Capital Radio, 12-5: December Calling
Started with a bunch of songs from Christine McVie, who died last week at 79 -- from her work in Fleetwood Mac, solo, under her name Christine Perfect and singing…
Monday TV: ‘His Dark Materials’ Last Words
The inventive “His Dark Materials” (HBO, 9 p.m.) returns for its final season. Before it begins its 23th season Dec. 12, “Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem” (AcornTV, streaming) is…
Sunday TV: ‘George & Tammy’ Miniseries
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain not only portray country music’s George Jones and Tammy Wynette, they also use their own voices to sing their songs like “The Race is On”…
Saturday TV: Keke Palmer, SZA on ‘SNL’
Keke Palmer, whose movies include “Akeelah and the Bee” and “Nope,” hosts the first new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) in three weeks with SZA returning as musical guest.…
Film: Documentary ‘Tiger 24’ Has Teeth
When Warren Pereira began making a documentary film in his native India about a tiger reserve he readily admits, “I don’t know what I was doing.” Of the dominant male…
Friday TV: About Robert Downey the Elder
Robert Downey Jr. helped produce the stylish new film biography about his father, the actor and experimental filmmaker Robert Downey Sr., who made films like “Putney Swope” before he died…
Remembering Christine McVie, 1943-2022
When I interviewed her in 1984, an astounding 38 years ago, she was just on tour on the heels of her solo hit “Got a Hold on Me.” She had…
Thursday TV: Dolly’s Movie About a Special
“Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” (NBC, 8 pm.) may sound like a nolliday variety special, but it’s actually a movie musical about the making of such a special. Along the…
Wednesday TV: ‘Willow’ Becomes a Series
Warwick Davis and Joanne Whalley reprise their roles from the 1988 fantasy flick for the new series that shares the same name, “Willow” (Disney+, streaming) that others introduces a whole…
Tuesday TV: ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’
The documentary “Meet Me in the Bathroom” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) chronicles the New York rock scene of about 20 years ago, when reigning bands included the Strokes, pictured above, as…