You may be seeing double in the return of Trading Spaces (TLC, Saturday at 8 p.m. ET), the granddaddy of the home improvement shows which is returning a decade after it went off the air...

2018

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DOLORES HUERTA ON 'DOLORES' By Roger Catlin

When Lois Vossen, executive producer of Independent Lens was growing up in Minnesota, she had a direct connection to the subject of Dolores but didn’t know it...

2018

Mar

JUDD APATOW REFLECTS ON HIS FRIEND, MENTOR, AND 'THE ZEN DIARIES OF GARRY SHANDLING' By Roger Catlin

A funeral was the spark of Judd Apatow’s big two-night, four-hour documentary on his comic mentor The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling...

2018

Mar

'AMERICAN IDOL' RETURNS WITH MORE HOPE, LESS CRUELTY By Roger Catlin

In its incessant promos, the rebooted American Idol has already indicated which direction it will be going, when it returns tonight after a two year absence on a new network, ABC...

2018

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'NAS LIVE FROM THE KENNEDY CENTER: CLASSICAL HIP-HOP' PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON 'ILLMATIC' By Roger Catlin

Putting an orchestral score to hip-hop tracks is the kind of one-shot thing that might be done at the Grammys — staged more for the visual impact than how it all sounded. But...

2018

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FINAL TCA WINTER PRESS TOUR REPORT: PBS WRAPS IT UP By Roger Catlin

The number of reporters dwindled as the TV Critics Association winter press tour came to its final days last week with sessions from PBS...

2018

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TCA'S WINTER PRESS TOUR -- THE CABLE NETWORKS By Roger Catlin

Cable is the cornucopia of the TV Critics Association press tours, showcasing some of the most serious dramatic offerings alongside some of the most preposterous reality shows. And more often than you would think, there are puppies...

2018

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THE LOSS OF AN INFLUENTIAL TALENT: 'LORRAINE HANSBERRY: SIGHTED EYES/FEELING HEART' By Roger Catlin

It seems odd at first that the American Masters (PBS, 9 p.m. ET, check local listings) on the playwright Lorraine Hansberry seems longer than the film last week on PBS about James Baldwin...

2018

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MORE FROM TCA'S WINTER PRESS TOUR By Roger Catlin

The E! Network occasionally stumbles on the zenith of the cultural zeitgeist with a new show...

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Roger Catlin

Roger Catlin is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C., where he is a regular contributor to the Smithsonian Magazine.com and The Washington Post, among other outlets. A former TV critic for the Hartford Courant, he blogs daily mostly on TV at rogercatlin.com.

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