Tuesday TV: Long and Short Term Love
Longterm couples in the African-American community tell the secrets of their longevity on the new series “Black Love” (OWN, 10 p.m.). And for short termers, there’s always “Bachelor of Paradise”…
Shelby Lynne, Allison Moore Team Up
It's a bit of a head scratcher why it hasn't been until now that Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer have collaborated together. The sisters have each carved out distinctive careers…
Raising Awareness in ‘Raising Bertie’
Shooting a documentary cinema verite style sometimes means that it doesn’t end up the way you planned. Filmmaker Margaret Byrne went down to rural Bertie County in northeast North Carolina…
Also on Monday: Slim Pickens Indeed
It's true that the last Monday in August would have some slim pickings in terms of TV watching. But on Turner Classic Movies it's a full day of Slim Pickens,…
Greta Van Fleet’s Lil’ Led Zeppelin
Like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Greta Van Fleet was named after a random person in their community with a quirky moniker. The teen band from Frankenmuth, Mich., might have risked getting mixed…
Sunday TV: Dragons Eat Katy Perry
Once, it was the biggest event in the pop world (at least for the day). Today, it pales to a fantasy season finale. Katy Perry hosts the 2017 MTV Video…
Saturday TV: Fists Flying, but No Feet
The big hype tonight is the fish-out-of-water fight between unbeaten boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor (pay-per-view, 9 p.m.), the mixed martial arts hero. The last time anybody tried this, the…
Sheer Mag Rocks the Black Cat
For all of the power and velocity of her screaming-mimi voice, Sheer Mag lead singer Tina Hallaway can be awfully shy on stage. Raging through the band’s headlining show Wednesday…
Friday TV: ‘Disjointed’ Flames Out
Proof that Netflix is ordering more shows than it needs to is the new “Disjointed” (Netflix, streaming), a new Chuck Lorre sitcom starring Kathy Bates as the proprietor of a…
Thursday TV: Elián Gonzalez, All Grown Up
Elián Gonzalez, the 5-year-old boy who, rescued from the sea while en route to the U.S., and famously returned to Cuba in 1999, is now 23 and something of a folk…