Capital Radio, 8-7-23: Nuclear Fallout
Started this week's show with a salute to Paul Reubens who died a week ago at 70 and played a few tracks performed at shows I saw last week —…
Monday TV: ‘Ugliest House in America’ Trip
Retta of “Parks and Rec” and “Good Girls” fame hosts the new spin-off “Ugliest House in America: Summer Road Trip” ((HGTV, 8 p.m.), a new six- episode series in which…
Sunday TV: ‘Winning Time’ Returns to HBO
Not always factually reliable, “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” (HBO, 9 p.m.) was always entertaining in its first season. It returns tonight as the action moves to…
Saturday TV: Cooking Battles from Canada
The CW was originally named for the studios that joined forces to create it — CBS and Warner Bros. Now, the letters might as well stand for Canadian Works, as…
Friday Morning Rock, 8-4-23: Obama’s List
It was the final pop-up fill-in for The Allison Transmission, which will be thankfully returning to its regular 10 a.m. slot on Monday. And we had a lot of birthdays…
Friday TV: ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’
Sigourney Weaver stars as a controlling grandmother in rural Australia in the new series “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” (Prime Video, streaming). Alyla Browne plays the young Alice; Alycia…
Thursday TV: Preseason Football Already
Too early for football? You bet. But here’s the Jets vs. Cleveland (NBC, 8 p.m.) in the preseason Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. “FBoy Island” (CW, 9 p.m.)…
Wednesday TV: ‘Big Brother’ Back for 25th
“Big Brother” (CBS, 8 p.m.) begins its 25th season at a time when there’s fewer scripted shows (and actors) available to fill air time. The 90 minute premiere will feature…
Tuesday TV: How Mixtapes Moved Hip-Hop
In the summer designated as the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the documentary “Mixtape” (Paramount+, streaming) concentrates on a new way the music got around, being sold out of the trunks…