Saturday TV: New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, Et al.
Ending the year on a Saturday night means more countdown programming than ever before. The longest-running show also has the longest title: “Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with…
Friday TV: Noah Baumbach’s ‘White Noise’
Really looking forward to Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s brilliant and strangely prophetic 1985 novel “White Noise” (Netflix, streaming) with a cast led by Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig and…
Thursday TV: Doc Martin Calls it Quits
After an 18 year run and 10 seasons, the character of “Doc Martin” (Acorn TV, streaming) is retired with a final Christmas-themed episode. Can the cranky doctor played all these…
Wednesday: 45th Kennedy Center Honors
George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2, Amy Grant and composer Tania León are given The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (CBS, 8 p.m.) in a ceremony taped earlier this month in…
Tuesday TV: When Groucho Met Cavett
One of the great things about “The Dick Cavett Show” was not just the host’s erudition and easy charm, but also his appreciation for the golden age of Hollywood, which,…
Capital Radio 12-26-22: New Year’s Cheer
Started with some Monday morning post-Yule analysis, but the day after Christmas is also known as both Boxing Day and St. Stephen’s Day. Each odd designation was saluted in song…
Monday: ‘His Dark Materials’ Series Finale
The ambitious adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy “His Dark Materials” (HBO, 9 p.m.) reaches its end after three seasons. Its makers had plans for further storytelling, but the network…
Sunday TV: Dahl’s ‘Matilda the Musical’
Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham star in “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” (Netflix, streaming), a new version of the story, with songs. Alisha Weir is in the title role.…
Saturday TV: Gospel Superfest Holiday
Donnie McClurkin, the Sounds of Blackness, Shirley Caesar, Earnest Pugh, Zeke Locke, Bryan Popin, Rizen and Doe are among the performers in the “Gospel Superfest 2022 Holiday Special” (BET, 8…
Movie: ‘The Seasons – Four Love Stories’
To everything there is a season. So say Ecclesiastes, Pete Seeger and the Byrds. And so there is for love, as Paul Schwartz depicts in his modest little film “The…