Thursday TV: ‘Single Drunk Female’ Debuts
Sofia Black-D’Elia stars as a wayward woman in her 20s with an overbearing mother and an alcohol problem in the dark new comedy series “Single Drunk Female” (Freeform, 10 and…
Wednesday: Dim Bulbs Can’t Touch This
After a reality show succeeds in fooling a group of randy singles who think they’re on a freewheeling dating show when they actually on a show that forbids any physical…
Tuesday TV: Hulu’s ‘How I Met Your Father’
The latest in an era of reboots is the “How I Met Your Mother” variant “How I Met Your Mother” (Hulu, streaming). While it seems a natural progression for the…
Capital Radio, 1-17-22, MLK Day Edition
Martin Luther King Day opened a panorama of music of struggle, uplift and fighting the power, in folk, jazz, soul and funk, hoping to bolster efforts to overturn the rising…
Monday TV: PBS’ ‘A Reckoning in Boston’
Filmmaker James Rutenbeck began his documentary about two students of color in a humanities class, activist Kafi Dixon, pictured above and philosopher Carl Chandler. Listening to them long enough to…
Sunday TV: HBO’s ‘Somebody Somewhere’
Always a standout in whatever she’s in, comedy and cabaret star Bridget Everett is the focus of the endearing new series “Somebody Somewhere” (HBO, 10:35 p.m.) about a woman trying…
Saturday TV: Wild Card Weekend Begins
The NFL playoffs begin with Wild Card Weekend and a pair of Saturday games with Las Vegas at Cincinnati (NBC, 4:30 p.m.) and New England at Buffalo (CBS, CBS, 8:15…
Friday TV: Here’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’
There’s no question what movie to catch this weekend. Joel Coen adapts the Bard’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” (Apple TV+, streaming) with Denzel Washington in the title role and Frances…
Thursday TV: John Cena, ‘Peacemaker’
John Cena returns to the character he played in last year’s “The Suicide Squad” as the over-the-top “Peacemaker” (HBO Max, streaming), as a superhero who has to fight for attention…
Remembering Ronnie Spector, 1943-2022
We lost the indelible rock ’n’ roll voice of Ronnie Spector Wednesday. She died of cancer at the age of 78. Simply her work on the Ronettes biggest hit “Be…