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On Juneteenth, Stories of ‘Black Barbie’ and Jesse Owens’ Olympics Triumph, Netflix Streams ‘Dexter,’ PBS Turns to Nature
New Today
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
Documentary Premiere
Jesse Owens defied the racist Nazi policies when he competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Narrated by Don Cheadle, Triumph frames Owens’ success against the racism of his times, including on the home front in his native U.S.
Dynamic Planet
Series Premiere
A four-part docuseries travels to all seven continents to witness extreme conditions of global warming, showing how the planet and its inhabitants are adapting and how we’re planning for the future.
Hope in the Water
Series Premiere
David E. Kelley teams with renowned chef/entrepreneur Andrew Zimmern for a three-part docuseries that looks for new ways to feed the planet and to preserve the oceans. Baratunde Thurston explores a sustainable diamondback squid fishery in Puerto Rico in the opener.
Black Barbie: A Documentary
Documentary Premiere
From Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland, Black Barbie broadens out from the stories of three Black women within Mattel to reveal the history of Black dolls and the significance of children seeing themselves in the toys and dolls of their playtime.
Dexter
The gripping series’ eight-season run (2006-13) is now available for bingeing — minus the 2021-22 New Blood sequel. The show peaked in its must-see fourth season, featuring John Lithgow’s Emmy-winning guest performance as the diabolical Trinity Killer. If this is your first encounter with Dexter, prepare to get hooked.
Sports on TV
MLB Baseball
San Francisco Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals
The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals meet today at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, for a regular-season game paying tribute to the Negro Leagues.
Soccer
2024 CONMEBOL Copa América: Argentina vs. Canada
Lionel Messi and FIFA World Cup champion Argentina open the CONMEBOL Copa América soccer tournament against Canada at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Talk Show Guests
Emma Stone talks about her two projects: the comedy series Fantasmas & the film Kinds of Kindness. Eva Longoria chats on her dramedy series Land of Women and pop singer Chappell Roan performs.
Jeremy Allen White describes his return as the neurotic restaurateur in the Season 3 of the comedy series The Bear, and Ava DuVernay discusses Origin, the biographical drama she wrote & directed, based on the best-seller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
Zac Efron talks about the surprising romance in the series A Family Affair and Rep. Jasmine Crockett discusses civil liberties. Pop singer Gracie Abrams performs.
Jesse Plemons talks about the film Kinds of Kindness and Diane von Furstenberg, with director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, discusses the bio-doc Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge. Mario Duplantier sits-in with the 8G Band.
Hip Hop artist Iggy Azalea focuses on two groundbreaking new projects – DreamVault and $MOTHER, and comic Sandra Bernhard talks about her special Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution.
John Stamos shares his memoir If You Would Have Told Me, Mark takes the “Live” audience on a trip to Austin, Texas to see Formula One racing, plus, from Saturday Night Live, Heidi Gardner stops by.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, talks on his book On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service, and Jessica Alba describes taking on a Special Forces role in the action movie Trigger Warning.
Rebroadcast: Gina Rodriguez of the sitcom Not Dead Yet tells how the crew helps raise her son and New York Times best-selling author Tembi Locke discusses her podcast Lifted and the inspiration she receives from the women she interviews.