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,…
Thursday TV: Schmaltzy ‘Ransom Canyon’
With an eye to the success of modern Westerns like “Yellowstone,” the new “Ransom Canyon” (Netflix, streaming) treads on some of the same prairie ground, adding a heaping serving of…
Wednesday TV: Quirky ‘Government Cheese’
David Oyelowo stars in the quirky new series “Government Cheese” (Apple TV+, streaming), about a convicted burglar newly released from prison who invents a new kind of power drill. Set in…
Tuesday TV: The Comics Art of Art Spiegelman
The career of the cartoonist who rose from underground comix to win a Pulitzer Prize with his heartfelt and personal graphic novel “Maus,” is presented in the splendid documentary “Art…
Capital Radio 4-14-25: Hard Times on Tax Day
The eve of Tax Day brings a number of songs about taxation itself, the nature of money, the fate of the poor and the rich and finally the coming of…