus crisis and interviewing Drs. Anthony Fauci and Robert Redfield and others. That joins one documentary (Sunday) on race and two (Friday and Tuesday) viewing conspiracy theories of Alex Jones as they affect politics. Details, chronologically, are: Read more…
1) Basketball. Last week, baseball finally started; now basketball resumes, helping fill the shutdown void. It starts with doubleheaders, at 6:30 and 9 p.m. ET Thursday (TNT) and Friday (ESPN). Then ESPN tops that with four games Saturday, 1, 3:30, 6 and 8:30 p.m. ET. ABC takes over Sunday at 13:30 and 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The two league-leaders each reach TV twice: The Bucks ar 6:30 Friday (facing the Celtics) and 8:30 Sunday (Rockets); LeBron James (shown here) and the Lakers are 9 p.m. Thursday (Clippers) and 8:30 Saturday (Raptors). Read more…
1) Baseball, 1:05, 4:10 and 7:15 p.m. ET, Fox. It’s the first full day of the season, the first in which all 30 teams are scheduled. Fox – which desperately needs something new this summer – celebrates with a tripleheader. The Cubs (shown here with Anthony Rizzo and Kevin Bryant) host the Brewers at 1:05 p.m., the Dodgers host the Giants at 4:10 and then – with the teams that opened the season Thursday – the Nationals host the Yankees. Read more…
