From classrooms to farm fields, the pandemic is having a disproportionate effect on Latinos.
Now two documentaries – one streaming, the other on PBS – look at that. They are:
– “Pandemia: Latinos in Crisis,” at 9 p.m. ET Sunday (July 19) on CBSN, the digital news service run by CBS. It’s also available any time at www.cbsnews.com/pandemia.
– “Frontline: COVID’S Hidden Toll” (shown here) at 10 p.m. Tuesday (July 21) on PBS. Read more…
The world of Grant Imahara – filled with robots and imagination – will be featured in the next two days.
Imahara (shown here) – a “MythBusters” regular for a decade – died Monday of a brain aneurism at 49. There are marathons this morning (Friday, July 17) on Discovery and Saturday afternoon on Science. Read more…
1) “Masterpiece: Grantchester” season-finale, 9 p.m., PBS. Set in the late 1950s, this show has been rough on Will (the good-hearted, crimesolving vicar) and friends. His assistant remains in the closet … his housekeeper is appalled by her new husband’s past … his friend the cop (shown hyere with Will in the seas0n-opener) sent his mother-in-law to a mental institution. Will is despondent (his youth boxing program brought trouble) and is voluntarily celibate. Now much of that brightens, amid a smart case that involves murder and missing women. Read more…
