Sunday TV: Ol’ Dirty Bastard in All His Glory
A Wu-Tang Clan founding member gets the spotlight in the new documentary “Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys” (A&E, 9 p.m.). The rapper died at 25 of a…
Saturday TV: Grace Kelly Shines Again
A star in Hollywood and royalty in Morocco, Grace Kelly still hasn’t had her own showcase on Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars, until now. A dozen of her…
Friday TV: Back to the Days of ‘Superbad’
The raunchy new teen comedy “Incoming” (Netflix, streaming) is about a bunch of freshmen trying to crash the biggest high school party the first week of school. From a pair…
Thursday TV: Kamala Harris’ Moment at DNC
The culminating night of the Democratic National Convention (PBS, CNN, CSPAN, MSNBC, 8 p.m.; ABC, NBC, 9 p.m.; CBS, NBC, 10 p.m.) in Chicago will allow viewers to hear more…
Wednesday TV: ‘Cursed Gold’ and Tim Walz
The three hour documentary “Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal” (National Geographic, 8 p.m.) tells the tale of a scientist who found three tons of gold from a 1857 shipwreck and…
Tuesday TV: ‘Untold: The Murder of Air McNair’
The 2009 murder of NFL quarterback Steve “Air” McNair and the questions surrounding it are re-examined in the latest season of the sports documentary anthology “Untold” (Netflix, streaming), where future…
Capital Radio, 8-19-24: Elvis Week and More
It’s a little maudlin to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley every year, instead of just on his January birthday. But that’s when the recently completed Elvis…
Monday: Biden Keynotes Democratic Convention
At an event where less than a month ago he was expected to be accepting the nomination, President Biden will instead give a kind of handoff speech on the opening…
Sunday TV: On HBO, ‘Chimp Crazy’ Indeed
From the director of “Lion King,” here’s a closer look at one of the eccentric characters who popped up in that series, exotic animal broker Tonia Haddix, in “Chimp Crazy”…
Saturday: Jerry Lewis Marathon, Not Telethon
A reminder that there will no Jerry Lewis Telethon on Labor Day (and there hasn’t been one in 10 years). To compensate, there’s a whole Jerry Lewis marathon on Turner…