Wednesday TV: Carol Burnett Turns 90
Although her popular comedy hour ran for 11 seasons on CBS, including the entirety of the 1970s, the birthday special “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love” (NBC, 8…
Tuesday TV: New John Mulaney Standup
The youthful comic returns for his first standup special since he was in rehab is “John Mulaney: Baby J” (Netflix, streaming), filmed at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. An even bigger…
Capital Radio 4-24-22: RSD Returns
Culled from the long roster of new vinyl released on Saturday’s Record Store Day to sample more than a dozen offerings to start the show, from Tom Tom Club to…
Monday TV: ‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ on PBS
When a Korean immigrant was wrongfully convicted of a 1973 murder in San Francisco, he became the face of a pan-Asian movement that galvanized a community. But the documentary “Free…
Sunday TV: ‘Somebody, Somewhere’ Back
Bridget Everett returns with a new season of “Somebody Somewhere” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) about some eccentric people trying to make a life in Manhattan, Kan. It’s part of an all-original,…
Saturday TV: More Elephants in Kenya
The new nature series “Chasing the Rains” (BBC America, 8 p.m.) explores the wilds of Kenya, hosted by Adjoin Andoh of “Bridgerton.” Along with zebras, lions, cheetahs, hyenas and wildebeest,…
Friday TV: ‘Dead Ringers’ Now a Series
Rachel Weisz has double duty in playing the twin gynecologists in the series version of “Dead Ringers” (Prime Video, streaming). The gender-switched variant on the David Cronenberg psychological thriller is…
Thursday TV: A Couple of Women to Watch
Keri Russell brings a Samantha Power vibe to her role of “The Diplomat” (Netflix, streaming). That is to say: very competent but slightly frazzled. The new series from “West Wing”…
Wednesday TV: Stoner Flick Comes Early
You’d think they’d wait one day in order to release it on 4/20, but the new stoner comedy “Pretty Stoned” (MTV, 8 p.m.), about a missing $20,000 payment to a…
Tuesday TV: Saved by His Songs
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea are the unexpected producers of a new documentary airing to commemorate Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day. “How Saba Kept Singing” (PBS,…