Wednesday TV: Joe’s First Year in Office
The first year of President Joe Biden’s administration is examined in John Maggie’s new documentary “Year One: A Political Odyssey” (HBO, 9 p.m.). One of TV’s smartest comedies, “Documentary Now!”…
Tuesday TV: The NBA Begins Its Season
The NBA regular season begins with Philadelphia at Boston (TNT, 7:30 p.m.) and Lakers at Golden State (TNT, 10 p.m.). In other notable sports today, baseball’s best-of-seve National League championship…
Capital Radio, 10-17: Dylan’s Playlist
Started with a second Springsteen cover song in as many weeks, a sleek soul hit that references Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson. Went on to salute bassist supreme Pino Palladino,…
Monday TV: Revisiting the NXIVM Cult
There’s already been a couple of documentary series on Keith Raniere’s weird and dangerous NXIVM cult (and I ate up both). So here’s a follow-up of one of them, an…
Sunday TV: ‘Magpie Murders’ on PBS
Lesley Manville stars in the new-six part adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’ “Magpie Murders” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) which is kind of a mystery inside of a mystery. It’s…
Saturday: Double Duty for Fitness Teacher
Jenna Dewan plays a fitness and dance instructor by day who runs a prostitution ring at night in the made-for-TV movie “Let’s Get Physical” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), based on a…
Friday TV: A Salute to Charles Mingus
The centennial year of jazz giant Charles Mingus is celebrated in concert, kicking off a new series “Next at Kennedy Center” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) presenting performances from…
Thursday TV: A Jan. 6 Closing Argument
The most important series of the summer returns for a closing argument in advance of the midterm elections. The House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S.…
Wednesday: A Most Unpopular Dinosaur
The vicious backlash toward a purple dinosaur is explored in the two-part documentary series on the Barney phenomenon of the 1990s, “I Love You, You Hate Me” (Peacock, streaming). Director…
Tuesday TV: A Prequel, ‘The Winchesters’
Ready for another prequel? “Supernatural” is long gone but the new series “The Winchesters” (CW, 8 pm.) concerns the parents of the brothers that old series, when they met in…