Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, Nov. 14-20. Details and times are subject to change.
Monday
TAKEN HOSTAGE (2022) 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). In 1979, 52 Americans were taken hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. This documentary explores how the United States had meddled with Iranian affairs in the decades prior, setting the stage for the Iran hostage crisis. The film includes interviews with Barry Rosen, a hostage; two journalists who covered the crisis; and Gary Sick, a member of the National Security Council under former President Jimmy Carter. This four-hour documentary is split into two parts. Part two airs on PBS on Tuesday night.
Tuesday
EASY A (2010) 7:30 p.m. on E! Emma Stone plays Olive Penderghast, a defiant and carefree 17-year-old, in this high school comedy. When Olive’s unbearably nosy best friend Rhiannon (Aly Michalka) asks about her boring weekend, she decides to lie and say that she slept with a college student. Marianne (Amanda Bynes), a devout Christian girl, overhears the lie, and suddenly the whole school finds out. But rather than feeling ashamed or embarrassed, Olive assumes the role of the promiscuous girl and helps socially ostracized boys increase their popularity. “‘Easy A’ commands attention for the irresistible presence of Emma Stone, playing a good girl who pretends to be bad,” Stephen Holden wrote in a review for The New York Times.
Wednesday
MASTER OF LIGHT (2022) 8:30 p.m. on HBO. This documentary tells the story of George Anthony Morton, a classical painter who spent 10 years in prison for dealing drugs. Upon his release, he has worked on his craft, while navigating his way through the white-dominated art world. The film recounts his return to his hometown, Kansas City, where he paints his family members in the style of Dutch old masters and investigates the influences of African art on the realist tradition.
Thursday
LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS 8 p.m. on Univision. Anitta, Luis Fonsi, Laura Pausini and Thalía will take the stage live in Las Vegas to host the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Bad Bunny dominates the nominations with 10 nods, with Rosalía and the Puerto Rican singer Rauw Alejandro following with eight. The evening will feature performances from Alejandro and the Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra, among others.
PICKLED 9 p.m. on CBS. Pickleball, the highly controversial sport that has been expanding as of late, has made its way into national broadcast television. Tune into this celebrity pickleball tournament, hosted by Stephen Colbert, where 16 celebrities, including Kelly Rowland and Murray Bartlett and Emma Watson and Sugar Ray Leonard, compete in two teams to benefit the nonprofit Comic Relief U.S. (Team names? Dink Floyd and the Volley Ranchers.)
ALASKA DAILY 10 p.m. on ABC. Catch the fall season finale of this newspaper drama created by Tom McCarthy, the director and co-writer of “Spotlight,” an Academy Award best picture winner and one of the best modern-day films about journalism. Hilary Swank stars as Eileen Fitzgerald, a recently disgraced reporter who leaves behind her life in New York to start fresh at a newspaper in Alaska. There, she works on a story about missing Indigenous women with her co-worker Roz (Grace Dove).
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE (2020) 8 p.m. on FX. In the third film of the “Bad Boys” franchise, Detective Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) tell his partner Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) that he plans on retiring so that he could spend more time with his family. But during a party celebrating the birth of Marcus’s new grandson, Mike gets shot, and the detectives team up for one last mission to track down the assassin. “As for the action, the directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah blow things up real good, and do so in ways that are more often buoyant than grisly,” Glenn Kenny wrote in his review for The Times.
Saturday
THE BOYS IN THE BAND (1970) 8 p.m. on TCM. In this film, Michael (Kenneth Nelson), a writer living in New York, hosts a birthday party for his friend Harold (Leonard Frey). Alan (Peter White), Michael’s former college roommate, makes and unexpected visit and is surprised to find that all the other guests at the party are gay. Michael tries to hide his sexuality from Alan, but Alan forces it out of him by making everyone participate in a party game, resulting in a night of soul-searching. A 2020 adaptation of the film had a cast that consisted entirely of openly-gay actors, including Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto.
THE HAIR TALES 9 p.m. on OWN Tracee Ellis Ross sits down with Oprah Winfrey, Issa Rae and Ayanna Pressley, among others, in this docu-series about Black women and their identity by way of their hair. The series includes discussions about styling techniques and how they reflect social change. The final episode of this six-part series features the singer Chloe Bailey.
Sunday
THE WALKING DEAD 9 p.m. on AMC. The iconic zombie apocalypse series is coming to an end in the final episode of season 11. Although the show’s viewership and hype has declined significantly, the show’s impact is undeniable. Catch Daryl (Norman Reedus), Carol (Melissa McBride), Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and the rest of the remaining characters in the series finale.
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