Wisdom from Terrence McNally, 1938-2020
Theater suffered a loss this week when the playwright Terrence McNally died at 81, of complications of our current plague, the coronavirus. It was a sad irony since many of…
Wednesday TV: Traveling by Television
When travel began to be shut down due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, religious landmarks were among the first to close. Thus a new series like “Earth’s Sacred Wonders” (PBS,…
Tuesday TV: ‘Council of Dads’ Debuts
A fragile and emotional time is probably the perfect atmosphere to introduce the new drama “Council of Dads” (NBC, 10 p.m.) in which a group of friends take over parenting…
Monday TV: A Boy’s Move to Fisherman
The documentary “The Rescue List,” making its premiere tonight on “POV” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) follows a team working to rehabilitate two boys in Ghana who were trafficked…
Sunday TV: Damian Lewis Spills on Spies
He’s kind of a king of Sunday night TV, on shows like “Homeland” and “Billions” and even before that on the “Masterpiece” series “The Forsythe Saga” and HBO’s “Band of…
Remembering Kenny Rogers, 1938-2020
I feel kind of bad now that I pressed Kenny Rogers a few years back on whether a tour he was calling “The Gambler’s Last Deal: Final World Tour” would…
Saturday TV: Not Much, Frankly
For a Saturday night when perhaps a record number of Americans will be home, there isn't quite a lot of new or recommendable programs on. More bad planning! After marrying…
Friday TV: Streaming to The Rescue
It would seem that streaming services are stepping to keep up with the demand of a nation being asked to stay home. But then again, it's just Friday, when they…
Thursday TV: Conspiracies to ‘News’
The insidious networks of misinformation who snake their conspiracy theories into mainstream news media are deftly explored in the chilling new documentary “After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Some of the other things I've written lately for other outlets include: A report on the Library of Congress Gershwin Award given to Garth Brooks, for Entertainment Weekly A look…