Saturday: Pope’s Funeral, White House Dinner
It’s very likely you may have already missed The Funeral of Pope Francis (ABC, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, 4 a.m.) that began so early this morning our time, from St. Peter’s Square…
Friday TV: The Big City Ballet Comedy, ‘Etoile’
Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino of “Gilmore Girls” and “The marvelous Mrs. Maisel” fame, return to their love for ballet that fueled the one season “Bunheads.” In "Etoile” (Prime Video,…
Thursday TV: A Whole Night of the NFL Draft
The first round of the NFL Draft (ABC, 8 p.m.) gets a full night of primetime broadcast TV — and runs all the way to 11:30 p.m. It will stretch…
Wednesday TV: ‘The Conners’ Call It Quits
What began in the 80s as “Roseanne” now ends for good as “The Conners” (ABC, 8 p.m.) has its series finale after seven seasons ("Roseanne" ran for 10). John Goodman,…
Tuesday TV: Simon Schama on The Holocaust
Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the esteemed historian takes a personal look at the genocide in “Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local…
Capital Radio 4-21-25: Egg Rolls and The Pope
The papal death this morning led to a hastily organized opening set spotlighting the pope in pop from artists that included Prince, Donovan, Joe Pernice and Pope Francis himself, from…
Monday TV: Have Pangolin Will Travel
The co-director of the documentary “My Octopus Teacher” returns with a film about a different creature. “Pangolin: Lulu’s Journey” (Netflix, streaming) concerns a man’s effort to save one of the…
Sunday TV: Nathan Fielder’s ‘The Rehearsal’
There’s never been anything quite like Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.), which like his previous “Nathan for You” begins as a comedy experiment aimed to help (apparently) real…
Saturday TV: NBA, NHL Playoffs Both Start
Two major sports begin their long, long playoff runs. The NBA Playoffs begins first round play with Milwaukee at Indiana (ESPN, 1 p.m.), Clippers at Denver (ESPN, 3:30 p.m.), Detroit…
Friday TV: Oklahoma Bombing, 30 Years Ago
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the nation’s worst case of domestic terrorism that killed 168, here’s a documentary from Greg Tillman, “Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror” (Netflix,…