On TV this Friday: The Politician goes up against Judith Light and HBO revisits TVLine Dream Emmy nominee Watchmen, while multiple networks commemorate Juneteenth. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Director Bryce Dallas Howard presents this documentary about the trials and tribulations of modern-day parenting; interviews include Ron and Rance Howard, Jimmy Fallon, Neil Patrick Harris, Jimmy Kimmel, Hasan Minaj, Conan O’Brien, and Will Smith.
Season 1 finale: Jon and Dave revisit some of the Star Wars characters and props that made their way into the first season.
Game show premiere: Competing teams navigate rooms flooded with lava by leaping from chairs, hanging from curtains and swinging from chandeliers on their way to Shirley Island.
Season 2 premiere (all eight episodes): Senate hopeful Payton Hobart looks to unseat longtime incumbent Dede Standish (Transparent‘s Judith Light). (View photos; watch trailer.)
To commemorate the 155th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the United States, the cabler airs feature films Hidden Figures (at 7 am), Selma (10 am) and Get Out (12:47 am), plus marathons of black-ish (from 1-8 pm) and Atlanta (8 pm-12:47 am).
Through 10 pm | Watch all nine episodes of the acclaimed limited series, starring TVLine Dream Emmy nominees Regina King and Jean Smart. (The series is also streaming for free on HBO.com through Sunday.)
This hour-long news special will examine the legacy of the holiday, as well as the efforts for voting rights and the struggle to pass anti-lynching legislation.
Remaining All Stars design boutique hotel suite experiences; comedian Nicole Byer and design guru Martyn Lawrence Bullard are guest judges.
Emmy winner Holland Taylor portrays legendary Texas Governor Ann Richards in this self-penned stage play.
This special episode honors historic African-American icons, alongside superheroes, period dramas and vampires, and with a “reimagining” of the cult film The Last Dragon; guests include John Legend, Jemele Hill, Michael Ealy, Lil Rel Howery and The Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter.
