Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown.
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown.Brandon Dill/Associated Press
Your TV GPS, a look at the week ahead in television, appears every Monday morning onBostonGlobe.com. Today’s column covers Oct. 13-19.
We film geeks have been salivating over the release of “Mr. Scorsese,” Rebecca Miller’s five-part documentary portrait of the director widely known as Marty. Well, salivate no longer. Apple TV+ will unveil “Mr. Scorsese” Friday. With interview subjects including Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Margot Robbie, Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, and many others, the doc, which premiered earlier this month at the New York Film Festival, promises an intimate look at the man widely considered the greatest living filmmaker.
Elsewhere in TV land this week:
The network sitcom ain’t what it used to be, but it’s not officially dead. “DMV” is the new CBS comedy about the workers at a Department of Motor Vehicles branch dealing with the quirks of the public (hey, that’s us!). Stars include Tim Meadows, Tony Cavalero, Gigi Zumbado, and Harriet Dyer. The series premieres at 8:30 p.m. Monday. Take a number and have a seat.
The NBA season is nigh. The Celtics will have to manage life without Jayson Tatum, but at least the second season of “Starting 5” premieres Thursday on Netflix. The series follows five NBA stars as they navigate the grind of the 2024-25 season. The first season actually featured Tatum; this installment includes another Celtics star, Jaylen Brown, along with Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Haliburton, and James Harden. There’s also a little built-in drama: Durant, traded from the Suns to the Rockets in the offseason, had one foot out the door in Phoenix for much of last season, and it will be intriguing to see how the series handles that storyline.
Another week, another series about a serial killer. What’s wrong with us? Anyway, the Peacock series “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” looks at the Chicago-area man who dressed as a clown and murdered teen boys. Michael Chernus, who plays Ricken on “Severance,” stars as Gacy. The series appears to focus on the search for Gacy and the fight to bring him to justice. It premieres Thursday.
As the documentary world reels in the face of decreased funding and political fear, PBS’ Frontline series just keeps churning out resonant work. Their latest is “Born Poor,” which follows American families living in poverty and the wounded pride that comes with it. It’s a stark reminder that many hardworking people are one layoff or lost job away from getting swallowed by the system. You can stream it at pbs.org.
The CBS “Blue Bloods” spinoff “Boston Blue,” starring native son Donnie Wahlberg as new BPD Detective Danny Reagan, premieres at 10 p.m. Friday. You’ll see lots of Boston exteriors, but most of the show was made in Toronto because it’s wicked cheap to shoot there. Wahlberg’s Reagan will team with Detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green), a local law enforcement scion.
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