Joan Rivers Doc “A Piece of Work” to Get Special PBS Airing on American Masters

PBS is suddenly getting very timely. Even while we’re all enjoying the Roosevelts, there are still topical considerations. Next Tuesday, American Masters will show “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,” the highly praised doc about the comedian made by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg in 2010. “A Piece of Work” will air at 10:3opm right after Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ “Boomer List.” Stern and Sundberg have made several other well received docs, and Stern was a family friend of Rivers. The film premiered at Sundance, and is notable for the access Rivers gave the women. You will learn a lot about her, and of course, there are plenty of laughs. Good for PBS!