Rock Review: Petty Returns to Mudcrutch
It’s interesting to speculate what inspired Tom Petty to go back to his original, unsuccessful Gainesville band. Nostalgia for the old days? A pang of guilt at leaving his buddies…
Wednesday TV: Pop Invades CMT Awards
Witness country music get diluted tonight at the 2016 CMT Music Awards (CMT, 8 p.m.) at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, where Pitbull performs with Leona Lewis and Cassadee Pope;…
Tuesday TV: One Last Big Primary Day
It’s one of the last Tuesdays that there will be Democratic Presidential Primary Results (CNN, CSPAN, MSNBC, Fox News, 8 p.m.) come in tonight in Montana, New Mexico, North and…
Monday TV: ‘UnReal’ and Unlikable Too
As an after show following the usual excesses of “The Bachelorette” (ABC, 8 p.m.), a second season of “UnReal” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.) is certainly preferable to the short-lived network after…
Report from The Beach
Things didn’t look good from the beginning, when we needed a jump start even to inaugurate the trip to the Outer Banks. The Prius battery was so iffy that we…
Schwimmer’s Dark New ‘Feed the Beast’
David Schwimmer has already proved he is a bit more versatile than playing a sad sack on “Friends.” His portrayal of Robert Kardashian was one of the many delights of…
Also On Sunday: Miss USA, Trumpless
A leading candidate for President owned the Miss USA Pageant (Fox, 8 p.m.) for nearly 20 years ago before NBC felt it had to break ties with him because of…
Saturday TV: ‘Home Alone’ on Mars
Matt Damon’s star turn as a stranded astronaut in “The Martian” (HBO, 8 p.m.) makes its premium cable premiere. Nominated for best picture, Ridley Scott’s sci-fi work was mistaken as…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other thins I've written recently: An interview with the band Twenty One Pilots for The Washington Post. A piece about the time when Wynton Marsalis played a…
Friday TV: ‘Outcast’ Shouldn’t Be Cast Out
Like his super-popular “The Walking Dead,” Robert Kirkman’s “Outcast” (Cinemax, 10 p.m.) is derived from a comic book he also co-wrote. So besides all the comic book angles and wrenched…