Tuesday TV: A Blast of Bella Abzug on PBS
The whole of Women’s History Month can be contained in a single “American Masters” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) tonight exploring the fearless and consequential career of New York’s…
Capital Radio 3-16-26: St. Patrick’s Eve
The impending St. Patrick’s Day — and the first sampling from a Shane MacGowan tribute album due this fall — meant the work of MacGowan’s bands The Pogues (and later…
Monday TV: Tracking the Pro Bowlers
Enough with the football and motor sports documentaries. Here’s one about ten pins. The five-part “Born to Bowl” (HBO, 9 p.m.) follows five PBA tour stars with all their quirks,…
Sunday TV: Conan Returns to Host The Oscars
Conan O’Brien returns to host The Oscars (ABC, 7 p.m.) for the second year in a row, which bodes well for the program. The show is later than usual this…
Saturday: ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff ‘The Madison’
Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell star in the new Western series “The Madison” (Paramount+, streaming) a spinoff of the “Yellowstone” world, in which a New York City family moves to…
Friday TV: Dissecting the Murdoch Family
The family drama of Rupert Murdoch may have inspired the series “Succession,” but it was that HBO series that sparked the Murdoch heirs into figuring out how they’d handle succession…
Thursday TV: Remembering Roberta Flack
The life and times of four-time Grammy winner Roberta Flack, who died last year at 88, is reflected in a new two-hour documentary “OWN Spotlight: Roberta” (OWN, 9 p.m.). In…
Wednesday: Nicole Kidman is ‘Scarpetta’
I tend to think the presence of Nicole Kidman is a red flag when it comes to new series. Nonetheless she stars as “Scarpetta” (Prime Video, streaming), the forensic pathologist…
Tuesday TV: Remembering the Fukushima Scare
The new documentary “Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare” (HBO, 9 p.m.) relives the tsunami that followed a 9.0 earthquake, threatening a nuclear meltdown. The film by James Jones and Megumi Inman…
Capital Radio 3-9-26: From Sedaka to Cale
There were almost too many musical lives to remember today on Capital Radio, starting with two who died over the weekend, San Francisco rocker Country Joe McDonald and Tex-Mex organ…
