Capital Radio 12-29-25: Those We Lost This Year
After only a cursory nod to the impending New Year, with just three songs about the end of the year, the last Capital Radio of the year turned its attention…
Monday TV: The Year, According to ABC News
It’s one you may not want to relive: “The Year: 2025” (ABC, 8 p.m.). Though host Robin Roberts seems to be featuring people like the Jonas Brothers, Luke Bryan, K-Pop…
Sunday TV: Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Wilmer Valderrama and Roselyn Sánchez host the music special “A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music” (CBS, 8 p.m.), featuring performances from Gloria Estefan (above), Angela Aguilar, Michael Bublé, Andrea Bocelli,…
Saturday TV: Pop-Tarts, Toast of Bowl Games
The most entertaining of the college bowl game season will again likely be the Pop-Tarts Bowl from Orlando. Formerly known variously as the Blockbuster Bowl or the Cheez-It Bowl, its…
Film Review: ‘Standout: The Ben Kjar Story’
The documentary “Standout: The Ben Kjar Story” tells the story of a young man in Utah born with the rare craniofacial disorder Crouton Syndrome, who turns a lifetime of bullying…
Friday TV: The Investigations of Seymour Hersh
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh had a knack for developing sources who spilled the truth over U.S. Army torture scandals during the Vietnam and Iraq War, which led to…
Thursday TV: ‘Call the Midwife’ Holiday Special
The annual holiday episode from “Call the Midwife” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) has the senior members of the convent traveling to Hog Kong on a mercy mission. The…
Wednesday TV: Kate Winslet’s ‘Goodbye June’
Set at Christmastime, the film “Goodbye June” (Netflix, streaming) concerns a family coming together as a mother’s health fails. Helen Mirren plays the matriarch, Kate Winslet, who also directed, is…
Tuesday TV: The Last Kennedy Center Honors
Once a national cultural highpoint of holiday week, designed to honor the pinnacle of artistic achievement, the Kennedy Center Honors ICBS, 8 p.m.) in one fell swoop becomes another tawdry…
Capital Radio 12-22-25: Xmas’s Friendly Beasts
Yes, Virginia, there were Christmas songs on today’s Capital Radio, but those that had to do with friendly beasts — the animals in the manger, those powering the Santa sleigh…