Capital Radio 9-23-24: Charlie Burton Tribute
The death last week of one of my favorite, but still largely unknown, performers led me to a lengthy tribute of Charlie Burton, whose music has fueled me as his…
Monday TV: Zachary Quinto in ‘Brilliant Minds’
Zachary Quinto returns to series TV to star as a super intelligent neurologist, inspired by the life of Dr. Oliver Sacks (“The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat”),…
Sunday TV: Kathy Bates is the New ‘Matlock’
Leave it to CBS to revive another of its old series. The 2024 “Matlock” (CBS, 8 p.m.) stars Kathy Bates as the elder lawyer who surprises the young attorneys surrounding…
Saturday TV: ‘The Night Stalker’s First Case
When it premiered in 1972 as the ABC Movie of the Week, “The Night Stalker” was the highest rated TV movie to date. The vampire story starring Darren McGavin led…
Friday TV: ‘His Three Daughters’ on Netflix
This looks good: Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon join forces portraying sisters dealing with their ailing father in the new movie “His Three Daughters” (Netflix, streaming). Though it…
Movie: Luke Wilson’s Own ‘Bad News Bears’
Inspirational sports movies are practically a genre to themselves, from “Rocky” and “Hoosiers” to “The Natural” and “Field of Dreams.” Even the success in recent years of the streaming series…
Thursday TV: A Mobster with a Waddle
At first it seemed the worst result of the corporate merging of Warner Bros Discovery with HBO — a heavy handed throwback to “The Sopranos” with Colin Farrell in heavy…
Wednesday TV: Bill Gates Tries to Figure it Out
As one of the Top 10 richest men in the world, the former CEO of Microsoft could be worse — like, say the even richer owner of Tesla. But Bill…
Tuesday TV: ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and Felons
Participants in the long-running “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 8 p.m.) have long since gone beyond the merely famous. Once again, you’ll be hard-pressed to recognize half of those taking…
Also on Tuesday: Kaitlin Olson, New TV Sleuth
Known chiefly for her comic roles, Kaitlin Olson stars in a new procedural “High Potential” (ABC, 10 p.m.), as a cleaning lady who happens to have better crime-solving instincts than…