When David Cassidy Met Donald Trump
The last time I talked to David Cassidy, the forever young teen idol who died this week at 67, we chatted a bit about the unlikely guy who would become…
‘Poor Kids’ Still in Poverty on ‘Frontline’
Before we sit down to overfilled holiday tables and gorge, it’s time to remember the poor. And it was hard to forget the children caught in poverty’s bleak trap portrayed…
Also Wednesday: Babs, New Western
Barbra Streisand pages through her past, singing songs from her No. 1 albums and telling a lot of stories from her most recent tour in “Barbra: The Music …The Memories…The…
Tuesday TV: More Marvel: ‘Runaways’
Teenagers at some point suspect their parents are villains. On “Marvel’s Runaways” (Hulu, streaming) it’s really true. And it’s up to the kids, with their various powers, to defeat them. It…
Death of a Terrible Rocker
The death of Charlie Manson this week reminds me of the thwarted artist theory that may have triggered his mania in the first place. Just as Hitler may have been…
Franken Cut From Letterman Salute
When it comes time, finally for the honoree at “The Mark Twain Awards: David Letterman” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings), to take the stage after 90 minutes of praise…
Also Tonight: ‘Baltimore Rising’
TV news coverage of the uprisings that followed the 2015 death of Freddie Gray were, like the earlier death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and others that would follow,…
Also Monday: Late Night Trump Bump
On the special “Late Night in the Age of Trump” (CNN, 9 p.m.) Brian Stelter and Bill Carter takes a look at how comics take on the White Hours, particularly…
His Problem with Apu
Writer and standup comic Hari Kondabolu started his rant against Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the cartoon Kwikee Mart owner, way back when he was on “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.” To…
Also on Sunday: ‘American Music Awards’
Perhaps because the music industry has fallen so dramatically, the American Music Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.) aren’t such a big deal either. Traces Ellis Ross hosts, presumably on the basis…