The latest debate among presidential hopefuls, this time on the Democratic side, is presented by NBC News, in association with YouTube. This means this debate will be moderated by Lester Holt and Andrea Mitchell, so expect good questions – if not necessarily good answers.

2016

Jan

THE GOOD WIFE By David Bianculli

Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Eli (Alan Cumming) square off yet again. This week, Eli is offering a truce, because of new information connected to the campaign, but Alicia is having little of it.

2016

Jan

MASTERPIECE: "DOWNTON ABBEY" By David Bianculli

The wedding is here. Or is it? It’s supposed to be. But with this family, predictability is a tricky thing to predict. Check local listings.

2016

Jan

MERCY STREET By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: It’s PBS’s first home-grown period drama series in quite a while, and tonight it arrives. Josh Radnor, formerly of How I Met Your Mother, plays a surgeon during the Civil War. Consider it The Knick: The Next Generation. For a full review, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes, and for a feature story, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower.

2016

Jan

BILLIONS By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Two terrific actors, Damien Lewis and Paul Giamatti, star in this new drama about New York power brokers. Lewis plays a hedge-fund billionaire who was lucky enough to evade the fate of his company colleagues during 9/11, and Giamatt plays the government prosecutor out to get him. Watch for Maggie Siff, formerly of Sons of Anarchy, as the woman whose life intersects theirs. For full reviews, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes and David Hinckley’s All Along the Wa

2016

Jan

SHOWTIME'S 'BILLIONS' BURNS BRIGHT WITH FOUR STARS By David Hinckley

The best way to envision the lead characters in Showtime’s intense new drama Billions is to picture a weather map where four hurricanes are simultaneously converging...

2016

Jan

'MERCY STREET' SERVES UP CIVIL WAR TRAUMA IN A HARD-PRESSED HOSPITAL By Ed Bark

Well-meaning but oh so somber, Mercy Street is a rare, born-in-the USA drama for a network that has relied on the British for almost everything in this genre. It’s a Code Black of the Civil War era...

2016

Jan

THE TIMES AGAIN ARE RIGHT FOR A REVIVAL OF PARANOID 'X-FILES' By David Hinckley

Tension, unease, and paranoia may not be great for America. They’re perfect for The X-Files. “This is a really exciting time to be telling X-Files-type stories,” Chris Carter told TV writers Friday. The show's disturbing paranormal tales return Jan. 24...

2016

Jan

TBS’S 'ANGIE TRIBECA' REVIVES TV COP SHOW SATIRES By David Hinckley

Angie Tribeca joins a short, fondly remembered and rarely popular group of TV cop shows that satirize TV cop shows...

2016

Jan

'SESAME STREET' MOVES TO A NEW UPSCALE NEIGHBORHOOD: HBO By Monique Nazareth

Sesame Street starts its 46th season at 9 a.m. ET Saturday with two new episodes and a new address...

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