Wednesday: History of Women in Hip-Hop
As the 50th anniversary of hip-hop approaches, here’s a four-part documentary series on the role of women, who have been there since the beginning. It’s fun to see early pioneers…
Tuesday TV: ‘Only Murders in the Building’
The agreeable mystery comedy “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu, streaming) returns for its third season with Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez blending their penchant for true crime…
‘Succession,’ ‘The Bear’ Take TCA Awards
“Succession” won program of the year and, for the third time, outstanding achievement in drama in the TV Critics Association’s 39th annual TCA Awards announced Monday. The Chicago based restaurant…
Capital Radio, 8-7-23: Nuclear Fallout
Started this week's show with a salute to Paul Reubens who died a week ago at 70 and played a few tracks performed at shows I saw last week —…
Monday TV: ‘Ugliest House in America’ Trip
Retta of “Parks and Rec” and “Good Girls” fame hosts the new spin-off “Ugliest House in America: Summer Road Trip” ((HGTV, 8 p.m.), a new six- episode series in which…
Sunday TV: ‘Winning Time’ Returns to HBO
Not always factually reliable, “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” (HBO, 9 p.m.) was always entertaining in its first season. It returns tonight as the action moves to…
Saturday TV: Cooking Battles from Canada
The CW was originally named for the studios that joined forces to create it — CBS and Warner Bros. Now, the letters might as well stand for Canadian Works, as…
Friday Morning Rock, 8-4-23: Obama’s List
It was the final pop-up fill-in for The Allison Transmission, which will be thankfully returning to its regular 10 a.m. slot on Monday. And we had a lot of birthdays…
Friday TV: ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’
Sigourney Weaver stars as a controlling grandmother in rural Australia in the new series “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” (Prime Video, streaming). Alyla Browne plays the young Alice; Alycia…
Thursday TV: Preseason Football Already
Too early for football? You bet. But here’s the Jets vs. Cleveland (NBC, 8 p.m.) in the preseason Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. “FBoy Island” (CW, 9 p.m.)…