Wednesday TV: Trying to Create Soothsayers
In the comic mystery “Small Prophets” (Apple TV, streaming), Pearce Quigley plays a bearded old man who tries to find whatever happened to his wife who disappeared by creating creatures…
Tuesday TV: Now an ‘NCIS’ in Your Town, Too
“NCIS: New York” (CBS, 9 p.m.), the seventh spinoff of the franchise, makes its premiere in the Big Apple. But it has some familiar faces: L.L. Cool J, who was…
Capital Radio 10-5-28: Going Down to Liverpool
Started the show with some echoes of the big Power to the People festival held near here Saturday. Then a few songs addressing my recent trip to Liverpool and England.…
Monday TV: Reconciling a Hometown and a Dad
A young filmmaker chronicles the lingering racial segregation in his hometown at the same time he’s trying to reconcile with an ailing father who happens to be his political opposite,…
Sunday TV: ‘Tracker’ Finds Its Own Way Back
“Tracker” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.), one of network TV’s most popular series, returns for its fourth season, with a search for a teenage boy’s missing father. Its accompanied by the second…
Capital Radio 9-28-26: September’s Last Gasp
Prerecorded before a trip to England, this week’s Capital Radio began with a smattering of London songs, and included the Beatles in their first appearance on Ed Sullivan, the impresario…
Saturday TV: Back in Time for the Playoffs
Baseball’s postseason begins with the best-of-five divisional series of White Sox at Cleveland (TBS, truTV, 1 p.m.) and Yankees at Tampa Bay (TBS, truTV, 6:30 p.m.) in the ALDS and…
TV Eye Takes One of Those Little Breaks
We begin fall by simply falling out from the day-to-day postings, even as the new TV season is supposed to be beginning (and yet, where are all the new shows?).…
Tuesday TV: Judge Judy Deliberates Her Career
Before she hangs up the gavel next month after 30 years on the bench (or at least the one we see on TV, it’s time to get to know Judge…
Capital Radio 9-21-26: Leonard Cohen’s Birthday
It would have been the 92nd birthday of the Canadian poet who died a decade ago after leaving some wonderful music and musings. We played a handful of Leonard Cohen’s…