Friday TV: How McCartney Spread His Wings
The next chapter of Paul McCartney’s life after the Beatles is chronicled in Morgan Neville’s new music documentary “Paul McCartney: Man on the Run” (Prime Video, streaming) that follows the…
Thursday TV: Civil War Drama ‘The Gray House’
In addition to helping the Underground Railroad, some in the Civil War were involved in spying for the Union. The new eight-episode series “The Gray House” (Prime Video, streaming), produced…
Wednesday TV: ‘Survivor’ Brings its 50th Season
After two weeks of reruns, “Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) finally begins its milestone 50th season with a three hour episode dfeaturing two dozen of the show’s most…
Tuesday TV: The State of the Union, Such as It Is
It’s the busiest night of the year for fact checkers: the 2026 State of the Union Address (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, CNN, CSPAN, MSNBC, 9 p.m.) from a bloviator…
Capital Radio 2-23-26: From Jesse to Donna
The words of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, in introducing the 1972 WattStax Festival in Los Angeles, in which he proclaimed “I am somebody!” continue to reverberate today. We play them…
Monday: ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’
Tracy Morgan plays a disgraced former NFL star hoping to rehabilitate his image in the snappy new comedy “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” (NBC, 8 p.m.). He chooses…
Sunday TV: Olympics Bid Farewell For Now
The 2026 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony (NBC, 2:30 p.m.) caps two weeks of action. While the opening ceremony was in four locations, this one will be in one: historic Verona…
Saturday: Emma Thompson in ‘Dead of Winter’
Emma Thompson plays a grief-stricken loner who stops to ask directions near a Minnesota lake and finds herself among a murderous couple in a remote cabin in the thriller “Dead…
Friday TV: The Intergalactic Sound of Sun Ra
If he didn’t invent Afro-Futurism, he certainly provided the soundtrack. Now the out-of-the-world jazz musician, composer and poet gets his story told on “Sun Ra: Do the Impossible,” making its…
Thursday TV: HBO’s ‘Murder in Glitterball City’
The two-part true crime documentary “Murder in Glitterball City” (HBO, 8 p.m.) concerns the death of a hairdresser and drag performer found buried in the basement of a home in…