Inadvertent interruption
Fully intended to keep up a daily TV Eye while on vacation this week. But I inadvertently left the computer bag at home while packing. It may be a blessing…
Friday TV: Mariska Hargitay on Jayne Mansfield
The very personal feature documentary “My Mom Jane: A Film by Mariska Hargitay” (HBO, 8 p.m.) is quite a remarkable thing. On its surface, it’s a welcome look at misunderstood…
Thursday TV: Three Hours of CMA Fest Highlights
Cody Johnson and Ashley McBryde host CMA Fest 2025 (ABC, 8 p.m.) covering the event that took place during the 52nd annual fan event in Nashville earlier this month. Performers…
Wednesday TV: ‘The Bear’ Returns for Season 4
It’s won Emmys as a comedy, though “The Bear” (Hulu, streaming) has been more compelling as a Windy City restaurant drama. Its success has already drawn top notch guests, which…
Tuesday TV: ‘Ironheart’ Gets Her Own Series
Dominique Thorne reprises her role from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” to lead the new Marvel series “Ironheart” (Disney+, 9 p.m.) about an inventor who returns home to Chicago and meets…
Capital Radio 6-23-25: Sweltering Summertime
We began with a salute to Lou Christie, who died last week at 82. Then it was an onslaught of summer, which itself came a day early this year and…
Monday TV: Amazon Workers Unionize on ‘POV’
The 2020 effort to unionize an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island was made into a documentary by Brett Story and Stephen Maing, “Union,” that gets its TV debut on the…
Sunday TV: Third Season for ‘The Gilded Age’
With recession clouds looming “The Guilded Age” (HBO, 9 p.m.) returns for its third season, with more fantastic costuming and settings, stilted acting, and second-rate “Downton Abbey” plotting. Still, it’s…
Saturday TV: Nickelodeon’s Kid’s Choice Awards
Grammy-winner Tyla hosts the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 (Nickelodeon, MTV2, CMT, 8 p.m.), live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Dalif., awarding favorites in music, television, film and sports…
Friday TV: Janis Ian on ‘American Masters’
Janis Ian wrote her signature “Society’s Child” at 14, had a hit with it a couple of years later, and returned to the charts with another enduring anthem with “At…