Friday TV: Second Season of ‘Goliath’
The downside of the TV glut is overlooking some great series. One prime example is “Goliath” (Amazon, streaming), the well-wrought legal drama from David E. Kelley and Jonathan Shapiro starring…
Thursday TV: The World Cup Begins
Clear your schedule for a month and fire up the vuvuzela: The 2018 FIFA World Cup begins in Moscow, an odd location since Russia was banned from the Winter Olympics…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some pieces I’ve written elsewhere in the last couple of months: A little thing for the Washington Post Express about the choreography of the new musical on the…
TV: Fresh Hell from Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay has hosted some 15 or so shows in the past decade - and a handful of them are still running on Fox, such as “MasterChef” (Fox, 8 p.m.).…
Belle and Sebastian at The Anthem
Belle and Sebastian’s current tour is a movable feast, where substantially different set lists are conjured each night, whole sections of musicians are added and subtracted, and the fun being…
Tuesday TV: The Word from Death Row
True crime has been getting better and better, largely on streaming sites. But recent weeks have seen the premiere of “The Wrong Man” on Showtime and now “The Last Defense”…
Amadou & Miriam at the Birchmere
One might think that the whole of the Washington D.C./Maryland/Virginia metro area were clad in red and glued to what would be the winning game in the Stanley Cup Finals…
Monday TV: Reconsidering Prohibition
The cheesy re-enactments emphasize the flappers, speakeasies, bootleggers and G-men, but the new two-part “Drinks, Crime and Prohibition” (Smithsonian, 8 p.m.) also brings out some interesting aspects about the 13…
Celebrating Tony, Recalling Anthony
Bruce Springsteen sings on the 72nd Annual Tony Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.), where he’s been responsible for helping create a successful season on Broadway (though his show will only win…
Saturday TV: Aiding the Lame Pachyderm
The Dodo, the website that often goes viral with all those feel-good videos of people helping animals comes to TV with “Dodo Heroes” (Animal Planet, 9 p.m.) with more such…