Made it through the rain
Barry Manilow's public coming-out party has led to the kind of attention he used to receive for his dispatches from the hottest club north of Havana. He'll give an update on married life — and hopefully Lola the Showgirl — on "The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon."
10:35 p.m. Friday, KARE, Ch. 11
Burn notice
A flurry of insightful, moving documentaries marks the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots after police officers were acquitted of the beating of Rodney King. Sacha Jenkins' film "Burn (Expletive) Burn!" (8 p.m. Friday, Showtime) does a superb job of tracing the history of violence and distrust that led to one of the ugliest periods in U.S. history. For documentaries that rely more on raw footage than on the back story, check out "The Lost Tapes: LA Riots" (7 p.m. Sunday, Smithsonian) and "LA 92" (8 p.m. April 30, National Geographic).
Death becomes her
In "Mary Kills People," a doctor (Caroline Dhavernas) spends her off-duty hours helping the terminally ill find a quicker path to the afterlife. This angel of mercy soon discovers that the devil is in the details with one improbable threat after another. The character is kind of stupid — she has sex with a patient and seems not to have considered putting a lock on her illegal stash — but the unique premise and Dhavernas' underplayed performance has us hoping for an extended killing spree.
9 p.m. Sunday, Lifetime
A daughter's crusade
Most of the attention for ''The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" focuses on a rare acting performance by Oprah Winfrey. She packs a wallop as the emotionally unstable daughter of the woman whose cancer cells led to breakthroughs in medical research. But save the loudest accolades for Rose Byrne as a freelancer who utilizes one of journalism's most effective tools: The fake laugh. Her subtle, savvy take on the character, whose book brought public attention to Lack's story, drives the film.
7 p.m. Saturday, HBO
Neal Justin
