Monday TV: Domestic ‘State of the Union’
The format is a strange one — ten 10-minute episodes rolling out one a week. But “State of the Union” (Sundance, 10 p.m.), written by Nick Hornby and directed by…
Sunday TV: A Harder ‘Bel-Air,’ and Football
What began as an offhand filmmakers’ joke — making a trailer for “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” as if it were a gritty drama — caught the eye of Will…
Saturday TV: He Can’t Retire From Nature
The knighted naturalist Sir David Attenborough revisited some of his favorite locations over a seven year period he began in his mid-80s. The resulting three-part series, “Attenborough’s Global Adventure” (BBC…
Friday TV: It’s a Rom-Com Overdrive
Days before Valentine’s Day, the weekend begins with a crush of rom-coms. Chief among them, promotion-wise, is “Marry Me” (Peacock, streaming), also making its debuts in theaters today, Jennifer Lopez…
Thursday TV: Bad News About Technology
Technology has chilling consequences in two new titles today. Stephen Soderbergh’s new feature “Kimi” (HBO Max, streaming) is named after a fictional Siri-like device that, like the real device, is…
Tuesday TV: Alice Returns as a Baker
Disney repurposes one of its oldest properties in the animated preschool series “Alice’s Wonderland Bakery” (Disney and Disney Junior, 10:30 a.m.) with he voices of Bobby Moynihan, Craig Ferguson, Ana…
Tuesday TV: The Story of Marian Anderson
After national and international tours, the American contralto Marian Anderson was much in demand. But when the snobbish Daughters of the American Revolution also proved to be racist, refusing to…
Capital Radio Playlist, 2-7-22
An early February day began with the installation of the Artist Calls the Song, from the Clash (choosing Sam the Sam) and Arthur Conley (presenting a handful of sweet soul…
Monday TV: The Story Behind Blue Jeans
There must be a reason so many of us wear jeans every day; so the history of denim is explored on a new “American Experience” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local…
Sunday TV: The Passion of Jamie Raskin
Rep. Jamie Raskin’s difficult 2021 began with burying his son the day before Jan. 6, when he and other members of his family were threatened by the violent insurrection., an…