Wednesday TV: ‘Of Ants and Men’
Growing up in Alabama, he was always fascinated with ants. From that, he studied other insect commutes and eventualy humans, leading him to make groundbreaking contributions to human evolutionary theory.…
Tuesday TV: After ‘My Brother’s Bomber’
For a guy who spent time as an editor at "Frontline" (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings), filmmaker Ken Dornstein has a surprisingly undisciplined approach to his personal documentary about…
Walking the Landmark Music Festival
Since the days of Woodstock, the big destination rock festivals for years only occurred in England, Europe and other exotic places. In the past decade or two, though, there has…
Monday TV: Trevor Noah’s ‘Daily Show’
Tonight's the night Trevor Noah, the smart South African comedian, takes over the chair at "The Daily Show" (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.), and while nobody expects he'll be Jon Stewart,…
Review: Yo La Tengo at the Lincoln Theatre
I like to think it’s because of Ira Kaplan’s origins as a rock writer for the Village Voice and the old New York Rocker, that he and his wife Georgia…
The New Fall TV Season: Sundays
Fall TV 2015 We end our week’s worth of looking at each day’s new network offerings with Sunday, traditionally one of the strongest nights of television, but mostly because of…
Also on Sunday: The End of ‘CSI’
Fall is the time for big premieres; finales are usually set in spring. But tonight, to cap the initial premiere week of the broadcast networks, here’s the two hour finale…
One Dr. Katz Joke We Could Not Publish
There’s at least one splendid joke in an interview I did with Jonathan Katz, star of TV’s animated “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist,” for The Washington Post that was published today.…
Saturday TV: Global Citizen Concert
Music abounds today, primarily through the seven hour Global Citizen Festival (MSNBC, 3 pm.) from New York's Central Park, featuring Beyonce, Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and others, for concertgoers…
Playlist 9-25-15
An unusual show that may or may not have been broadcast over the airwaves (it seemed to still be streaming though), it began with some of the songs ringing from…