Monday TV: Revisiting Green Book’s Route
Host Martinique Lewis takes a journey across the country visiting sites listed in the historic Green Book that safely guided African-Americans for generations in the series “Black Travel Across America”…
Sunday TV: Trevor Noah Hosts Grammys
The overdone performances! The artists you’ve never heard of before! It’s all at The 65th Grammy Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.) where Beyonce leads the nominations with nine, followed by Kendrick…
Saturday TV: Praying Away the Pounds
Part of the fun in portraying Christian diet cult leader Gwen Shamblin, I suppose, is wearing her sky-high wigs. Jennifer Grey takes up the role in a film about her…
Friday TV: Jason Katims’ ‘Dear Edward’
A boy who is sole survivor of a plane crash is the basis of the new series “Dear Edward” (Apple TV+, streaming). Based on the 2020 novel by Ann Napolitano,…
Thursday TV: The Battles in Alabama
The struggles of civil rights organizers in Alabama is chronicled in the documentary “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power” (Peacock, streaming). The new series “Freeridge” (Netflix, streaming) is…
Wednesday: ‘Schoolhouse Rocks!’ Again
If you can’t quite remember every line of the “Schoolhouse Rock!” educational songs from half a century ago, you’re covered, as the lyrics will be captioned in the special ”Schoolhouse…
Chuck D Presents Hip-Hop History on PBS
With hip-hop reaching its 50th anniversary somehow this year, public television, of all places, is ready to mark the occasion with the new four-part documentary series “Fight the Power: How…
Also on Tuesday: Pamela Tells Her Story
Having become a cultural figure for new generations in last year’s miniseries “Pam & Tommy,” Pamela Anderson is back to tell her own story in Ryan White's documentary “Pamela, A…
Capital Radio 1-30-23: Tom Verlaine, RIP
The death on Saturday of the endlessly inventive guitarist and rocker Tom Verlaine at 73 meant we spent an hour going through his work in Television, live and in the…
Monday TV: Freeform’s ‘The Watchful Eye’
Call it “Murders in Another Building.” There’s no big comedians involved, nor a pop star. But the new drama “The Watchful Eye” (Freeform, 9 p.m.) involves a young woman moves…