Remembering Chita Rivera, Who Could Do It All
Tony-winning Broadway star and groundbreaking Latina singer and dancer Chita Rivera died Tuesday at 91. Remembered for her trailblazing roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss…
Tuesday TV: The Case Against Donald Trump
“Frontline” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) presents a special 2 1/2 hour documentary looking at the roots of the criminal cases against Donald Trump stemming from his 2020 election…
Capital Radio, 1-29-24: Bass Engine of Motown
We began by remembering Melanie, the Woodstock era chanteuse, but through some different choices — her first single (billed as Mommy), her cover a Rolling Stones tune, and a cover…
Monday TV: How ‘We Are the World’ Was Made
It was 39 years ago this week that scores of pop stars in town for the American Music Awards went to a studio to put together a single for African…
Sunday TV: There’s Football and More Football
There’s no pretending that the biggest thing on TV today won’t be football. Ratings for the divisional contests that got them here last weekend averaged 40 million viewers. And today’s…
Saturday TV: Lil Nas X Opens Up on Tour
The trailblazing hip-hop star prepares for his first headlining tour on the documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” (HBO, 8 p.m.), directed by Carlos López Estrada and Zac Manuel. …
Friday TV: WWII Series ‘Masters of the Air’
From the producers of “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” comes a third series about World War II soldiers, “Masters of the Air” (Apple TV+, streaming). It stars Austin Butler…
Thursday TV: Sophia Vergara is ‘Griselda’
Glamorous comic actress Sofia Vergara turns in a dramatic role as 1970s Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco in the new six-episode limited series “Griselda” (Netflix, streaming), from the team that…
Wednesday TV: ‘A Real Bug’s Life’ Nature Series
It sounds like one of those live action remakes of an animated feature. In the case of “A Real Bug’s Life” (Disney+, streaming), they use the same logo and good…
Tuesday TV: The Rise of American Nazis
It can’t happen here? The German American Bund rose up out of Buffalo in the 1930s to further the Nazi ideas of the Third Reich, spreading to other U.S. cities.…