Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that are airing or streaming this week, Aug. 25-31. Details and times are subject to change.
20 years since a devastating hurricane.
On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leading to breaches in New Orleans flood prevention; 80 percent of the city was submerged in water. The cost of the damage from the hurricane was $125 billion, and though it’s been difficult to get an accurate death toll, it is estimated to be about 1,800.
In 2006, Spike Lee directed the documentary “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts,” which detailed, straight from mouths of New Orleans residents, the preparation, crisis and aftermath, and now he is back as an executive producer of a new three-part series “Katrina: Come Hell and High Water.” In his first documentary, many residents were still in the throes of the tragedy, but now Lee is giving people a chance to reflect on the past 20 years. Lee directed one of the episodes — Geeta Gandbhir and Samantha Knowles directed the others. Streaming Wednesday on Netflix.
Over on ABC, Robin Roberts, who was born in Alabama and raised in Mississippi, returns to the Gulf Coast and reflects on the 20 years since the disaster through the lens of her own reporting. In “Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm,” she stops in New Orleans to speak with Harry Connick Jr. at the New Orleans Jazz Museum and then heads to Pass Christian, Miss., to visit her high school and see the town’s recovery. Friday at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Rehashing this summer’s drama.
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