To savor Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist – which starts its second season Tuesday – you must buy into one tiny little premise. OK, it's actually a huge premise...

2021

Jan

'PBS AMERICAN PORTRAIT' IN THE TIME OF COVID By Mike Hughes

We hear a lot about "the American dream" – especially when a pandemic might sideswipe it...

2021

Jan

THE MUSICAL TASTES OF 'JIMMY CARTER: ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT' By Mike Hughes

For Jimmy Carter – the sweet-faced, soft-voiced peanut farmer – many images come to mind. Few of them involve long-haired rockers with wailing guitars – until now...

2020

Dec

PBS PROVIDES AN ENJOYABLE EVENING OF MUSIC WITH 'UNITED IN SONG: CELEBRATING THE RESILIENCE OF AMERICA' By Mike Hughes

For good and bad, PBS keeps surprising us. We don't expect it to be involved with New Year's Eve, a holiday that includes confetti, inebriation, and silly hats. Arbor Day is more its style...

2020

Dec

'LAURA INGALLS WILDER: PRAIRIE TO PAGE,' A REVEALING 'AMERICAN MASTERS' By Mike Hughes

The three lives of Laura Ingalls Wilder continue to fascinate us...

2020

Dec

'MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM' REMINDS US WE'VE LOST TREMENDOUS TALENT THAT WAS ONLY BEGINNING By Mike Hughes

A musicality ripples through the movie Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Some of that, you would expect. The film is about a blues recording session in 1920s Chicago... But that's just part of it....

2020

Dec

'THE PROM' AND RYAN MURPHY: BOTH FILLED WITH TALENT By Mike Hughes

I'm starting to be OK with Ryan Murphy's Netflix deal...

2020

Dec

PARTS OF 'THE STAND' HIT A LITTLE CLOSE TO HOME FOR ALL OF US By Mike Hughes

For most authors, Hollywood wonders if any of their stories should be filmed. For Stephen King, it's a different matter...

2020

Dec

PBS OFFERS A LOOK AT LEGEND AND PIONEER CHARLEY PRIDE By Mike Hughes

Over the next few days, viewers can celebrate one of the great figures in American music...

2020

Dec

CHRISTMAS TV? HERE'S WHERE TO FIND NEW SHOWS AND YOUR OLD FAVORITES By Mike Hughes

Carrie Underwood's new Christmas special is the ultimate in sleek simplicity...

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Mike Hughes remembers watching a TV show in which a man simply played records. He thinks TV is much better now. With Gannett News Service, his television stories went to 100 newspapers; with TV America, they go to considerably fewer, but he still seems happy. Read more at www.mikehughes.tv

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