Wednesday TV: Joe Exotic and the Gang
Joe Exotic is in jail and Carole Baskin won’t cooperate, but there are enough other oddballs in the private zoo wild kingdom to fill the new sequel, “Tiger King 2”…
Tuesday TV: Surviving the Refugee Crisis
Megan Mylan, director of “Lost Boys of Sudan” and “Smile Pinki,” returns with the new documentary “Simple as Water” (HBO, 9 p.m.) following the journey of four refugee families from…
Playlist: Radio Soft Opening 11/15/21
For the first time since February 2017, I was back playing music on the radio this afternoon, for the soft opening of a new show on internet radio. Capital Radio…
Monday TV: The News From Storm Lake
At a time when it seems local newspapers are in dire straits, it’s heartening to see the work going on in a small northern Iowa town, where the local biweekly…
Sunday TV: ‘Mayor of Kingstown,’ Adele
The gritty new drama “Mayor of Kingstown” (Paramount+, streaming) is set in a small town in Michigan where the prison is the big employer and a trio of brothers seem…
Saturday TV: Carole Baskin Returns
In advance of “Tiger King 2,” coming next week, here’s the two-part “Carole Baskin’s Cage Fight” (Discovery+, streaming) about the efforts of the colorful animal lover (and current owner of…
Disney+ Day Marks Second Anniversary
The second anniversary of the big streaming service is celebrated on Disney+ Day, on which recent big movies like Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Jungle…
Also on Friday: ‘The Shrink Next Door’
The newly designated Sexiest Man Alive Paul Rudd teams up with Will Ferrell in the new dark comedy “The Shrink Next Door” (Apple TV+, streaming), based on the podcast about…
Thursday TV: Can’t Keep ‘The Game’ Down
After three seasons on the CW, and another six on BET, the sports sitcom “The Game” (Paramount+, streaming) has a new life on a third location. Once a spinoff of…
Chuck Prophet: Back Rockin’ the Strip Mall
Chuck Prophet is always cheery and maybe a little goofy on stage. But Sunday at Jammin’ Java out in Vienna, Va., he seemed cheerier than usual. “I don’t know if…