Cristin Milioti on 'The Penguin'; Theater Photographer Joan Marcus; DOC NYC Preview and 'Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story'; The Rise and Fall of Disney Channel

Cristin Milioti in 'The Penguin'
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The acclaimed new HBO series "The Penguin" aired the season one finale on Sunday. Actor Cristin Milioti, who plays Sofia, member of the Falcone crime family, joins us for a Watch Party to discuss the final episode. Plus, she takes your calls.

If you've ever seen a photo of a Broadway show, there's a good chance it was taken by theatrical photographer Joan Marcus. She joins us to discuss her 25 year career, which includes capturing classics like "Wicked," "Rent," "Hamilton," and more.

The documentary film festival DOC NYC is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Next week, we will feature a conversation about one documentary per day, but first we are joined by the festival's programmers to give us a preview of the entire slate of films. Jaie Laplante, artistic director and Bedatri D. Choudhury, features programmer, join us to discuss.

Kicking off this year's DOC NYC festival is the new film, "Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story." Director Sinead O'Shea joins us to discuss her work capturing the life of the Irish literary legend, who she interviewed just weeks before her death earlier this year. The film has its U.S. premiere at DOC NYC tomorrow evening.

In the early 2000s, no television channel was as dominant among tweens as the Disney Channel. But now, the station's popularity has started to fall off. What happened? We talk with Ashley Spencer, author of the new book, Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire.