Capital Radio, Memorial Day and Tina
How to encapsulate all that was Tina Turner? Her death last week at 83 left us with a wealth of music over a number of decades, rising in the abusive…
Monday TV: Reality Winner’s Interrogation
Reality winners may be common on TV, but this Reality Winner is the 25-year-old former Air Force intelligence specialist who leaked a report showing Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S.…
Sunday TV: The Big ‘Succession’ Finale
One of the great current series, “Succession” (HBO, 9 p.m.) ends tonight in a highly anticipated 90-minute series finale that will once and for all answer the question posed in…
Saturday TV: Sarah Silverman Stand-Up
The sharp comedian returns with her first standup special for the network in a decade, “Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love” (HBO, 10:15 p.m.), filmed at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston.…
Friday TV: HBO’s ‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’
The life and work of the iconic TV actress who was a key component to two classic shows is explored on the documentary “Being Mary Tyler Moore” (HBO, 8 p.m.). …
Thursday TV: Schwarzenegger’s Return
Following Sylvester Stallone and Kevin Costner, Arnold Schwarzenegger is the latest 80s box-office star to make his debut in a TV series. His “FUBAR” (Netflix, streaming), in fact, is almost…
Wednesday: Rogen and Byrne’s ‘Platonic’
The future of Hollywood (if the writers strike ends) may be the wholesale shift of movies to streaming series. Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne have made a number of agreeable…
Tuesday TV: Max Debuts with Gremlins
Today’s the day the streaming service HBO Max sheds the most creative half of its name to become just Max (inadvertently preserving the legacy of the lesser sister network Cinemax).…
TV Eye Takes a Break
Taking a little vacation from the blog for a couple of weeks. So I'll guess I'll miss all the season finales. You'll have to tell me what I missed. Be…
Capital Radio 5-8-23: Kings and All That
Began with the work of Gordon Lightfoot, the ace Canadian singer-songwriter who died a week ago at 84. We first hear his songs as interpreted by no less than Bob…