Tuesday TV: Alice Returns as a Baker
Disney repurposes one of its oldest properties in the animated preschool series “Alice’s Wonderland Bakery” (Disney and Disney Junior, 10:30 a.m.) with he voices of Bobby Moynihan, Craig Ferguson, Ana…
Tuesday TV: The Story of Marian Anderson
After national and international tours, the American contralto Marian Anderson was much in demand. But when the snobbish Daughters of the American Revolution also proved to be racist, refusing to…
Capital Radio Playlist, 2-7-22
An early February day began with the installation of the Artist Calls the Song, from the Clash (choosing Sam the Sam) and Arthur Conley (presenting a handful of sweet soul…
Monday TV: The Story Behind Blue Jeans
There must be a reason so many of us wear jeans every day; so the history of denim is explored on a new “American Experience” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local…
Sunday TV: The Passion of Jamie Raskin
Rep. Jamie Raskin’s difficult 2021 began with burying his son the day before Jan. 6, when he and other members of his family were threatened by the violent insurrection., an…
Saturday TV: Hockey’s All-Star Game
Hockey has its All-Star Game (ABC, 3 p.m.) from Las Vegas. With the Olympics officially opening, there is all manner of events including Alpine skiing (NBC, 8 p.m.), cross country…
Friday TV: Less Crowded Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (NBC, 6:30 a.m.; 8 p.m.) won’t have quite as many people involved as were in the 2008 winter event from Beijing, but it will be…
Thursday TV: Welcome to ‘Murderville’
The latest procedural crime comedy “Murderville” (Netflix, streaming) stars Will Arnett as a detective who is joined each episode by partnering guest star who doesn’t quite know what’s going on,…
Wednesday TV: All About ‘Pam & Tommy’
They represented kind of a low in American culture in 1995: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson. Then the sex tape of their honeymoon helped expand…
Tuesday TV: Lee Speaking Truth to Power
The antiwar congresswoman from California who cast the only vote against the authorization of use of force following 9/11, is profiled in the documentary “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power”…