Team effort
Olympic fever hasn't been as rampant as it has in years past, but you may get back in patriotism mode while watching "Gold Medal Families," a new docuseries that follows six American athletes as they make personal sacrifices to get to the world's biggest stage.
8 p.m. Lifetime
Bike messenger
Russian athletes aren't the only ones with doping issues. The 2013 documentary "The Armstrong Lie," directed by Alex Gibney ("Going Clear"), pedals after Lance Armstrong during both his comeback and his subsequent apology tour after finally admitting that he used drugs during competition. The film is just another reason Gibney is one of our most important filmmakers.
9 p.m. Sony Movie Channel
Internal affairs
Reporters who put themselves on camera too much can often get in the way of the story they're trying to tell. But Jelani Cobb, a staff writer at the New Yorker, keeps justifying his presence in Frontline's "Policing the Police" by not letting up on the practices of the officers in Newark, N.J., a community where residents and police have little trust in each other. Whatever you think of this police force, authorities deserve credit for allowing journalists to ride along on patrols, even if the results don't always put the cops in the best light.
9 p.m. TPT, Ch. 2
Neal Justin
