Tuesday TV: How Big Oil Thwarted Action
A sprawling and deeply-researched new three-part report on “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) concentrates on the fossil fuel industry and their efforts to bury proof of its role…
Capital Radio, 4-18-22: Taxes, Running
Tax Day meant songs about the nation's least favorite occasion, from the Beatles, Charley Patton, Sharon Jones, Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Paycheck, among others. Then a meditation on money itself,…
Monday TV: ‘Better Call Saul’ Comes Back
Top-notch TV returns with the sixth and final season of “Better Call Saul” (AMC, 9 p.m.), the prequel which will have to connect with the start of “Breaking Bad.” Already…
Sunday TV: ‘The First Lady’ on Showtime
The latest series to make a drama out of history by using interesting casting, “The First Lady” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) is at least partly successful. Mostly it’s in the parts…
Saturday TV: USFL Bows, NBA Playoffs
There’s a new football league in town the USFL begins its initial 10-week season with New Jersey at Birmingham (Fox, NBC, 7:30 p.m.), bizarrely simulcast on two broadcast networks. The…
Santana, Making That Note Sing at 74
There is something about the serenity and tone of Carlos Santana that keeps him soaring, more than a half century after the world ignited from the Latin fire he brought…
Friday TV: Netflix’ ‘Anatomy of a Scandal’
The new six-episode series “Anatomy of a Scandal” (Netflix, streaming) boasts a handsome cast, with Rupert Friend and Sienna White as a Parliament minister and his wife trying to survive…
Thursday TV: Craig Robinson is ‘Killing It’
Two new comedies premiere on streaming services tonight. The best of them is “Killing It” (Peacock, streaming) has Craig Robinson as a guy who decides to become a snake hunter…
Wednesday TV: Nature Host Looks Familiar
A new, lavish-looking nature series, with previously unseen creatures, slo-mo action, tough transitions and crisp photography features a host of some renown, Barack Obama presents “Our Great National Parks” (Netflix,…
Tuesday TV: ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’
Hugh Laurie wrote, directed and produced a new mystery series based on a 1934 Agatha Christie work, “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” (BritBox, streaming) stars Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton…