Wednesday TV: Brittney Griner Breaks Silence
Sentenced for nine years in Russia jail for a drug charge WNBA star Brittney Griner ended up jailed for four monhs after a prisoner swap. Now she tells her story…
Tuesday TV: Elisabeth Moss Gets Tough
She’s been tough in five season of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” but it’s a little jarring to see Elisabeth Moss as a straight up brawler in the action spy series “The…
Some Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I've written at other places: A review of a fine tribute concert for Leonard Cohen at the Kennedy Center on my Substack. Surveying an exhibition…
Capital Radio, 4-29-24: Duke Ellington’s 125th
D.C. favorite son Duke Ellington was born here 125 years ago today, so we began Capital Radio with a handful of his selections, largely from 90 years ago — about…
Monday TV: ‘The Brokenwood Mysteries’
The New Zealand series “The Brokenwood Mysteries” (Acorn TV, streaming) returns for its 10th anniversary season, investigating murders in a small town on the North Island, starting with the death…
Sunday TV: ‘How Disney Built America’
A new six-part series charts the rise of Walt Disney and his company into a worldwide cultural and entertainment juggernaut, “How Disney Built America” (History, 10 p.m.). It joins the…
Saturday TV: Dark Brandon Returns to Podium
Colin Jost headlines The 2024 White House Correspondents Association Dinner (C-SPAN, CNN, 8 p.m.) from Washington, where the real main event will be when President Biden makes his own stab…
Friday TV: Bon Jovi Tells His Long Story
“Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story” (Hulu, streaming) is not named as a farewell. Indeed, band founder and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi spends most of the four hours…
Also on Friday: Beyoncé’s Turn to Country
“Call Me Country: Beyoncé & Nashville’s Renaissance” (Max, streaming) covers the singer’s recent foray into Nashville and the history of Black artists in country music. Sonic the Hedgehog’s dour sidekick…
Thursday TV: Some Supreme Court Arguments
His other trial, over hush money to an adult star, is not open for live coverage, but today’s case before the Supreme Court (C-SPAN, 10 p.m.) in which Trump lawyers…