Wednesday: Disney Gets French Accent
The first French-language offering on the streaming service, “Parallels” (Disney+, streaming) is a six-episode drama about four teens on the French-Swiss border whose lives are splintered by a mysterious event…
Poguetry in Motion Back at the Black Cat
The Pogues and St. Patrick’s Day were always a natural combination to be celebrated by the Irish from any background. Many are the fans who clamored to see the Irish…
Tuesday TV: More Awards for Musicians
LL Cool J hosts the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards (Fox, 8 p.m.) live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Jennifer Lopez will get an Icon Award and performances are…
Capital Radio, 3/21: Cherry Blossom Time
In Washington, the first day of spring unexpectedly coincided with peak cherry blossom bloom — 10 days ahead of schedule. We can’t take credit for that, of course, but hope…
Monday TV: Whose State Song is Better?
As popular as it is worldwide, the Eurovision Song Contest never got to American network TV, or even cable. Someone could just bring that competition here (and may still). Until…
Sunday TV: New ‘Before We Die’ on PBS
Lesley Sharp stars as Detective Inspector Hannah Laing investigating the murder of a colleague in the UK import “Before We Die” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings), adapted from a…
Saturday TV: ‘Saints’ Comes Home to HBO
First released last October, the “Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark” (HBO, 8 p.m.) finally makes its premium cable debut on the network of the original series, with James…
Friday TV: Amy Schumer in ‘Life & Beth’
Amy Schumer finally has a property that best shows off her comic persona by writing, producing and starring in “Life & Beth” (Hulu, streaming) about a woman who breaks up…
Thursday TV: Funny ‘Welcome to Flatch’
A bright new comedy from Paul Feig, “Welcome to Flatch” (Fox, 9:30 p.m.), concerns the minor doings of a small Ohio town as is revealed by a documentary crew. Based…
Wednesday: The Saga of the ‘Bad Vegan’
“Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.” (Netflix streaming) follows the story of Sarma Melingailis, once a New York queen of vegan cuisine, who fell under the spell of a con man,…