#Worth Watching: The Real Princess Margaret, ‘Love Island’ in a Hotel, a Finale to ‘Destroy You’

#Worth Watching: The Real Princess Margaret, ‘Love Island’ in a Hotel, a Finale to ‘Destroy You’

“#Worth Watching: The Real Princess Margaret, ‘Love Island’ in a Hotel, a Finale to ‘Destroy You’” Natalie Seery/HBO I May Destroy You A selective critical checklist of notable Monday TV: Private Lives of the Windsors (8/7c, Smithsonian Channel): The public’s fascination with Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth’s younger sister, has spiked again, 18 years after her…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Corona’ Love Stories, Finales (‘Yellowstone,’ ‘NOS4A2’), Indy 500 Starts, Remembering a Movie Legend

#Worth Watching: ‘Corona’ Love Stories, Finales (‘Yellowstone,’ ‘NOS4A2’), Indy 500 Starts, Remembering a Movie Legend

“#Worth Watching: ‘Corona’ Love Stories, Finales (‘Yellowstone,’ ‘NOS4A2’), Indy 500 Starts, Remembering a Movie Legend” A selective critical checklist of notable weekend TV: Love in the Time of Corona (Saturday and Sunday, 8/7c, Freeform): In the latest chapter of Pandemic TV, this timely if low-key two-night drama was filmed under quarantine conditions in the actors’…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Lucifer’ Rises Again, Disney’s Cuddly ‘Ivan,’ ‘Drag Race’ Hits Vegas

#Worth Watching: ‘Lucifer’ Rises Again, Disney’s Cuddly ‘Ivan,’ ‘Drag Race’ Hits Vegas

“#Worth Watching: ‘Lucifer’ Rises Again, Disney’s Cuddly ‘Ivan,’ ‘Drag Race’ Hits Vegas” A selective critical checklist of notable Friday TV: Lucifer (streaming on Netflix): The devil you say! The never-say-die cult supernatural procedural, which Fox sent into limbo after three seasons only to be resurrected by Netflix, is back for a fifth season. And while…

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#Worth Watching: More Chaos Below ‘Decks,’ Stand-Up Festival on HBO Max, Thaw Out With ‘Secrets in the Ice’

#Worth Watching: More Chaos Below ‘Decks,’ Stand-Up Festival on HBO Max, Thaw Out With ‘Secrets in the Ice’

“#Worth Watching: More Chaos Below ‘Decks,’ Stand-Up Festival on HBO Max, Thaw Out With ‘Secrets in the Ice’” A selective checklist of notable Thursday TV: Star Trek: Lower Decks (streaming on HBO Max): The animated sci-fi comedy finds its sweet spot satirizing Starfleet protocols in the best episode to date, when Capt. Freeman (Dawnn Lewis)…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Nails’ Is on Fire, Playing Dodgeball on Discovery, the ‘Demarcus Family’ on Netflix

#Worth Watching: ‘Nails’ Is on Fire, Playing Dodgeball on Discovery, the ‘Demarcus Family’ on Netflix

“#Worth Watching: ‘Nails’ Is on Fire, Playing Dodgeball on Discovery, the ‘Demarcus Family’ on Netflix” CBSTough as Nails A selective critical checklist of notable Wednesday TV: Tough as Nails (9/8c, CBS): Recently renewed for a second season, TV’s least pretentious reality competition takes its remaining contestants into the world of first responders at a firefighter…

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#Worth Watching: More Cooking With Amy, a Search and ‘Destroy’ Mission, Democratic National Convention Begins

#Worth Watching: More Cooking With Amy, a Search and ‘Destroy’ Mission, Democratic National Convention Begins

“#Worth Watching: More Cooking With Amy, a Search and ‘Destroy’ Mission, Democratic National Convention Begins” Food NetworkAmy Schumer Learns to Cook A selective critical checklist of notable Monday TV: Amy Schumer Learns to Cook (10/9c, Food Network): As Lucille Ball once said about Vitameatavegamin: It’s tasty, too! Nominated for an Emmy for unstructured reality program,…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Lovecraft Country,’ a Show That ‘Goes Wrong,’ a Royal ‘Photo Album,’ Shark Week Gets ‘Naked’

#Worth Watching: ‘Lovecraft Country,’ a Show That ‘Goes Wrong,’ a Royal ‘Photo Album,’ Shark Week Gets ‘Naked’

“#Worth Watching: ‘Lovecraft Country,’ a Show That ‘Goes Wrong,’ a Royal ‘Photo Album,’ Shark Week Gets ‘Naked’” A selective critical checklist of notable weekend TV: Lovecraft Country (Sunday, 9/8c, HBO): It’s hard to know what’s scarier in this well-timed horror fantasy: the grotesque monsters leaping from the pages of pulp fiction, or the flesh-and-blood racists…

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#Worth Watching: Rebirth of ‘Eco-Challenge,’ a Trip to ‘Boys State,’ Jason Sudeikis Is ‘Ted Lasso’

#Worth Watching: Rebirth of ‘Eco-Challenge,’ a Trip to ‘Boys State,’ Jason Sudeikis Is ‘Ted Lasso’

“#Worth Watching: Rebirth of ‘Eco-Challenge,’ a Trip to ‘Boys State,’ Jason Sudeikis Is ‘Ted Lasso’” A selective critical checklist of notable Friday TV: World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji (streaming on Amazon Prime Video): Before Survivor, the grueling yet life-affirming Eco-Challenge adventure expedition (also from producer Mark Burnett) set the high bar for exotic reality-TV storytelling….

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#Worth Watching: Cooking with Selena, Getting ‘Sharkadelic’ With Snoop Dogg, a ‘Killer’ Finale

#Worth Watching: Cooking with Selena, Getting ‘Sharkadelic’ With Snoop Dogg, a ‘Killer’ Finale

“#Worth Watching: Cooking with Selena, Getting ‘Sharkadelic’ With Snoop Dogg, a ‘Killer’ Finale” HBO MaxSelena Chef A selective critical checklist of notable Thursday TV: Selena Chef (streaming on HBO Max): During the pandemic lockdown, with homebound amateur chefs finding themselves spending more time in the kitchen, most turned to cookbooks (or the Internet) for instruction….

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