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What to Watch on Wednesday: Duke’s Zion Williamson nominated at tonight’s ESPY Awards
The 2019 ESPYS air on ABC with Duke basketball player Zion Williamson nominated in the Best College Athlete category. PBS has more on the Apollo space program with “Back to the Moon.” Season 3 of “Snowfall” starts on FX. → Read More
What to Watch on Tuesday: Documentaries on Farrah Fawcett, Silicon Valley and Apollo
Documentaries tonight include an A&E Biography film on the life, career and cancer death of Farrah Fawcett, Showtime’s Silicon Valley doc “General Magic,” and Flaming Amy’s Burrito Barn on “Man vs. Food” on Cooking Channel. → Read More
This ‘Bachelorette’ finalist and fan favorite played football at Wake Forest
Tyler Cameron, in Hannah Brown’s Final Four on Season 15 of “The Bachelorette,” played football at Wake Forest before transferring to Florida Atlantic. What we know about his football career, his tight pants and his odds to win. → Read More
This ‘Bachelorette’ finalist and fan favorite played football at Wake Forest
Tyler Cameron, in Hannah Brown’s Final Four on Season 15 of “The Bachelorette,” played football at Wake Forest before transferring to Florida Atlantic. What we know about his football career, his tight pants and his odds to win. → Read More
What to Watch on Monday: NC church lands on ‘Cults’ series, plus another Apollo doc
“People Magazine Investigates: Cults” on Investigation Discovery examines the Word of Faith Church in Spindale, NC, led by Pastor Jane Waley. PBS starts a 3-night documentary series “Chasing the Moon,” about the Apollo Missions. → Read More
What to Watch on Sunday: Apollo documentaries take us back to the Moon landing
The National Geographic Channel has the documentary “APOLLO: Missions to the Moon” and Smithsonian has “The Day We Walked on the Moon.” The US team plays in the Women’s World Cup Finals vs. Netherlands on Fox, FS1 and FS2. → Read More
What to Watch on Saturday: Puppies and romance in tonight’s Hallmark movie
This week’s Hallmark movie (with puppies!) is “Love Unleashed” while Lifetime has “Trapped Model.” Comedian Lavell Crawford (“Breaking Bad” “Better Call Saul”) has a stand-up comedy special on Showtime. → Read More
What to Watch on Friday: Lifetime has a ‘Stepmother’ movie, ID has murder in Nashville
The new Lifetime movie “The Wrong Stepmother” stars Cindy Busby and Vivica A Fox. Investigation Discovery’s “Murder in Music City” looks at the killing of Veronica Bozza in an upscale Nashville suburb. → Read More
WNCN / CBS 17 is off the air for AT&T U-verse and DirecTV customers
CBS affiliate WNCN, also known as CBS 17, was pulled from AT&T U-verse and DirecTV on Thursday after the cable company failed to reach a deal with Nexstar, which owns the Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville station. → Read More
What to Watch on the 4th of July: Fireworks and a new season of ‘Stranger Things’
Netflix streams Season 3 of “Stranger Things,” a series created and written by Durham’s Duffer Brothers (Matt and Ross). NBC and PBS have Fourth of July fireworks concerts, and Hulu has a new installment of “Into the Dark.” → Read More
What to Watch on Wednesday: Netflix debuts original series on ‘The Last Czars’ of Russia
The Netflix original series “The Last Czars” tracks the early 20th Century revolution that ended a dynasty. The cast includes Robert Jack, Ben Cartwright, Susanna Herbert and Oliver Dimsdale. → Read More
‘Stranger Things’ Season 3, out Thursday, is great. (And Durham gets a few mentions.)
Netflix series “Stranger Things,” created and written by brothers Matt and Ross Duffer of Durham, North Carolina, returns July 4 for Season 3. Here’s our review, including the show’s local mentions, references. → Read More
What to Watch on Tuesday: ESPN’s 30 for 30 doc looks at Nathan’s hot dog-eating champions
ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary “The Good, The Bad, The Hungry” looks at Nathan’s hot dog-eating champions Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi. A new season of “Man vs. Food” starts on the Cooking Channel. → Read More
After a year of weathering much change, WRAL solidifies lead in Triangle TV ratings
WRAL has widened its ratings lead over WTVD (ABC11), while WNCN (CBS 17) holds steady in the Triangle TV news race. WRAL’s volatile year includes losing Greg Fishel and a David Crabtree church scandal. → Read More
After a year of weathering much change, WRAL solidifies lead in Triangle TV ratings
WRAL has widened its ratings lead over WTVD (ABC11), while WNCN (CBS 17) holds steady in the Triangle TV news race. WRAL’s volatile year includes losing Greg Fishel and a David Crabtree church scandal. → Read More
What to Watch on Monday: POV doc looks at the murder of a transgender woman by a US Marine
The POV documentary “Call Her Ganda” tells the story of Filipina transgender woman Jennifer Laude at the hands of US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton. Dateline has a mother suspicious about the death of her son at college. → Read More
What to Watch on Sunday: Russell Crowe is Fox News’ Roger Ailes in new Showtime series
Russell Crowe plays Fox News CEO Roger Ailes in the new Showtime series “The Loudest Voice,” with Naomi Watts as Gretchen Carlson and Sienna Miller as Ailes’ wife. Season 2 of “Instinct” starts on CBS. → Read More
What to Watch on Saturday: A Fayetteville murder on ID, new movies from Hallmark and Lifetime
Investigation Discovery’s “Forbidden” looks at the 2002 murder of Jennifer Wright in Fayetteville. The new Lifetime movie is “Family Pictures,” Hallmark has “Sister of the Bride” and TV One has “The Bobby DeBarge Story.” → Read More
What to Watch on Friday: True crime shows cover murder in Kentucky, bank heists in Texas
ABC’s “20/20” has the story of the bank-robbing Catt family of Texas. “Dateline: NBC” has the trial of David Dooley, convicted of murdering coworker Michelle Mocbee. Showtime has the documentary “100%: Julian Edelman.” → Read More
What to Watch on Thursday: Savor the final two episode of ‘Life in Pieces’
CBS canceled “Life in Pieces,” maybe the funniest show on network TV, and the final two episodes air tonight. We also get the Season 1 finale of “In the Dark” on The CW -- but that show has been renewed. → Read More