Thursday TV: New ‘American Woman’
Alicia Silverstone returns to series TV as a single mom in the 1970s in a series with a title taken from a pop hit in 1970, “American Woman” (Paramount, 10…
Ry Cooder at The Birchmere
The venerable guitarist Ry Cooder took a seat to kick off his "Prodigal Son" tour Monday not because he was weary at 71. No, he said. Sitting in the direct line of…
Wednesday TV: CMT Awards, Bee’s Buzz
It takes a Little Big Town to host the 2018 CMT Music Awards (CMT, 8 p.m.), live from Nashville. Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Jimi Westbrook and Kimberly Schlapman — the…
Japanese Breakfast Headlines at Last
Based in Philly, Japanese Breakfast has played more than a few gigs 140 miles to the south in D.C., opening for a handful of bands before finally getting a headlining…
Tuesday TV: Fifth Season of ‘Younger’
“Younger” (TV Land, 10 p.m.), starting its fifth season, isn’t getting any, uh, less old. As the story continues Liza returns to Empirical to resume business and Charles announces a…
Monday TV: ‘Dietland’ Begins on AMC
Life at magazines for young women can be hell, we have learned from a number of series. The latest comes from Marti Noxon, creator of “UnReal” and “To the Bone.”…
Sunday TV: New ‘Succession,’ ‘Pose’
Brian Cox is more than convincing as a Murdoch-style patriarch who has second thoughts of leaving his huge media company at 80, sending shockwaves through his scheming family in the…
Saturday TV: More Darcy, Hallmark Style
In remaking “Pride and Prejudice” for a Hallmark audience, the 2016 romance “Unleashing Mr. Darcy” (Hallmark 7 p.m.) had the couple in question meet at a dog show (where he…
Friday TV: J.K. Rowling’s Other Hero Series
Tom Burke stars as “C.B. Strike” (Cinemax, 10 p.m.), the grizzled private investigator featured in the detective books J.K. Rowling writes under the pen name Robert Galbraith. The new series…
Thursday TV: Familiar NBA Finals Matchup
For the fourth consecutive year, the NBA Finals have the LeBron James and the Cavaliers against the Steph Curry and the Warriors. But before Cleveland at Golden State (ABC, 9…