Monday TV: In ‘America’s National Parks’
The splendor of “America’s National Parks” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.) and its wildlife are the focus of the new five-part nature series. Garth Brooks is narrator but First Lady Jill…
Sunday TV: 2022 MTV Video Music Awards
Nicki Minaj, L.L. Cool J and Jack Harlow share hosting duties at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, 8 p.m.). Minaj and Red Hot Chili Peppers will also receive…
Saturday TV: College Football in Dublin
College football gets underway with Nebraska vs. Northwestern (Fox, 12:30 p.m.) — in Ireland of all places. Well, people will be less likely be struck by heat exhaustion there. Other…
Music: The Decemberists at Wolf Trap
The Decemberists, the charming chamber folk-rock band from out of Portlandia, became famous for live performances as elaborate and detailed as their ornate songs, staging obscure battles or sea scenes…
Friday TV: Hollywood Goes Streaming
A couple new movies come to streaming services that may you think whether they’d ever have been able to be released in theaters. One is “Me Time” (Netflix, streaming) with…
Thursday TV: Unauthorized Tyson Tales
Trevante Rhodes is a bit intimidating in the title role of the eight-episode limited series “Mike” (Hulu, streaming), about the boxer Mike Tyson. But he might be looking over his…
Wednesday TV: Buying Their Own Team
Destined to be called “the real life Ted Lasso,” the warm reality series “Welcome to Wrexham” (FX, 10 p.m.) chronicles the purchase of a struggling soccer club in Wales by…
Tuesday TV: ‘Cinderella’ Cast Reunites
Groundbreaking in its day, the 1997 TV film “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” (ABC, 8 p.m.) with Brandy in the title role and Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother, gets a…
Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe at Wolf Trap
It’s gratifying to have any Elvis Costello concert come around, after two years of pandemic postponements. But the one that finally took the stage at Wolf Trap in Virginia last…
Capital Radio 8-22-22: Elvis to WattStax
Recent D.C. shows by Elvis Costello with Nick Lowe and the Los Straightjackets, and by Blondie with The Damned dominated a chunk of the show. There were birthdays to note…