Monday TV: Latin Influence, Paris Effects
There would scarcely be a need for an overview of Latin pop culture and its effect on America. It's plain to see all around us for one thing. And it's…
Sunday TV: Motorcycles and Martial Arts
Seems like forever ago that AMC was the classy network that brought us "Mad Men." Now, drenched in the money and blood of "The Walking Dead," they've turned into a…
Saturday TV: HBO’s Paris U2 Concert is Off
The massacre in Paris means the planned live concert there by U2 that would have run on HBO has been canceled. Friday's shocking coordinated attacks will surely loom over the…
Playlist 11-13-15
A salute to Allen Toussaint, the New Orleans great who died last week, led to his work with Elvis Costello, she of E.C. himself and the two songs he wrote…
Friday TV: Bob and David Back Again
Seventeen years after their groundbreaking absurdist sketch comedy series "Mr. Show with Bob and David," the two are back, online, using only the latter half of that title. "W/ Bob…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I've written lately: A chat with Wanda Sykes for the Washington Post. A story about the revolutionary lighting system at the reopened Renwick Gallery in…
Thursday TV: Teens Take Over ‘Runway’
Following the success of smaller-sized cooking competitions from "MasterChef Junior" to "Chopped Junior," here's one for fashion, with Tim Gunn presiding over a group of hopeful teenage designers on "Project…
Wednesday TV: New ‘Men Women Wild’
A clothed variation of their “Naked and Afraid” series, “Men Women Wild” (Discovery, 10 p.m.) tests the relationships of three survivalist couples by sending them in three directions. One pair…
Tuesday TV: The New ‘Donny!’: Don’t!
More than once somebody refers to Donny Deutsch as Donny Douche in his ruthlessly unfunny new sitcom “Donny!” (USA, 10:30 p.m.). It’s not far off the mark. What the boorish…
Monday TV: Elders Back in the Closet
Whatever advances have been made in the LGBT world, it all seems to crash down once they become elderly. Then, they fear showing their identity for fear of reprisals or…