Tuesday TV: How the GOP Enabled Trump
A sobering two-hour report on “Frontline” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) begins with footage of a string of failed Presidential candidates graciously conceding their races, going back to the…
Capital Radio 9-5: Labor Day Edition
Let’s talk about the working man and the working woman this Labor Day with songs from Big Bill Broonzy and Woody Guthrie to the Replacements, The Clash and the Isley…
Monday TV: Women Behind the Cameras
The courageous work of women photojournalists on the frontline of conflicts worldwide are celebrated in the documentary “No Ordinary Life” (CNN, 10 p.m.), The film by Heather O’Neill follows the…
Sunday TV: The Passion on John McEnroe
As The U.S. Open (ESPN, 11 a.m.; ESPN2, 7 p.m.) reaches the Round of 16, a new documentary looks at one of tennis world’s most colorful competitors, John McEnroe. “McEnroe”…
Saturday TV: A Tribute to Taylor Hawkins
The life of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins who died in March at 50 will be marked with a pair of tribute of concerts this month, the first of which…
Friday TV: Megachurch Mockumentary
Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown star as the heads of a huge Southern Baptist megachurch forced to temporarily close after being rocked by a scandal in “Honk for Jesus,…
Thursday TV: ‘Lord of the Rings’ Prequel
Every big franchise with big sequels eventually gets a big expensive series as well and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” (Amazon Prime, 9 p.m.) is certainly…
Wednesday TV: New UK Thriller ‘I Came By’
Kelly MacDonald, George MacKay and Hugh Bonneville star In the new film “I Came By” (Netflix, streaming), BAFTA award-winning director Babak Anvari (of “Under the Shadow”) presents a story about…
Tuesday TV: Steve Carell vs. ‘The Patient’
Steve Carell has done some serious dramatic roles over the years, but maybe none so dark as the one in “The Patient” (Hulu, streaming), portraying a therapist whose most troublesome…
Capital Radio 8-29: Clap Your Hands
In many way, it’s our first instrument: hand clapping percussion. It’s certainly enlivened a number of great songs over the decades, even as it encouraged to clap along. So played…