Friday TV: ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’
Twenty three years after the original “Chicken Run,” here’s a return of the stop-motion flock in the feature “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (Netflix, streaming). I guess it takes…
Thursday TV: Final Episodes of ‘The Crown’
Queen Elizabeth apparently does not die in the series finale of the solid series about her life “The Crown” (Netflix, streaming). But the final six episodes, being made available today…
Wednesday TV: Four from Paddy Chayefsky
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” bellowed the fictional news anchor in the 1976 film “Network” (TCM, 8 p.m.), a movie that seemed far…
Tuesday TV: Our Many Connections with Trees
The intersection of humans and trees is explored in Irene Taylor’s new documentary “Trees and Other Entanglements” (HBO, 10 p.m.). “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) looks into the…
Capital Radio 12-11-23: Fairytale of Shane
Things don't always go right when you pre-record a show. Sometimes, last week's show repeats by mistake, which it did today. And as happy as I was with that show,…
Monday TV: Barry Manilow’s Christmas Special
From the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino in Las Vegas comes “Barry Manilow’s A Very Barry Christmas” (NBC, 10 p.m.), in which he’ll sing Christmas standards as well as…
Sunday TV: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Celebration
DJ Jazzy Jeff reunites with the Fresh Prince (above) and old school acts from Arrested Development and Cypress Hill to De La Soul and Three 6 Mafia take part in “A…
Saturday TV: Heisman Winners, Then and Now
There’s just one Division 1 college football game today — Army vs. Navy (CBS, 3 p.m.), but there is the Heisman Trophy Presentation (ESPN, 8 p.m.) — a storied prize…
Friday TV: Supposedly, Mr. Monk’s Last Case
They’re promising a lot in the title of a feature treatment of the beloved OCD detective, “Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A ‘Monk’ Movie” (Peacock, streaming), as Tony Shalhoub relives his…
Thursday TV: Archie Comics Go Bollywood
All the characters of Archie Comics, including Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie and the gang are recreated in 1960s India in the new Bollywood film “The Archies” (Netflix, streaming). It can’t…