Friday TV; Paying Tribute to Chet Atkins
The work of guitarist Chet Atkins is celebrated in a documentary “We Still Can’t Say Goodbye” (CMT, 10 pm.), about the making of a tribute album honoring the late musician.…
Thursday TV: Familiar Faces in Family Farce
There are quite a lot of reliable comic names operating in the new sitcom “Dinner with the Parents” (Amazon FreeVee, streaming) starting with the parents, Michaela Watkins and Dan Bakkendahl.…
Wednesday TV: Lily Gladstone in New Series
Fresh from her acclaim (and Golden Globe), Lily Gladstone stars in the new limited series “Under the Bridge” (Hulu, streaming) as a police officer investigating the disappearance of a teenage…
Tuesday: HBO Doc on Oklahoma City Bombing
The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 has previously been connected to Ruby Ridge and Waco (where Timothy McVeigh was passing out anti-government pamphlets). But the new documentary “An…
Capital Radio 4-15-24: The Taxman Cometh
Tax Day brings The Beatles’ “Taxman,” of course, but also another dozen songs about taxation, ten more songs about paying the man; and 17 additional tracks about the root of…
Monday TV: Suddenly Popular WNBA Draft
Since the NCAA women’s basketball championship earned higher ratings this year than the men’s Final Four, perhaps there will be more attention, too, on the WNBA Draft (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.)…
Sunday TV: ‘The Sympathizer’ on HBO
The acclaimed novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, “The Sympathizer” (HBO, 9 p.m.) is now a seven-part series about the complicated life of a North Vietnamese double agent. Hoa Xuande does…
Saturday TV: Oscar-Winning ‘Zone of Interest’
Jonathan Glazer’s film “The Zone of Interest” (HBO, 8 p.m.), which won the Oscar for best international film (and for sound), makes its premium cable debut. Based on the Martin…
Friday TV: Michael Douglas Becomes Ben
The founding father gets a Hollywood treatment when Michael Douglas steps in to play Benjamin Franklin in the new limited series “Franklin” (Apple TV+, streaming), concentrating on the time when…
Thursday TV: Patti Stanger Makes Matches
The matchmaking skills she’s shared on cable since 2008 (mostly for millionaires) now comes to broadcast TV on the new “Patti Stanger: The Matchmaker” (CW, 8 p.m.). This time, she’s…