Capital Radio 5-26-25: Decoration Day, Late
What they used to call Decoration Day was noted on Capital Radio last Monday (posted only now because I've been away). But there were two dozen songs about soldiers, war…
Sunday TV: ‘The Mortician,’ a Convict, Speaks
A funeral home director in Pasadena who was convicted and sentenced for five years for mutilating corpses, holding mass cremations and hiring hitmen for rival morticians is the subject of…
Saturday TV: Tech Bros Consider the World
From a creator of “Succession” comes a timely dark comedy about billionaire tech bros on a retreat at the moment the world drops into an international crisis. Steve Carell, Jason…
Friday TV: Bono Tells His Story (and Sings)
The U2 frontman’s one-man show that mixed his memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story” with solo performances gets a TV showcase in “Bono: Stories of Surrender” (Apple TV+, streaming), shot…
Thursday TV: Beil, Banks in ‘The Better Sister’
Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks play a pair of estranged sisters who reunite after a brutal murder in the new series “The Better Sister” (Prime Video, streaming). Matthew Goode plays…
Wednesday TV: Younger and Raunchier Friends
Nick Kroll is executive producer of the new comedy "Adults" (FX, 9 p.m.), by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw about a group of friends in their 20s struggling to become…
Tuesday TV: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Concludes
The difficult and troublesomely prescient drama “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu, streaming) with Elisabeth Moss comes to an end after five seasons with something hopeful — an uprising. A new two-part…
Monday TV: The American Music Awards Return
“The American Music Awards” (CBS, 8 p.m.) return after a two year hiatus. Jennifer Lopez hosts (and will perform), as will special award recipients Janet Jackson and Rod Stewart. Also…
Sunday TV: The Last of ‘The Last of Us’ Season
“The Last of Us” (HBO, 9 p.m.) is guaranteed to have one standout episode a season. And this time around, it was last week’s about the anatomy of Joel and…
Saturday TV: Robert Pattinson Gets Cloned
The first film from South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho since his Oscar-winning “Parasite,” “Mickey 17” (HBO, 8 p.m.) makes its premium cable debut. Released in theaters only in March,…