Sunday TV: ‘Girlfriend Experience,’ Awards
Stephen Soderbergh has caught onto the rhythms of quality serialized TV. He already directs every shot of the underrated “The Knick.” Now he’s back producing a series that is a…
Jonathan Richman at The 9:30 Club
Jonathan Richman is the very picture of the traveling musician. On the expanse of the 9:30 Club stage, empty but for Tommy Larkins’ modest drum kit, he walked in for…
Anderson Cooper and His Famous Mom
One of the most interesting things about Anderson Cooper is not that he’s gay or began his TV career hosting reality competitions like “The Mole,” but his lineage. He’s the…
Also on Saturday: ‘Outlander’ in France
If you can only watch one romantic time-traveling saga, it should be “Outlander” (Starz, 9 p.m.), which starts its second season with Jime and Claire arriving in France where they…
Playlist 4-8-16
The death of Merle Haggard this week necessitated close listening to his output -- and he put out a lot. Not only did he have a great, expressive voice, the…
Friday TV: New Season of ‘Catastrophe’
A second season starts for “Catastrophe” (Amazon, streaming), the well-regarded comedy about an American ad man (Rob Delaney) and an Irish teacher (Sharon Horgan) whose one night stand led to…
Colder-White-Skaggs at Birchmere
Cooder-White-Skaggs sounds like a legal firm or at the least a group of CPAs. Instead, it’s a grand musical merger of two storied families — country star Ricky Skaggs, who…
Thinking About Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard died on his 79th birthday Wednesday and his familiar voice isn’t making me feel much better on the stereo, as he sings “Are The Good Times Really Over?”…
Thursday TV: End of ‘Idol’ As We Know It
You’ll want to watch the finale “American Idol” (Fox, 8 p.m.), not for the nail-biting over who will win — La’Porsha vs Trent is no Kelly vs. Justin — but…
Wednesday TV: Attenborough, At It Again
Foremost naturalist Sir David Attenborough turns 90 next month, but nothing slows him down. His latest series “David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies” (Smithsonian, 8 p.m.), about the evolution of…