Capital Radio 5-19-25: Pete Townshend Turns 80
Pete Townshend turned 80, Grace Jones is 77 and Paul Brady, 78. All were honored on Capital radio as well as other music figures born this day, from Joey Ramone…
Monday TV: Inventing Instant Photography
Public television has a couple of documentaries tonight from the world of photography. First, “American Experience” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) profiles scientist Edwin Land, above, who invented the…
Sunday TV: New Network for Tucci in Italy
Stanley Tucci continues to have one of the best Sunday night gigs in TV — traveling around Italy and tasting the cuisine. Except now he’s doing it for a different…
Saturday TV: Eurovision Song Contest Finals
It’s the biggest televised cultural event in (most of) the world. The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest (Peacock, 3 p.m.) runs live from Basel, Switzerland with more fussy performances involving pyrotechnics…
Friday TV: Dutch Comedy ‘Football Parents’
One thing you can say about Netflix — it’s one streamer that really keeps abreast of international titles, with three new series from afar starting tonight. From the Netherlands comes…
Thursday TV: Here’s Wrexham, Back on the Pitch
The sports documentary series “Welcome to Wrexham” (FX, 10 p.m.) begins its fourth season with the Welch team, owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, continues to advance, against all…
Wednesday TV: Manhunt for Osama bin Laden
The “American Manhunt” team that were previously behind compelling true crime documentary series on O.J. Simpson and the Boston Marathon Bombers turns to one of the most targeted manhunts this…
Tuesday TV: Getting Around to Honoring Joan
Odd timing to have a tribute special 11 years after the passing of the comedienne. And the title is a little off too. But here’s “Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny…
Capital Radio 5-12-25: Smoke for a Chicagoan
That odd, outmoded way of signaling via smokestack, came alive last week in the announcement from Vatican City. That its new occupant was from Chicago promoted songs about that toddlin’…
Monday TV: Political Intrigue in the Philippines
The first Philippine submission of a documentary to the Academy Awards, “And So It Begins” makes its debut on “Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings). It’s director Ramona…