40 Years A Prisoner arrives
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, December 8. All times are Eastern.
Top pick
40 Years A Prisoner (HBO, 9 p.m.): “Although he has never been convicted of a crime, Mike Africa Jr. has served significant time. Debbie Africa, at the outset of her prison sentence, gave birth to Mike Jr. at Philadelphia’s House Of Corrections, while his father, Michael Africa Sr., served a concurrent sentence. Africa Jr. wouldn’t know of the existence of his father until the age of 5, when he visited him in prison. Smiling faces and prison gates fill their family photos. And every year—for 40, in fact—Africa Jr. has combed through boxes of court testimony searching for evidence in his parents’ favor, pausing his life for their parole.” Read the rest of Robert Daniels’ pre-air review.