This Year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Induction
Given the diminishing pool of worthy candidates, it might be a good idea to take a year or two off from the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction…
Also on Saturday: A Soul Food Cookoff
The new series “The Great Soul Food Cook Off” (Discovery+, streaming) brings a little diversity to TV culinary competitions. A half dozen Korean stars are invited to a fanciful site…
Kaleidoscopic Flaming Lips at The Anthem
Add to the list of necessary roadie skills that of leaf blower. He’s the guy who scampers on stage at a Flaming Lips concert to inflate a series of transparent…
Friday TV: ‘Cowboy Bebop,’ ‘Wheel of Time’
Two big fantasy series begin today online. “Cowboy Bebop” (Netflix, streaming) is a live action adaptation of the well-regarded anime series with the three space bounty hunters played by John…
Thursday TV: ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’
Though the title sounds more Cinemax than HBO Max, Mindy Kaling strikes just the right comic tone in her latest series “The Sex Lives of College Girls” (HBO Max, streaming),…
Wednesday TV: Joe Exotic and the Gang
Joe Exotic is in jail and Carole Baskin won’t cooperate, but there are enough other oddballs in the private zoo wild kingdom to fill the new sequel, “Tiger King 2”…
Tuesday TV: Surviving the Refugee Crisis
Megan Mylan, director of “Lost Boys of Sudan” and “Smile Pinki,” returns with the new documentary “Simple as Water” (HBO, 9 p.m.) following the journey of four refugee families from…
Playlist: Radio Soft Opening 11/15/21
For the first time since February 2017, I was back playing music on the radio this afternoon, for the soft opening of a new show on internet radio. Capital Radio…
Monday TV: The News From Storm Lake
At a time when it seems local newspapers are in dire straits, it’s heartening to see the work going on in a small northern Iowa town, where the local biweekly…
Sunday TV: ‘Mayor of Kingstown,’ Adele
The gritty new drama “Mayor of Kingstown” (Paramount+, streaming) is set in a small town in Michigan where the prison is the big employer and a trio of brothers seem…