SEASON PREMIERE: These are very personal stories, as Gates, with help from genealogists and DNA testing, uncovers the past of his celebrity guests, working back through many, many generations. This season, he’ll uncover some amazing facts about Bill O’Reilly and Bill Maher (including something they have in common), and even more amazing ones about Bill Hader – but tonight, his guests include Donna Brazile and Modern Family star Ty Burrell (pictured), who in this Season 3 opener

2016

Jan

KING KONG By David Bianculli

Willis O’Brien created the stop-motion effects in this 1933 monster-movie classic, inspiring several generations of special-effects wizards to come. Some are more effective than others, especially looking at them more than 80 years later – but imagine how amazing they must have seemed to audiences at the time. Fay Wray stars.

2016

Jan

FRONTLINE: "NETANYAHU AT WAR" By David Bianculli

Filmmaker Michael Kirk has provided some of the best Frontline programs since the series’ conception, so any time he produces a new one, it’s well worth the attention. Tonight, he examines a particularly timely and volatile issue in global politics, by probing the history and temperament of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – including his dealings with Palestinians and his often flinty relationships with U.S. Presidents, including our current one. Check local listings.

2016

Jan

THE GRINDER By David Bianculli

MIDSEASON RETURN: This very entertaining sitcom returns with the first new episode of 2016, and it provides an interesting twist: One of the brothers is jealous, but this time the jealous sibling is Rob Lowe’s Dean, not Fred Savage’s Stewart. It’s partly because a newspaper reporter is coming to town to write a profile of Stewart – but it’s also because one of Dean’s former Hollywood “friends,” Timothy Olyphant (in a recurring role as himself), is

2016

Jan

KILLING FIELDS By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new nonfiction series, launching with a six-episode re-examination of a 19-year-old murder case from Louisiana, obviously owes its existence to such popular recent series as the podcast Serial and HBO’s Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, and arrives right on the heels of Netflix’s headline-grabbing Making a Murderer. What may make this new Discovery series stand out, in the long run, is its storytelling: Its executive producers are Barry Levinson and Tom

2016

Jan

DESPITE THE AFFLECK TAINT, 'FINDING YOUR ROOTS' WILL EXPLORE MORE CELEBRITIES By David Hinckley

One of the last TV shows you’d expect to find dusting itself off from a small, but embarrassing censorship scandal would be Finding Your Roots... But the third season will be shaking off the awkward shadow of Ben Affleck...

2016

Jan

NETFLIX'S 'MAKING A MURDERER': REAL LIFE RIVALS FAR-FETCHED FICTION By Ed Bark

HBO’s recent The Jinx and Neflix’s current Making a Murderer are both kindred spirits and polar opposites in the non-fiction, “true crime” genre...

2016

Jan

ROCKY MARATHON By David Bianculli

With Creed, the latest chapter in the Rocky saga, actually getting some talk of being in Oscar contention, AMC is riding the wave by presenting a triple feature of the first three Rocky films, all starring, and written by, Sylvester Stallone. The triple treat starts at 5 p.m. ET, with the original Rocky movie in 1976 – which won the Academy Award as Best Picture that year. Which films did it knock to the canvas? Taxi Driver, Network, All the President’s Men, and Bound for Glory. Unbe

2016

Jan

SUPERGIRL By David Bianculli

MIDSEASON PREMIERE: As the story of Supergirl is rejoined, Astra (Laura Benanti), the evil relative of Supergirl’s, is in custody at the DEO, kept prisoner by kryptonite cuffs. But there are other Phantom Zone escapees who are out to free her – and tonight, they embark on a plan to do just that. Melissa Benoist stars.

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