Thursday TV: Dealing with McDeady
I suppose it's not a spoiler by now to anyone who still cares about "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC, 8 p.m.) that Derek, McDreamy himself, died in last week's episode. It's a…
Wednesday TV: Rowling’s ‘Casual Vacancy’
Dropped randomly in the middle of the week and given scarcely any publicity, the purchase of a three-episode British miniseries "The Casual Vacancy" (HBO, 8 p.m.) seems somewhat of an…
Theatre Review: ‘The Revolutionists’
The woman’s role in the French Revolution is generally remembered to be the image of the fictional Lady Liberty hoisting the tri-colored flag, leading the people as her dress falls…
Tuesday TV: Last Days in Vietnam
It was 40 years ago this week that those last crowded helicopters pulled up from a Saigon roof marking the end of America's long, bloody involvement involvement there. At the…
Monday TV: Tracing Steps of Serial Killer
Bumbling British documentarian Nick Broomfield may be the last one you'd expect to get things right in one of his films -- he's the one who kept ambushing Courtney Love…
Sunday TV: ‘Happyish’ Just OKish
There are a hundred reasons to be sad that Philip Seymour Hoffman died, but one of them was that he never got to star in "Happyish" (Showtime, 9:30 p.m.). He…
Saturday TV: SNL’s Cicely Strong in D.C.
As funny as her characterizations on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) can be, Cicely Strong is not the one you'd think of to deliver stand-up at one of the…
Playlist 4-24-15
Started with some Lead Belly, tying in with the big concert saluting his work Saturday at the Kennedy Center. Then came what might be the D.C. radio premiere of Mingering…
Friday TV: Bruce Jenner’s Interview
As tempting it is to entirely ignore every overhyped thing connected with the Kardashians, the anticipated Bruce Jenner interview" with Diane Sawyer on a two hour "20/20" (ABC, 9 p.m.) could…
Thursday TV: Remembering Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan is star on Turner Classic Movies with "George Washington Slept Here" (8 p.m.), "Kings Row" (9:45 p.m.), "Honeymoon for Three" (midnight), "One More Tomorrow" (1:45 a.m.), "Torrid Zone"…