Wednesday TV: Baby Groot Gets a Show
Soon, every Marvel character will have its own show, no matter how minor. It happens today to Groot, the tree-like character from “Guardians of the Galaxy” and other Marvel movies…
Tuesday TV: ‘Password’ Resurrected Again
After 1,756 episodes on CBS in the 1960s and 1,099 episodes on ABC in the 1970s, NBC takes a shot at “Password” (NBC, 10 p.m.) in a revamped series hosted…
Capital Radio 8-8-22: Tunes 50 Years Back
Awash in nostalgia while preparing for a 50th high school reunion this weekend, the music of 1972 dominated the show — songs from the first half of the year mostly,…
Monday TV: New Leadership in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s 2018 general election — its first since the 30-year reign of Robert Mugabe, who resigned after a coup d’etat — is chronicled in Camilla Nielsson’s documentary “President,” making its…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I've written recently: A story on the Robson Family collection of self-taught art for SmithsonianMagazine.com.A few things about Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in conjunction…
Sunday TV: New Doc Series on The Stones
A new four-part documentary series from the BBC, “My Life as a Rolling Stone” (Epix, 9 p.m.) chronicles the long-running rock ’n’ roll band, marking its 60th anniversary on tour,…
‘Abbott Elementary’ Sweeps TCA Awards
In yet another awards show in pandemic exile, the TV Critics Association honored one of the newest comedies around on Saturday and one of the oldest. First season ABC comedy…
Saturday: ‘Licorice Pizza,’ ‘Belfast’ to Cable
Two big films that look back at old eras make their cable premiere at long last — Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” (Epix, 9 p.m.), set in the ‘70s, and…
Friday TV: Lassiter Returns With Any ‘Luck’
John Lasseter’s first film since being forced out at Pixar is “Luck” (AppleTV+, streaming) a fast-moving animated feature about a previously unlucky girl who lands in the Land of Luck…
Thursday TV: A Couple of Familiar Faces
Returning back to TV and slightly renamed, “Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-head” (Paramount+, streaming) brings back the cartoon goofballs, commenting on 21at century pop culture and celebrating, one imagines, fire.…