What’s on TV
30 FOR 30: LANCE 9 p.m. on ESPN. Nearly eight years after an investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency found that Lance Armstrong had been using performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career — making him a pariah essentially overnight — the disgraced athlete has resurfaced to reflect on his misdeeds. This two-part documentary by the director Marina Zenovich (“Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind”), airing as part of ESPN’s “30 for 30” series, gives him ample opportunity to do so. (Although if you’ve already made up your mind on Armstrong, the former superstar cyclist, this movie might not change it.) The film packs plenty of back story, chronicling his early days as a cyclist, his battle with testicular cancer and the demise of his reputation after he admitted to doping in 2013. Zenovich doesn’t shy away from tough questions, and by interviewing Armstrong’s family, friends, rivals and others, she manages to create an objective portrait of a shunned star. The second half of the film airs May 31.
LITTLE BIG SHOTS 7 p.m. on NBC. Talk about feel-good programming. This variety series, hosted by Melissa McCarthy, spotlights young people with a whole lot of talent, like a ballet dancer who put on a stunning performance for Misty Copeland, or a pianist who performed Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Whole Lotta Shakin.” Season 4 comes to a close Sunday with back-to-back episodes featuring a climber, a gospel singer, a space expert and more.
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KATE NASH: UNDERESTIMATE THE GIRL (2020) Rent on Alamo on Demand. For a different profile of a celebrity trying to reinvent themselves, watch this portrait of the British singer-songwriter Kate Nash. Her 2007 single “Foundations” catapulted her to fame, making her a pop sensation in Britain by the age of 21. But, as the story goes, that sudden stardom came with conditions, and when Nash decided to go in a different musical direction, her label dropped her. This documentary, by the director Amy Goldstein, follows Nash’s struggle to make it as an independent artist, which, we learn, is no easy feat. (At one point, she resorts to selling her clothes for a few hundred dollars.) But Nash seems to come out of the experience with her head held high, crowdfunding albums, going on tour and landing an acting role (she is a star of the Netflix series “GLOW”). In her review for The New York Times, Teo Bugbee said “Underestimate the Girl” is an “appealingly candid documentary” that is “endearing in its frankness.”
BETAAL Stream on Netflix. This new mini-series by the British director Patrick Graham (“Ghoul”) promises real scares. (It comes from the studio Blumhouse Productions, which backed “Get Out” and other low-budget horrors.) Drawn from Indian mythology, “Betaal” centers on officials who try to displace villagers to make way for a highway, only to come face-to-face with an undead British officer and his army of soldiers.
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