Thursday TV: Dredging Up the ’80s
I’m not sure the summer can be saved by REO Speedwagon performing with Pitbull, but here is “Greatest Hits” (ABC, 9 p.m.), hosted by Arsenio Hall and Kelsea Ballerina. Each…
Wednesday TV: ‘Barely Famous’ is Back
For growing up in a kind of epicenter of reality TV (where David Foster, Brody Jenner and Gigi Hadid mom and “Real Housewife” Yolanda Foster are all part of the…
Tuesday TV: Improving the Force in Newark
On a new “Frontline” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) Jelani Cobb of the New Yorker takes a harrowing ride with the Newark Police in light of the Department of…
Monday TV: Bad News About the Climate
Josh Fox does a happy dance at the start of his latest documentary. After "Gasland" and a sequel, oil companies abandoned plans to frak in the Delaware River Basin near…
Sneak Peek at the Capital Fringe Festival
With more than 130 different productions being staged over three weeks at 20 different venues, the Capital Fringe festival can be an overwhelming undertaking. To ease the avalanche of choices…
America According to Second City
Love it or hate it, the whodunit farce “Shear Madness” at the Kennedy Center represented D.C. theater for busloads of high school students for nearly 30 years. It’s taking its…
Also on Sunday: BET Awards, Games
The BET Awards (BET, Centric, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike and VH1, 8 p.m.) is usually very good at its tributes to stars who have died. So a tribute…
Saturday TV: Logo’s Trailblazer Honors
Less than two weeks following the Orlando Tragedy, Logo’s Trailblazer Honors (Logo, VH1, 8 p.m.) pays tribute as usual to LGBT pioneers, while pausing for remembrance, led by Vice President…
Playlist 6-24-16
Another night of remembering musical greats, from the funk pioneer Bernie Worrell, who died today at 72 of lung cancer, to bluegrass giant Ralph Stanley, who died yesterday at 89.…
Friday TV: Babysitters and Gymnasts
For its 100th original movie, the Disney Channel has remade the 1987 theatrical release and subsequent VCR staple “Adventures in Babysitting” (Disney, 8 p.m.). Instead of Elisabeth Shue, it stars…