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2020
Oct
16
PERFECT WEAPON By David Bianculli
 
 
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: So you’re depressed enough by current events that you’re not sure you want to watch a new documentary about international cyber warfare, and how the Russians are targeting the imminent U.S. presidential election. I understand. I feel your pain. But hey – this new documentary, directed by John Maggio and based on the book by New York Times national security correspondent David E. Sanger, doesn’t spend all its time depressing you about cyber-
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
16
2020 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli
 
 
In the National League Championship Series, after the Atlanta Braves won the first two games in this best-of-seven contest, the Los Angeles Dodgers asserted themselves Wednesday with a 15-3 rout, sending the Braves a message. Well, message received – and responded to. Yesterday, the Braves bounced back with a rout of their own, winning Game 4 by a 10-2 score, and heading into tonight’s Game 5, televised at 9 p.m. ET on FS1, with a 3-1 series lead. Unless the Dodgers answer again, thi
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
16
THE WAY I SEE IT By David Bianculli
 
 
In this documentary, premiering on TV tonight, Pete Souza, the chief official photographer for the White House during the Barack Obama years, provides his perspective on those years – through his camera, and through his candid and very personal memories.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
16
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
Among tonight’s guests: Ewan McGregor and a pre-recorded, socially distanced Miley Cyrus.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
16
AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR 'WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME' By David Hinckley
 
 
At a moment when we're watching a real-life discussion in the U.S. Senate of "what the Constitution means to me," a rather different approach to that subject pops up...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
16
2001: 'SMALLVILLE' SHOWCASES SUPERMAN'S EARLY YEARS By TV WW
 
 
This day in 2001 marked the series premiere of Smallville, which chronicled the life of a young Clark Kent in the years before he adopted his alter ego, Superman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
1951: 'I LOVE LUCY' BEGINS ITS RUN ON CBS By TV WW
 
 
This day in 1951 marked the start of one of television's most popular and enduring television shows, I Love Lucy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
ODE TO 'HARTSFIELD'S LANDING' — 'WEST WING' EPISODE TO BE REENACTED THURSDAY ON HBO MAX By Alex Strachan
 
 
First off, don't call it a reunion episode. Surviving cast members of The West Wing reunite Thursday for a theatrical stage reenactment of the 2002 West Wing episode Hartsfield's Landing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
THE STORY OF THE GRUESOME CRIMES OF A U.K. SERIAL KILLER ON 'DES' By David Hinckley
 
 
Dennis Andrew Nilsen, who murdered at least 15 men in Britain between 1978 and 1983, stands out even in the netherworld of serial killers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: While CBS is replaying Season 1 of this Star Trek spinoff series, CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery, on the parent network during this pandemic, the Discovery series, on CBS All Access, was far enough in production to have banked a season in advance. So beginning today on CBS All Access, Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery returns with new weekly episodes, featuring new adventures in the Mirror universe, with Sonequa Martin-Green, as
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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