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2021
Jan
15
WANDAVISION By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: To this point, and it’s been 20 years now, the modern Marvel storytelling universe, outside of the comic-book and graphic novel world, has consisted of new movies, starting with such tentpole titles as The X-Men and Iron Man, and more focused second-tier TV series, the best of which have been Netflix’s Jessica Jones and FX’s Legion. Now, because of COVID-19, the newest phase of Marvel projects to roll out has been de
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
15
CHARADE By David Bianculli
 
 
This 1963 film is a particular favorite of mine. It’s not a Hitchcock film, but certainly feels like one – with mistaken and alternate identities, deadly intrigue and villains, and a glamorous couple traveling through an evocative set of locations. In Charade, the location is Paris, the couple is played by the ultra-glamorous Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, the bodies pile up, and the plot is terrific.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
15
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Bill Maher is back for an impressive 19th season – and he’s starting, in his studio but without a full studio audience, at an astounding time for U.S. politics, policies and history. And his scheduled guests for the Season 19 opener? Start with Katie Couric, Matt Jones, and – ready? – Kellyanne Conway.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
15
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
Graham Norton, with his mix of in-studio and Zoomed-in guests, has managed to keep his new talk-show installments both lively and intimate. Tonight’s guests include Jimmy Fallon, Watchmen star Regina King, and Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
15
IS 'WANDAVISION' A SITCOM OR A SUPERHERO SERIES? YES. By David Hinckley
 
 
You might call it a toss-up as to which is further from reality: the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), with its crazy gang of off-center superheroes, or the universe of the 1950s suburban television sitcom...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
15
'THE ULTIMATE PLAYLIST OF NOISE' REMINDS US TO LISTEN AND LIVE By David Hinckley
 
 
The Ultimate Playlist of Noise sounds like a rock 'n' roll blowout. In the end, it turns out to be less about music than a lot of other things, some of which it tackles better than others...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
14
1952: NBC INTRODUCES 'A NEW KIND OF TELEVISION' By David Bianculli
 
 
Today in 1952, NBC introduced the Today show, with host Dave Garroway...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
14
MR. MAYOR By David Bianculli
 
 
Once again, I’m so glad this new NBC series is here. And hey, any comedy series that starts out making fun of Fresh Air can’t be all bad. And watch, tonight, for co-star Holly Hunter, having a blast as Ted Danson’s co-opted former adversary. I don’t think she’d had this much fun, or been this funny, since working with James L. Brooks on Broadcast News or the Coen Brothers in Raising Arizona and O Brother, Where Art Thou?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
13
1996: AMC INTRODUCES ITS FIRST SCRIPTED SERIES, 'REMEMBER WENN' By TV WW
 
 
This day in 1996 marked the debut of AMC's first scripted series, Remember WENN...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
13
2021 PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS By David Bianculli
 
 
It was one week ago today when viewers were tuned in to catch the late-breaking returns in the second of two special election Senate races in Georgia, and to watch Congress certify the electoral college votes awarding the presidency to Joe Biden. And while Democrats ended up winning the Senate by taking both runoff races, and while Congress eventually certified Biden as the winner, something else happened last Wednesday. Something major. Something unthinkable. Something horrid. And because Presi
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley