Saturday TV: Hockey’s All-Star Game
Hockey has its All-Star Game (ABC, 3 p.m.) from Las Vegas. With the Olympics officially opening, there is all manner of events including Alpine skiing (NBC, 8 p.m.), cross country…
Friday TV: Less Crowded Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (NBC, 6:30 a.m.; 8 p.m.) won’t have quite as many people involved as were in the 2008 winter event from Beijing, but it will be…
Thursday TV: Welcome to ‘Murderville’
The latest procedural crime comedy “Murderville” (Netflix, streaming) stars Will Arnett as a detective who is joined each episode by partnering guest star who doesn’t quite know what’s going on,…
Wednesday TV: All About ‘Pam & Tommy’
They represented kind of a low in American culture in 1995: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson. Then the sex tape of their honeymoon helped expand…
Tuesday TV: Lee Speaking Truth to Power
The antiwar congresswoman from California who cast the only vote against the authorization of use of force following 9/11, is profiled in the documentary “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power”…
Capital Radio Playlist, 1-31-22
The withdrawal of Neil Young and, more recently, Joni Mitchell, from Spotify means internet concerns like CygnusRadio.com are the places you can still readily find their music. I played a…
Monday TV: Remembering Betty White
A network TV special that was probably in the making to celebrate her 100th birthday this month will instead pay respect to the TV force who died on Dec. 31…
Four-Part ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’
The rise and fall of Bill Cosby in American culture is a considerable tale of race and talent and decades of denial for behavior that led to his conviction of…
Also Sunday: The Underground Railroad
The four-part “Underground Railroad: The Secret History” (science, 10 p.m.) looks at new information about the 19th century paths to freedom. Speaking of four hour documentaries, the full “Janet Jackson”…
Saturday TV: Willem Dafoe Does ‘SNL’
Willem Dafoe hosts a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with musical guest Katy Perry. The 10 p.m. rerun is from 2012 with Channing Tatum and Bon Iver. Capping…