There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane
In July 2009, Diane Schuler drove the wrong way on a New York State parkway for nearly two miles before crashing into an oncoming SUV, killing herself and seven others. This documentary reconstructs her final day, minute by minute, as it probes how an apparently model mother could wind up behind the wheel with five young children as passengers and high levels of alcohol and THC in her blood. Monday, July 25, at 9 p.m., HBO
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Under the cover of its medical marijuana law, California is now home to an enormous black market estimated to supply more than half the marijuana in America. Frontline and the Center for Investigative Reporting examine the implications. Also: New Yorker writer Atul Gawande reports on “hot-spotting,” a new approach to medicine that appears to reduce costs by upgrading care for the sickest. Tuesday, July 26, at 9 p.m., PBS; check local listings
POV: Mugabe and the White African
When the African nation of Zimbabwe achieved black majority rule in 1980, the Campbell family, native-born whites, expanded their small farm with the approval of Robert Mugabe’s government. But 20 years later, they found themselves fighting terrifying—and deadly—intimidation by the same government, now determined to redistribute land to blacks. Using secretly shot footage, this documentary recounts the family’s ordeal. Tuesday, July 26, at 10 p.m., PBS; check local listings
Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
The Baltimore Ravens’ John Harbaugh and the San Francisco 49ers’ Jim Harbaugh are the only brothers ever to serve as head coaches of NFL teams. Real Sports profiles them along with their father, former college coach Jack Harbaugh. Also: a visit to Pamplona, Spain, for the running of the bulls. Thursday, July 28, at 1 p.m., HBO
Friday Night Dinner
In this newly imported comedy from Britain, 20-something brothers Adam and Jonny Goodman visit their parents once a week for dinner, during which they ridicule each other’s lack of girlfriends, send each other rude texts, and generally revert to adolescence. Their parents are no better in this vulgar but funny sitcom. Saturday, July 30, at 11:30 p.m., BBC America
Other highlights
Eureka
Comic-book legend Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in this sci-fi series about a secret community of geniuses. Monday, July 25, at
8 p.m., Syfy
Vanguard
The award-winning series examines the black market for Asian tigers and the deplorable conditions the animals endure in China’s conservation parks. Tuesday, July 26, at 9 p.m., Current TV
True Grime: Crime Scene Clean Up
Who cleans up after deaths and other tragic events? Neal Smithier and Crime Scene Cleaners, for one. Cameras follow them on their rounds in this new docuseries. Tuesday, July 26, at 10 p.m., Investigation Discovery
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Truck drivers are questioning the Trump administration's English mandateTalking Points Some have praised the rules, others are concerned they could lead to profiling
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DC prosecutors lose bid to indict sandwich throwerSpeed Read Prosecutors sought to charge Sean Dunn with assaulting a federal officer
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2 kids killed in shooting at Catholic school massSpeed Read 17 others were wounded during a morning mass at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis
