Entertainment

Television continues to change, but constants endure. A hit show will always change the trajectory of programming and spawn imitators good and bad, sometimes for years on end.

Netflix streams the 2024 thriller “The Union.” It’s the kind of film that may have gotten a theatrical release back in the day. Mark Wahlberg stars as Mike, a regular Jersey guy and construction worker who just so happens to meet his old high school girlfriend Roxanne (Halle Berry) in a bar, where they discuss just what’s happened in the 25 years since prom and graduation day.

“Bel-Air,” a reboot of the 1990s favorite and the series that helped launch Will Smith’s career, returns for a third season on Peacock.

A simple overview: You could say that Columbus is filled with jazz-matazz this week.

Alex Milligan loves to rock — on the stage and rock climb off it.

Kids and teens

North Vernon novelist and Columbus instructor Elisabeth A. Hegmann is a finalist for a Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award, which honor the best books written by Hoosier authors in the past two years. The awards “celebrate Indiana writers, and shine a light on the Hoosier State’s literary community and deepen connections between Indiana writers and readers,” according to organizers.

Tolstoy told us that all happy families are alike in their own way. I’d suggest that all Carl Hiaasen novels are enjoyable in their own fashion.

“A Boston (R)evolution” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) examines a city coming to terms with its history after the election of Michelle Wu, the first woman of color to become Boston mayor, after centuries of white men holding the office.

“Houses of Horror: Secrets of the Greek Life” (9 p.m., A&E, TV-14) explores fraternity life and its impact on college society.