Rock Review: Morrissey at The Anthem
It wasn’t until the encore that fans finally tried to get on stage and embrace their hero Morrissey at the Anthem in D.C.. There was no way they were going…
Monday TV: Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Ben Bradlee may be most famous as the Jason Robards stand in during the Watergate drama, but as the family-produced “The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee” (HBO,…
Sunday: ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ Turns 50
It could have been the high water mark for TV comedy variety shows when “The Carol Burnett Show” began its run half a century ago this fall. Some of the…
Saturday: Who’s Afraid of Michelle Wolf?
One of the smartest and funniest correspondents on “The Daily Show” is Michelle Wolf. As good as she is in those five minute bits, can she sustain an hour standup…
Friday TV: Many New Streaming Things
From Germany and dubbed comes the series “Dark” (Netflix, streaming), a supernatural thriller about a death of a boy near the caves not far from a nuclear power plant that…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some recent pieces I've written elsewhere: A story for the Washington Post on the pioneering light artist Thomas Wilfred at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. A piece for…
Thursday TV: Original Charlie Brown Tree
The first, and best, Peanuts special is back for its first holiday run at the end of November: “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (ABC, 8 p.m.). It’s paired with a theme…
‘Mrs. Maisel’ Begins Marvelously
The pilot episode for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon, streaming) is so fresh and entertaining, I almost started tearing up my (premature, yet due tomorrow) Year End Top 10 list.…
Also Wednesday: Awkward Tree Lighting
Scratch one “Today” show host from the ill-timed annual “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” (NBC, 8 p.m.). Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker will still be there to assist in…
Tuesday TV: ‘Drunk History Christmas’
Here’s one holiday special I can get behind: the “Drunk History Christmas Special” (Comedy Central, 10 p.m.) in which Rich Fulcher drinks and tells the tale of how Christmas trees…