Celebrating ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’
“One hundred years from this day,” Gram Parsons once wrote. “Will the people still feel this way?” Alas, he wouldn’t live to find out. Twenty-two when he wrote it, he…
Tuesday TV: Megan Fox, Archeologist
Not since Melania Trump rocked the Indiana Jones look at the pyramids has there been such a glamorous person adopting the archeologist’s pose. But on the new four-part “Legends of…
Monday TV: ‘Say Her Name: Sandra Bland’
She was an outspoken activist who was going places. Until a Texas officer stopped her for not signaling. She was pulled over, put in jail and thee days later found…
Sunday TV: A Different Martin Story
The Sunday night George R.R. Martin series tonight is not the awaited last season of “Game of Thrones” but an adaptation of his first novella from 1980, which was previously…
Saturday TV: Conference Championships
Conference Championship Weekend means a couple of big games on prime time broadcast TV: Clemson vs. Pittsburgh (ABC, 8 p.m.) in the ACC Championship and Northwestern vs. Ohio State (Fox,…
Friday TV: Christmas Prince Season
Even Netflix is making so many Christmas movies, they’re starting to spawn sequels. “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding” (Netflix, streaming), is a sequel to last year’s “A Christmas Prince”…
Thursday TV: Lighting Up Disney World
At Disney theme parks, they don’t just light trees, they light castles. That’s a big part of the special “The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration” (ABC, 9 p.m.)…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I’ve written for other outlets in the last couple of months: Exploring the most extensive exhibit yet of Bill Traylor, who painted about life in…
Wednesday TV: Switching on the Lights
They could just flick a switch and be done with it, but lighting the 72-foot-tall Norway spruce during the 86th Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center (NBC, 8 p.m.) comes with…
Tuesday TV: Hasan Minhaj’s Other Gig
Before he became a big streaming star with his "Patriot Act" (Netflix, streaming), Hasan Minhaj was a member of a sketch comedy group with Asif Ali, Aristotle Athiras and Fahim…