Friday TV: Reynolds, Branagh in ‘Mayday’
Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh star in the Cold War drama “Mayday” (Apple TV, streaming) in which a captured Navy pilot befriends an ex-KGB agent to help him survive. Social…
Thursday: ‘Jersey Shore Family Vacation’ Ends
Once a bunch of kids taking advantage of a reality show, the party kids on “Jersey Shore” are now middle aged. Tonight, after 313 episodes and 17 years — nine…
Wednesday TV: Gal Gadot in ‘The Runner’
Gal Gadot runs all over London in the psychological thriller “The Runner” (Prime Video, streaming) that also stars Damian Lewis and Alfred Enoch. Jon Favreau’s spinoff “Star Wars: The Mandalorian…
Tuesday TV: The Saga of Australia’s Raygun
When breakdancing became an Olympic sport in 2020, it was a professor of hip-hop dance who somehow advanced to represent Australia with a performance that captivated the world in Paris…
Capital Radio 8-31-26: Goodbye, Dolly Parton
The end of August isn’t the technical end of summer, but the impending September does seem to emphasize the end of the season, and so it was explored in the…
Monday TV: ‘Arrest the Midwife’ Documentary
Home births are a tradition for Amish and Mennonite communities in rural upstate New York, which also happens to be a healthcare desert. So when it suddenly became illegal, the…
Sunday TV: Honoring Dolly Parton ‘9 to 5’
The legacy of the beloved singer, who, who died last week at 80, is all over prime time, with a screening of her 1980 “9 to 5” (ABC, 7:30 p.m.)…
Saturday TV: College Football from Ireland
The college football has a soft opening with a Saturday that begins with North Carolina vs. TCU (ESPN, noon) from Dublin in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. Stateside, it’s San…
Friday TV: De Niro, Scott in ‘The Whisper Man’
A stellar cast of Robert De Niro, Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton star in the new movie “The Whisper Man” (Netflix, streaming) about a widower who enlists his…
Thursday TV: ‘Big Brother’ Racks Up Its 1,000th
“Big Brother” (CBS, 8 p.m.) marks its 1,000th episode (which can add up if you’re on three times a week for 26 seasons). So in addition to the usual business…