The biggest single-event industry in television history will expand this year to include more runup specials about past commercials, a new runup retrospective on great past halftime shows, more hours of pregame show...

2016

Jan

ABC FAMILY LAUNCHES A SAGA, 'SHADOWHUNTERS,' AND A NEW BRAND: FREEFORM By David Hinckley

It’s a new year and a new name for the ABC Family channel, which as of Tuesday becomes Freeform, and apparently the first order of business is to save the world from demons...

2016

Jan

WILL GOLDEN GLOBE SAVE CW'S 'CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND'? By David Hinckley

PASADENA, CA – Rachel Bloom’s Golden Globe win Sunday night for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend just might help bring in the biggest long shot on television: saving her show from extinction...

2016

Jan

MADTV 20TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION By David Bianculli

SPECIAL: If the secret to successful comedy is timing, this MADtv retrospective special appears at a very odd time – as well as a very odd place. The original MADtv was broadcast by Fox, yet its 20th Anniversary Reunion special is presented by the CW. And it’s presented in 2016, when the original premiere of MADtv was back in 1995 – so the time for this celebration was sometime last year. Cast members are reported to be back for this one-hour stroll down memory lane, which incl

2016

Jan

FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode features Henry Louis Gates, using DNA tests and genealogical detective work, finding ways to surprise tonight’s curious guests: Soledad O’Brien, Bill O’Reilly and Bill Maher. And what Gates uncovers surprises not only them – I guarantee, it’ll surprise you, too. Check local listings.

2016

Jan

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Today, ABC Family changes its name to Freeform – and that’s where you’ll find tonight’s midseason premiere of Pretty Little Liars, last seen on the now-defunct ABC Family. A little time has passed since the Season 6 midseason finale, but much more time has elapsed in the show’s narrative itself. The action picks up five years after it left off – which is one way to have these cast members look closer to their actual ages. If only Beverly Hills

2016

Jan

2016 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS By David Bianculli

If this were a miniseries, it would be the finale – Episode 8 of a continuing narrative that began in 2009. So watch with a sense of completion, as well as possible apprehension about the quality of the sequel. President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address is televised live by ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and PBS, as well as the expected cable news outlets. One difference in this final chapter: Unlike 2015 and previous installments, the background set will not include John Boehner

2016

Jan

SHADOWHUNTERS By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This is more notation, and explanation, than recommendation. This show, officially, is the first new series scheduled by the Freeform Network, which at this point is less than a day old. Shadowhunters is based on the fantasy book series The Mortal Instruments, and is about a young woman who discovers, as she turns 18, that she has special powers, and a secret identity formerly unknown even to herself. As with MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles, also based on a fantasy book seri

2016

Jan

MICK JAGGER AND MARTIN SCORSESE TALK ABOUT THEIR NEW HBO SHOW 'VINYL' By David Hinckley

PASADENA, CA -- New York in the 1970s was dirty and dangerous. Hey, wait, so was rock ‘n’ roll...

2016

Jan

TELENOVELA By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode has Ana Sofia (Eva Longoria) disturbed by rivals from a different telenovela – disturbed enough to be aggressively, and embarrassingly, competitive.

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