Sunday TV: The First Oscars Before Sundown
Holding The 96th Academy Awards (ABC, 7 p.m.) earlier than usual on a day when Daylight Savings Time starts mean the sun won’t even be down by the time Jimmy…
Uplifting the Barrooms: ‘The Reverend’
Vince Anderson enters the modest stage in robes and long beard, striking the image of Dr. John working magic in music through a keyboard, a growly soulful voice and a…
Saturday TV: The 30th Day of Oscars
Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscar reaches Day 30 with more best picture nominees and winners with “The Champ” (7:30 a.m.), “Top Hat” (9 a.m.), “The Maltese Falcon” (11…
Friday TV: Millie Bobby Brown is the ‘Damsel’
Millie Bobby Brown stars in the new film “Damsel” (Netflix, streaming), in which she meets a Prince Charming, who puts her in a cave where she has to fight a…
Thursday TV: State of the Union Everywhere
Joe Biden gives his third State of the Union Address (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, 9 p.m.) before a joint session of Congress to make a case for…
Wednesday TV: Italy’s Biggest Porn Star
Netflix gets explicit with its latest Italian import — a seven-part drama about the prolific adult film star Rocco Siffredi, who made 1,300 adult films before his retirement. “Supersex” (Netflix,…
Tuesday: Inside the ‘Troubled Teen’ Industry
In the realm of cult documentary series, add the three-episode “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping” (Netflix, streaming) to the sub-section of them that expose the rise of abusive "tough…
Capital Radio 3-4-24: March to Super Tuesday
Songs of March and coming in like a lion were part of Capital Radio, as were songs that responded to the day's stated command: March Forth. Then it was time…
Monday TV: Women Only Nature Films
It’s a step forward that all the filmmakers involved in the new wildlife nature series “Queens” (National Geographic, 8 p.m.) are women. But having all the animal subjects of the…
Sunday TV: Kate Winslet in HBO’s ‘The Regime’
Kate Winslet is very good as a rather addled, paranoid Eastern European leader in the political satire “The Regime” (HBO, 9 p.m.). It's from Will Tracy, a former writer for…