The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

I Didn’t Do It

In 1983, Dewey Bozella was convicted of murdering an elderly woman and sent to New York’s Sing Sing prison, where he became an in-house boxing champion. After 26 years, he was freed when lawyers working pro bono uncovered evidence in the case file that exonerated him. His dramatic story is this week’s episode of I Didn’t Do It, a docuseries that spotlights victims of wrongful convictions. Monday, Dec. 3, at 9 p.m., Investigation Discovery

Hotel Impossible

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up

Back for a second season, “fixer” Anthony Melchiorri focuses on hotels around the world that either aren’t living up to their potential or are about to fail.This week’s episode finds him and his makeover crew at Puerto Rico’s Caribe Playa Beach Resort, which, though mere steps from the beach, hasn’t made a profit since 2006. Upcoming hotels on his fix-it list take the team to Hawaii, Alaska, Peru, and Vermont. Monday, Dec. 3, at 10 p.m., Travel Channel

NFL Road Tested: The Cleveland Browns

A typical NFL team travels 20,000 miles each season, requiring a massive coordinating effort to move about 150 people for every road game and keep every one of the players housed, fed, and ready to play. This new series, produced in partnership with NFL Films, offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the Cleveland Browns handle that challenge across a full season, with varied insights into the players’ life on the road. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 10 p.m., Travel Channel

In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye

Fashion reflects the times we live in, says Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour as she introduces this eye-pleasing documentary about the role that fashion editors play in creating the magazine’s striking, trend-setting imagery. The talented women who are featured speak about the cultural influences and personal experiences that inform the sometimes-ineffable journey from concept to finished photographic spread. Thursday, Dec. 6, at 9 p.m., HBO

The Loves of Pharaoh

Though he became synonymous with such deft comedies as Ninotchka, director Ernst Lubitsch cut his teeth on costume dramas. Long thought lost, this silent Cecil B. DeMille–style epic from 1922 stars Emil Jannings as a brutal pharaoh who, for love of a Greek slave girl, takes Egypt to war. A beautiful restoration captures every detail of the lavish sets and hordes of costumed extras. Friday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m., TCM

Other highlights

Blake Shelton’s Not-So-Family Christmas

Kelly Clarkson, Reba McEntire, and Shelton’s wife, Miranda Lambert, are among the guests joining the country star for holiday songs and comedy. Monday, Dec. 3, at 10 p.m., NBC

Leverage

The rehabilitated grifters in this drama series run a complex con to stop a businessman from destroying his own company. Timothy Hutton leads the ensemble cast. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 10 p.m., TNT

American Giving Awards

Community star Joel McHale (who also hosts The Soup) makes a fitting emcee for this event honoring nonprofit community organizations, five of which will be awarded a total of $2 million. Saturday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m., NBC