Sunday TV: ‘The Simpsons’ Begins 37th Season
The show actually began in 1989, but in tonight’s season 37 premiere of "The Simpsons" (Fox, 8 p.m.), the ageless Lisa is excited about Marge’s vintage clothes from the 90s.…
Saturday TV: I Came Back for This?
Television continues to embrace the tawdry tails of tabloid history. Tonight, there’s a new made-for-TV feature, “I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), about the…
Capital Radio 9-22-25: Autumn Comes A’Knockin’
The autumnal equinox occurred in the middle of the Sept. 22 Capital Radio, so naturally there were songs about the end of summer, the coming of fall, and the thing…
Capital Radio 9-15-25: Who Put the Bomp?
Asking the musical question “Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)” this week (preceded by its musical answer decades later from Chuck Prophet) led to all manner of…
Taking Another Break
OK, sorry about this. I'm having another two weeks off away from the computer. I guess I'll miss the Emmys, but probably not Fall TV season, which networks are now…
Friday TV: Finding Children Lost in a Jungle
The documentary “Lost in the Jungle” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.) revisits the frantic 40-day rescue mission following the 2023 small plane crash in the Colombian rainforest that stranded four young…
Thursday TV: Sweden’s ‘Diary of a Ditched Girl’
From Sweden comes a comedy about a 31-year-old woman who jumps into an intense summer of dating, “Dairy of a Ditched Girl” (Netflix, streaming), based on a best-selling novel thetre.…
Wednesday TV: Charlie Sheen Explains It All
Once, he was one of TV’s biggest stars. Then he fell in a way that few ever did. Now after seven years of sobriety, the actor is ready to talk…
Tuesday TV: A New History of Black Television
At a time when Black History is being evaporated in museums and the military, Issa Rae reminds audiences of their history in TV in the new two-part documentary “Seen &…
Capital Radio 9-8-25: You Know What I Mean
The death of Mark Volman Friday at 78 brought an hour of his music on Capital Radio this week, with The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, Frank Zappa, T. Rex, the…