Friday, August 28, 2026
Classic Podcast '48 Hours' episode 'The Investigators'
48 Hours (CBS).... "In three separate reports, '48 Hours' follows the work of police crime scene investigators, including a profile of a former criminalist; the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office investigation of the brutal murder of the Ruiz family; and the fatal shooting of 39-year-old actor Anthony Dwain Lee by Tarriel Hopper, a police officer responding to a noise complaint at a Halloween party.
"48 Hours" correspondents Richard Schlesinger and Harold Dow report.
This classic episode last aired on 5/24/2025.
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Podcast '20/20' Special Edition' The After Show 'The Lyndsay Clancy Trial'
20/20 (ABC)..... "In this special edition of 20/20, 'The After Show,' Deborah Roberts sits with an emergency room psychiatrist to separate medical fact from speculation around postpartum psychosis and the Lindsay Clancy case."
Podcast 'Dateline' True Crime Weekly with Andrea Canning
True Crime Weekly (NBC)....
- In Massachusetts, Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney grills final prosecution witnesses after they testify that she knew right from wrong when she killed her children.
- In Florida, a verdict has been reached in the trial of Mario Fernandez Saldana, a man accused of arranging the fatal shooting of his wife's ex-husband, Microsoft employee Jared Bridegan.
- In Dateline Round Up, the trial is underway for Duane "Keefe D" Davis, accused of orchestrating the 1996 shooting that killed rap legend Tupac Shakur.
- Donna Adelson, the Florida grandmother convicted of murdering her former son-in-law FSU law professor, Dan Markel, is asking for a new trial.
- Plus, a psychiatrist breaks down postpartum psychosis.
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Friday Night 'Dateline' Check your local listings for Aug. 28, 2026
DATELINE on NBC. The network hasn't posted the upcoming episode for this Friday in prime-time. Some local NBC channels will air the NFL pre-season kick-off. The NBC schedule has a rerun of "America's Got Talent" (8-10pm) followed by "Dateline" (10-11pm). But, they have not listed the title. TV-Insider has scheduled the episode "The Other Side of Paradise" that aired a few years back. NBC media Village has not sent out information for the next episode either.
Check your local listings for the next "Dateline" episode.
Classic Podcast '48 Hours' episode 'In Jason's Name' 2025
48 Hours (CBS).... "Jason Corbett was a recent widower when he hired Molly Martens as an au pair for his children. Their relationship soon turned romantic, they married and moved from Ireland to North Carolina. In 2015, Jason Corbett was violently beaten to death at home. Molly and her father, Tom Martens, admitted to attacking Jason. The question was why?"
"48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher reports.
This classic episode last aired on 5/24/2025.
Podcast '20/20' McStays 'In the Desert' Episode Three
20/20 (ABC).... "A motorcyclist finds something startling in the Mojave Desert."
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Country Music Legend 'Dolly Parton' Dies at age 80
Country music writer, singer and actress "Dolly Parton" has died. She was 80-years-old and was a "light" that shined bright. It is a shock to everyone because Dolly did so much outside of her music career. She gave back to her community including the "Literacy" program "Imagination Library" which helped children to read.
Dolly had so many Country hit songs in her long career. My favorite is, "Single Women" (1983). It hit number #8 on the country chart. The song spawned an ABC TV-Movie called, "Single Bars, Single Women." She even returned to the original lyrics as a promo for the movie. It explores the life of single women who frequent a local bar. It aired on ABC in 1984 to solid TV-ratings.
Below is my favorite picture of Dolly Parton. It was at her peak of popularity in 1977.
Below is the Country Music Awards (CMA) 1989. Dolly sung the gospel song "He's Alive" at the end of the show. It was my mom's favorite performance of Dolly. Mine too. RIP.