Aretha Franklin’s ‘Amazing Grace’
Here's something I wrote in May, 1999, upon the reissue of the 1972 "Amazing Grace" album by Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday at 76. It should have been the…
Friday TV: Groenig’s New ‘Disenchantment’
As father of the longest running scripted prime time TV show, ’The Simpsons,” Matt Groenig has also lent his sensibility to “Futurama,” which lasted seven seasons all told. Now he…
Remembering Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018
The decline and hospice of Aretha Franklin over the past days still didn’t prepare for the loss of her death Thursday at 76. For decades the undisputed Queen of Soul,…
Thursday TV: ‘Strange Angel’ Finale
One of the most unusual shows from a network — and the only original series on CBS All Access not tied to a previous franchise — “Strange Angel” (CBS All…
Wednesday TV: A&E’s ‘Raising Tourette’s’
Relaxed language standards on late night cable may be just the thing for the new series “Raising Tourette’s” (A&E, 10 p.m.), which follows a group of teens thus diagnosed. It…
Tuesday TV: Lupe Vélez All Day
Turner Classic Movies spotlights the Mexican femme fatale Lupe Vélez all day in “Where East is East” (6 a.m.), “The Squaw Man” (7:15 a.m.), “Kongo” (9:15 a.m.), “Mexican Spitfire” (10:45…
Monday TV: A Deeper Look at Iran
The first of a two night “Frontline” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) looks at the efforts of the Dutch New York Times correspondent Thomas Erdbrink to find a more…
Sunday TV: The Other TCAs, ‘Insecure’
What many of us think is TCA means something very different to the youth interested in the Teen Choice Awards (Fox, 8 p.m.). Khalid, Megan Trainor, Evvie McKinney, Bebe Rexha…
Saturday TV: Live Fast, Die Furious
The actor best known for his role as Brian O'Conner in "The Fast and the Furious" series, and died at 40 in 2013 while shooting the seventh version is subject…
TCA: The Small Presence of the Big Three
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — You’d hardly know today that the the TV Critics Association and its press tours were built around what was once known as the Big Three networks.…