Also Tonight: Didn’t Die Before Got Old
Marking the band's 50th year, the two surviving members of the Who threw a big outdoor concert in London in June, which was captured in the film “The Who Live…
Thursday TV: Easing On Down, Live
The third offering of NBC’s holiday time live musicals, “The Wiz: Live!” (NBC, 8 p.m.) is a mix of stunt casting (Crazy Eyes as the Good Witch; Mary J. Blige…
Stage Review: ‘Motown: The Musical’
When it came time to summarize the Motown era, it took two four-disc boxed CD sets comprising 180 tracks. So I guess it's not surprising that "Motown: The Musical," which…
Wednesday TV: ‘Racing Extinction’
Discovery Channel's ambitious "Racing Extinction"(Discovery, 9 p.m.) flits all over the globe with stories of endangered species and mankind's vast acceleration of the process. But it seems guided by the…
Also Tonight: Lighting Up the Tree
Time to light the giant tree on "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" (NBC, 8 p.m.) with Al Roker and the "Today" show crew hosting a the 83rd annual event, now as…
Tuesday TV: Hopeful AIDS Day Report
Time to consider George W. Bush in a more kindly light? Not only in his efforts to quell anti-Muslim behavior after 9/11 (which sets him apart from every one of…
Monday TV: Two Hours of Charlie Brown
The best thing about "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (ABC, 9 p.m.) is its simplicity in the face of holiday excess. Nevertheless, over the years it's been bulked up to an…
Sunday TV: Badu Hosts Soul Train Awards
Erykah Badu gets the chance to wear all manner of eccentric headgear tonight while hosting the Soul Train Awards 2015 (BET, Centric 8 p.m.) in Las Vegas where performers include…
Saturday TV: CIA ‘Spymasters’ Talk
The Central Intelligence Agency began as an international spy agency that has in recent decades become something of its own military force. The 12 living current or former directors of the…
Playlist 11-27-15
A quite long Black Friday show began with some lingering thanksgiving, then a salute to Cynthia Robinson, the trumpet player and co-founder of Sly and the Family Stone, still quite…