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2020
Jan
24
JIM LEHRER 1934 – 2020 By David Hinckley
 
 
Jim Lehrer got to be the kind of journalist we all should want, and most of us say we want, and many of us really don't want...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
24
U.S. SENATE PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT TRIAL By David Bianculli
 
 
This day of coverage, like these proceedings in the Senate, hone in on the second article of impeachment – obstruction of Congress. At various points in the day, take a moment to hop around on your TV channel guide, and see how various news organizations are, or are not, covering the proceedings. CBS has slipped away for soap operas. Fox News, especially at night, goes with its own programming, such as Hannity. Sometimes, what is avoided is as instructive as what is televised. Pr
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
24
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s scheduled guests include at least one controversial booking: Megyn Kelly.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
24
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
This week’s scheduled guests on The Graham Norton Show include Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, Jennifer Saunders, and Patrick Stewart. Engage!
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
24
THE NEXT SEASON OF NETFLIX'S SUPERNATURAL 'CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA' IS AS DARK AS IT IS DELIGHTFUL By David Hinckley
 
 
If Chilling Adventures of Sabrina were a bottle of wine, it might be described as ritualistic, but oddly charming...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
23
STAR TREK: PICARD By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: CBS tapped the legacy of The Twilight Zone in hopes of enticing viewers to subscribe to its CBS All Access streaming site, and also relied upon another sizable fan base, of the Star Trek canon, to offer a new spinoff series exclusively for All Access. That series, Star Trek: Discovery, has presented a few seasons now, but today it’s joined by a sister series – one that links to the first official Star Trek TV spinoff, 1987&rsqu
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
23
THE GOOD PLACE By David Bianculli
 
 
This is the penultimate episode of this inventive series, and tonight’s episode takes Michael, Janet and the gang to a better place -or, at least, to the actual Good Place. But if that’s true, what happens there? And does The Good Place have at least one more mind-blowing twist before it shuffles off this mortal coil, again?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
23
'OUTMATCHED' ISN'T ALL THAT OUTSTANDING By David Hinckley
 
 
A sitcom in which the kids are smarter than the parents is the TV version of "dog bites man." Nothing to see here, folks. Move along...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
22
U.S. SENATE PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT TRIAL By David Bianculli
 
 
The nonfiction political miniseries of the year continues: Day 2 of the Senate Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump. In yesterday’s Day 1, one of the few things the Senate agreed upon, and accomplished, was to extend the initial proceedings of amendment-arguing from two days to three. So you can look forward to more of this tomorrow as well. And if you watch any of this, and feel compelled to turn it off because one speaker or another has tested and exhausted your patience, at le
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jan
22
NOVA: "THE PLANETS: SATURN" By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week, this Nova survey of the planets in our solar system began with Jupiter. Now we’re looking at Saturn. The order of planets being presented clearly, in the long run, is neither alphabetical nor in the placement of orbit around the sun. So is it size? Many of you amateur astronomers, or readers with basic knowledge of basic science and facts, may know the answer of that already. But I’m confused, without looking it up. What about Uranus? Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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