Some Other Things I Wrote This Year
Here are some of the things I've written over the last eight months that hadn't otherwise appeared on this blog. An interview with Damon Wayans, pictured here, about his new…
Saturday TV: Eight College Football Bowl Games
It’s football and that’s about it on TV today. A wealth of college football bowl games start in Boston, where baseball's storied Fenway Park is turned into a football field…
Friday TV: Behind Grammy’s Best Songs
The first of two specials telling the stories behind the Grammy winners for song of the year, the two hour “Grammy Greats: The Stories Behind the Songs” (CBS, 9 p.m.)…
Thursday TV: A Second Season for ‘Squid Game’
The popular series “Squid Game” (Netflix, streaming) returns for a new season, set three years after Song Gi-hun’s winning the treacherous survival competition in the first season. He’s back to…
Wednesday TV: Christmas Specials from the UK
For Christmas, American broadcasters give viewers reruns and sports. But the Brits continue to make very special episodes for holiday premieres. The two-hour “‘Call the Midwife’ Holiday Special” (PBS, 8…
Tuesday TV: A Last Christmas Eve Special
Coming in right under the wire is the last Yuletide special this season: “Christmas with Andrea Bocelli and Friends: A Grammy Holiday Special” (CBS, 8 p.m.). Jennifer Hudson, Due Lipa,…
Capital Radio 12-23-24: Festivus & More Holidays
On the day designated for airing of grievances and feats of strength, there was no way we couldn’t celebrate Festivus, for the rest of us. But who knew there were…
Monday TV: ‘Christmas at Graceland’ Again
Reruns abound two days before Christmas. One of note is “Christmas at Graceland” (NBC, 8 p.m.), a special that first aired last year. Hosted by granddaughter Riley Keough in Memphis,…
Sunday TV: The 47th Kennedy Center Honors
The unusual group honored for the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors (CBS, 8 p.m.) include Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval, Francis Ford Coppola, The Grateful Dead and, for the first time, a…
Saturday TV: Martin Short Returns to ‘SNL’
Onetime cast member Martin Short hosts the last “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) of the year; his third time to host. Hozier is musical guest for the second time.…