Friday TV: The Undoing of Prince Andrew
Like “She Said,” the journalism movie that showed how Harvey Weinstein was taken down, the new film “Scoop” (Netflix, streaming) takes an equally serious look at how Prince Andrew’s disastrous BBC…
Thursday TV: Another Mr. ‘Ripley’
Tom Ripley, the charming con man, may have been best known from the 1999 film “The Talented Mr. Ripley” with Matt Damon and Jude Law. But novelist Patricia Highsmith wrote…
Wednesday TV: From Canada, ‘Sight Unseen’
The latest procedural import from Canada concerns a legally blind detective who hires a professional seeing-eye guide who is also an agoraphobe, so has to give assistance through an app…
Tuesday TV: How Caesar Became a Dictator
The fall of ancient Rome’s democracy, which occurred in 16 years, is tracked in the new historical miniseries “Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local…
Capital Radio 4-1-24: April and All Its Fools
The new month brings songs of April, from Deep Purple to Simon & Garfunkel. Then April Fool’s Day songs from Patti Smith to Rufus Wainwright. Then all manner of songs…
Monday TV: Beyonce Gets a iHeartMusic Award
Just after breaking streaming records with her new album “Cowboy Carter,” Beyonce I’ll receive a special Innovator Award at the 11th annual iHeartRadio Music Awards (Fox, 8 p.m.), as will…
Sunday TV: Giancarlo Esposito in ‘Parish’
Giancarlo Esposito, who played Gus Fring in “Breaking Bad,” stars in a new series with a similar premise — a man needing money who gets involved in something he might…
Saturday TV: It’s ‘Ten Commandments’ Time
Charlton Heston returns to part the Red Sea in the annual telecast of “The Ten Commandments” (ABC, 7 p.m.), a Biblical epic so fraught with ads you might think it’s…
Friday TV: Here Comes ‘Renegade Nell’
The latest series from “Happy Valley” creator Sally Wainwright concerns a young woman in 18th century England who, framed for murder, suddenly becomes the notorious outlaw “Renegade Nell” (Disney+, streaming).…
Thursday TV: ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’
Joey King stars in a miniseries about a Jewish family in Poland trying to reunite after being separated in World War II. “We Were the Lucky Ones” (Hulu, streaming) is…