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Saturday TV: ‘Birds of Prey’ Alight

By Roger Catlin | Published: August 15, 2020

It was called “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” (HBO, 8 p.m.) when it was released in movie theaters in February. Soon enough, its name was changed to “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey” on marquees. It made more than $200 million and was one of the top 5 highest grossing […]

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Saturday TV: Hockey Returns to Canada

By Roger Catlin | Published: August 1, 2020

Another major sport resumes its season today when hockey gets under way, in the relatively safe confines of Canada. Still, taking the ice in August is a shaky proposition, so they jump straight to the Stanley Cup qualifiers, with Montreal vs. Pittsburgh (NBC, 8 p.m.) in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference qualifying round. Other […]

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Monday TV: Radical Monarchs Fly High

By Roger Catlin | Published: July 20, 2020

Making its debut on “POV” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), Linda Goldstein Knowlton’s “We are the Radical Monarchs” chronicles the work of a group of young girls of color tackling various social justice issues, earning badges as they do so. Cookie sales are not involved. National Geographic gets a jump on Discovery’s Shark Week […]

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Other Things I’ve Written Lately

By Roger Catlin | Published: February 11, 2020

Here are some other things I’ve written lately for other outlets: A survey of 20 new exhibits to see in 2020 at various Smithsonian Museums. A dance review of the National Ballet of Canada’s recent visit at the Kennedy Center. A Q&A with Sergio Mendes for The Vinyl District. Alex Trebek holds forth at the […]

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Ryan Adams Surfaces in Jesse Malin Show

By Roger Catlin | Published: January 16, 2020

What was already a pretty nifty small club gig – with New York rocker Jesse Malin and his band headlining a show also featuring Chuck Prophet at Hollywood’s Hotel Cafe turned into something more notable when the guest stars started coming in during Malin’s encore. First there was Richard Bacchus of his old band D […]

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Saturday: Eddie Murphy Returns to ‘SNL’

By Roger Catlin | Published: December 21, 2019

The biggest episode of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) in years comes tonight when one of the show’s biggest cast members returns to host for the first time. Eddie Murphy will be under a lot of pressure to revive many of his great old characters, but he’s also moved on. Almost as big a […]

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Also on Saturday: NBA Playoffs Begin

By Roger Catlin | Published: April 14, 2018

The NBA Playoffs begins its months-long campaign today with a number of first round games: San Antonio at Golden State (ABC, 3 p.m.), Washington at Toronto (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.), Miami at Philadelphia (ESPN, 8 p.m.) and New Orleans at Portland (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.). The Stanley Cup Playoffs qualify for Saturday Night prime time hockey with […]

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Also Thursday: Great Add to ‘Great News’

By Roger Catlin | Published: September 28, 2017

Tina Fey puts a little more juice in her “Great News” (NBC, 9:30 p.m.) by joining the cast as a tough new executive and just like that the series moves from cute to genuinely funny as it takes on the changing tone of cable news to include panels of people that include “Obama deniers.” The […]

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Wednesday TV: ‘Hap and Leonard’ Return

By Roger Catlin | Published: March 15, 2017

“Greenleaf” (OWN, 10 p.m.), the Oprah Winfrey produced soap about a big church family in Memphis, in which she sometimes appears as a bartender, returns for a second season. But when it comes to sophomore seasons, I’m much more interested in the return of the bayou bedlam on “Hap and Leonard” (Sundance, 10 p.m.), the underrated […]

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Wednesday TV: Black Film, BRIT Awards

By Roger Catlin | Published: February 22, 2017

Never mind that #OscarsSoWhite is slightly less so this year. But before that all gets on display Sunday, here’s the 2017 American Black Film Honors (BET, Centric, 8 p.m.) taped last weekend from Los Angeles. Regina Hall hosts the event, which will present special awards to Denzel Washington, Issa Rae, Queen Latifah, Terrence Howard and […]

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