Wednesday TV: ‘The Big Door Prize’ Returns
“The Big Door Prize” (Apple TV+, streaming) returns for a second season. The sci-fi comedy starring Chris O’Dowd is set in a small town, where a machine that appears in…
Tuesday TV: Dulé Hill Explores the Arts
The actor visits with creative people of all types in the new series “The Express Way with Dulé Hill” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), starting in California with a…
Capital Radio 4-22-24: Ramblin’ Man’s Legacy
We began Capital Radio with nearly 90 minutes of music from Dickey Betts, one of the last living members of The Allman Brothers Band, who died last week at 80,…
Monday TV: Love Canal Disaster Recalled
Your Earth Day cautionary tale is Love Canal, one of the biggest environmental and public health disasters in U.S. history. The case, which led to the formation of the federal…
Sunday TV: Robert Durst Goes on Trial
Its first run nearly a decade ago concluded with a shocking confession and helped kickstart the explosion of true crime documentary series. “The Jinx - Part Two” (HBO, 10 p.m.)…
Saturday TV: ‘Predator v Prey,’ Plus Playoffs
It’s not “Alien vs. Predator” but “Predator v. Prey” (BBC America, 8 p.m.), a new nature series series that follows lions, wolves and crocodiles going after bison, wildebeest and elephants…
Friday TV; Paying Tribute to Chet Atkins
The work of guitarist Chet Atkins is celebrated in a documentary “We Still Can’t Say Goodbye” (CMT, 10 pm.), about the making of a tribute album honoring the late musician.…
Thursday TV: Familiar Faces in Family Farce
There are quite a lot of reliable comic names operating in the new sitcom “Dinner with the Parents” (Amazon FreeVee, streaming) starting with the parents, Michaela Watkins and Dan Bakkendahl.…
Wednesday TV: Lily Gladstone in New Series
Fresh from her acclaim (and Golden Globe), Lily Gladstone stars in the new limited series “Under the Bridge” (Hulu, streaming) as a police officer investigating the disappearance of a teenage…
Tuesday: HBO Doc on Oklahoma City Bombing
The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 has previously been connected to Ruby Ridge and Waco (where Timothy McVeigh was passing out anti-government pamphlets). But the new documentary “An…