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“MasterChef Junior” returns with Gordon Ramsay on his best behavior. And a documentary exploring crime in Flint, Mich., comes to Netflix.
MASTERCHEF JUNIOR 8 p.m. on Fox. Gordon Ramsay has built an empire partly based on his scathing verbal lashings of the adults in his kitchens. He’s far kinder to the youngsters on this show, who take on cooking challenges with brio and sass. The sixth season starts with a two-hour special, as 40 children ages 8 to 13 arrive with the goal of nabbing the $100,000 prize.
FRONTLINE 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). It’s been five months since The New York Times published accusations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein, but the saga is by no means over: New accusations and details of misconduct have continued to emerge. This hourlong special captures his downfall up to this point, with interviews with former colleagues, victims and the reporters who broke the story, including The Times’s Megan Twohey. The documentary examines how Mr. Weinstein used lawyers and private detectives to help him suppress sexual harassment allegations, and investigates who around him knew what, and when.
FLINT TOWN on Netflix. The headlines from Flint, Mich., during the past few years have been dismal: contaminated drinking water, homicides, foreclosures, environmental racism. The filmmakers Zackary Canepari, Jessica Dimmock, and Drea Cooper were on the ground for more than a year to capture scenes from one of America’s most troubled cities. This eight-part documentary shows them arriving in Flint shortly after a new mayor, Karen Weaver, promised reform and zero tolerance toward crime. They embedded within the understaffed, overworked Flint Police Department, talked with residents and captured the water crisis as it unfolded.
BRAD’S STATUS (2017) on Amazon Prime. “Ben Stiller Hits Midlife Crisis” is practically its own genre at this point: The past five years alone have brought us “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” “While We’re Young” and “The Meyerowitz Stories.” He has been critically celebrated each time, though, for his canny ability to blend sincerity, anxiety, arrogance and good intentions into undeniably likable characters. He returns once again to this fertile ground here, in which a trip to Boston with his college-bound son triggers an existential crisis. “‘Brad’s Status’ at its best is genuinely thought-provoking,” A. O. Scott wrote in his review in The Times.
I, TONYA on iTunes and Amazon. This Tonya Harding biopic arrives on streaming services two days before it contends for three awards at the Oscars. Margot Robbie and Allison Janney received nominations for playing Ms. Harding and her mother; they plumb the depths of an abusive relationship and the events that resulted in Ms. Harding being banned from the United States Figure Skating Association. The film includes mockumentary-style interviews and breaks the fourth wall; its helter-skelter style provides little clarity about Ms. Harding’s involvement in the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, but provokes plenty of tears and uncomfortable laughter.
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