Tuesday TV: State of the Union, and Oscar
President Joe Biden delivers his first official State of the Union (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, CNBC, 9 p.m.) to a joint session of Congress at an…
Capital Radio, 2-28-22: Mardi Gras and War
It seemed at first a dichotomy impossible to resolve: The possibility of celebration amid the darkness of world events. But the music of Mardi Gras could also serve as respite…
Monday TV: ‘Better Things’ Final Season
Pamela Adlon adds an extra dash of humanity to the fifth and final season of “Better Things” (FX, 10 p.m.) as she tries to maintain amid the swirl of her…
Sunday TV: Uber Story, ‘Super Pumped’
The first of what will be a lot of new series about pushy tech-world entrepreneurs, “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the cofounder…
Saturday: John Mulaney and LCD on ‘SNL’
It’s a big episode of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 .m.) with John Mulaney returning to host for the fifth time and LCD Soundsystem as musical guest. At 10 there’s…
Friday TV: Some ‘Vikings’ of Another Era
One hundred years after the activity on “Vikings” comes the spinoff “Vikings: Valhalla” (Netflix, streaming) with name brand fighters of the 11th century. Sam Corlett stars as Leif Eriksson, and…
Thursday TV: As If ‘Law & Order’ Never Left
It’s been a decade since the original “Law & Order” (NBC, 8 p.m.) has been on with new episodes, but you’d hardly know it. Spinoffs continue — indeed, both “Law…
Wednesday: Frederick Douglass Speeches
Five actors — Jeffrey Wright, Nicole Behave, Colman Domingo, Jonathan Majors and Denzel Whitaker — read the words of the monumental abolitionist in the special “Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches”…
Tuesday TV: ‘Fannie Lou Hamer’s America’
The fearless Mississippi sharecropper turned human rights activist is profiled in the Black History Month special “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America: An America Reframed Special” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings).…
Capital Radio, President’s Day, 2-21-22
President's Day brings surprisingly few songs about Lincoln or Washington, but two inspired by John Garfield, along with angry songs about Nixon, Reagan and Bush as well as hopeful ones…