Capital Radio 1-20-25: Martin Luther King Day
The chill in D.C. — in both the climate and in politics, both temporary — drove us to Mexico this week, so there was a prerecorded show celebrating the big…
Monday TV: The College Football Championship
Yes, it’s a big day. And by that I mean college football’s National Championship Game, which has Ohio State vs. Notre Dame (ESPN, 7 p.m.) from Atlanta. Whether you want…
Sunday TV: Old School TikTok Fallback
No TikTok today? I guess you’re left with “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (ABC, 8 p.m.). Based on a Japanese format, it's now in its 35th season, with the former Carlton Banks,…
Saturday TV: ‘A Different Man’ Debuts on HBO
Sebastian Stan won a Golden Globe earlier this month for his performance as a struggling actor with a disfiguring facial condition who undergoes an experimental treatment that doesn’t go as…
Friday TV: After Three Years, ‘Severance’ Again
Nearly three years after its beguiling first season, the dark workplace series “Severance” (Apple TV+, streaming) finally returns for its second season with all new workplace colleagues Alia Shawkat, Bob…
Thursday TV: ‘Hollywood Squares,’ A Week Late
It was supposed to premiere last week, but the premiere of the rebooted “Hollywood Squares” (CBS, 8 p.m.) was bumped to tonight in consideration of the Los Angeles wildfires. They…
Wednesday TV: An Update on the Stauffers
Of the mommy bloggers who have put their family life on YouTube for viewers and profit, one couple that got the biggest audience were Mike and James Stauffer of Ohio,…
Tuesday TV: Diddy Doc ‘Making of a Bad Boy’
Before his high profile trail on sex trafficking and racketeering charges this spring, here’s “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy” (Peacock, streaming), which will make the rap mogul Sean…
Capital Radio 1-13-25: Soul Man to California
Capital Radio saluted the last Soul Man, Sam Moore, who died Friday at 89, with a handful of hits from Sam & Dave, as well as some of his work…
Monday TV: Going Back to South Dakota
Lakota dancer Delwin Fiddler Jr. returns to his ancestral home to the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe reservation in South Dakota for healing and renewing the family legacy in Jonathan Olshefski…