Review: Lee Fields & the Expressions
Round about showtime Saturday night, as the backing band the Expressions were churning out the cool and lightly funky sounds of the past, the way serious students from Greenpoint, Brooklyn…
Monday TV: ‘The Talk’ and ‘The Breaks’
Most black and Latino parents have to, at some point, sit down their children, especially their sons, and have “the talk.” That is to say, how to behave when stopped…
Pete Holmes Introduces Himself Again
There will be a couple of new series on premium cable this season about comedy, comedians and the trials of comedy clubs — not that that’s ever been done before.…
Also on Sunday: ‘Little Lies,’ ‘Good Fight’
It used to be a nice surprise when a movie star deigned to appear in a TV series. Now there’s such a glut there may be too many of them…
Saturday TV: ‘Planet Earth II,’ Slam Dunk
Racer snakes make life tough for baby marine iguanas — not only online but in its original form, as part of “Planet Earth II” (BBC America, AMC, Sundance, 9 p.m.),…
Playlist 2-17-17
Started with some Miles Davis, then some Cuban sounds from Rhythms del Mundo. Turned the clock back 50 years to the day when the Beatles were creating "Being for the…
Friday TV: Celebrities on the NBA Court
All-Star Weekend begins not in Charlotte, where it was originally scheduled but wisely boycotted by the NBA, but in New Orleans. Tonight’s All-Star Celebrity Game (ESPN, 7 p.m.) at the Superdome…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
A chat with Gladys Knight, minus the Pips, for The Washington Post A look at the orchid show at the Hirshhorn Museum for Smithsonian Magazine.com An interview with R&B’s “Uncle”…
Thursday TV: Whole Lot of Cooking
The finals kick off on “Top Chef” (Bravo, 9 p.m.), and since they are in Mexico finalists John Tesar, Shirley Chung and Sheldon Simeon must cook goat and make margaritas.…
Wednesday TV: Katherine Heigl Tries Again
Katherine Heigl never quite found her TV footing after leaving “Grey’s Anatomy” but she tries again in “Doubt” (CBS, 10 p.m.), a new legal yarn made needlessly complicated by her…