What’s on TVRUNNING WITH BETO (2019) 8 p.m. on HBO; stream on HBO platforms. As the United States looks ahead toward the 2020 presidential election, this new documentary looks back at 2018, when the Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke burst onto the political scene to challenge the Republican incumbent Ted Cruz for his seat in the Senate. The Times critic James Poniewozik wrote that the documentary is “an example of the very of-the-moment challenge of running for office in the Trump era. To pitch yourself as a president, you must first prove yourself as a show.”30 FOR 30: QUALIFIED 8 p.m. on ESPN. The French driver Simon Pagenaud gulped down some ice-cold milk after winning the 103rd Indianapolis 500 this past weekend.

Source: New York Times May 28, 2019 05:02 UTC