Oswald Cobblepot may only be a busboy in tonight’s episode, but he’ll soon be cleaning up – especially after overhearing a conversation involving a Gotham City kingpin. Meanwhile, there’s another villain on the loose, and Jim Gordon is hot on the trail.

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THE CARTOONS OF WINSOR MCCAY By David Bianculli

This compendium of classic, influential shorts from the cinema’s first great animator, Winsor McCay, kicks of tonight’s TCM salute to classic animation. It’s a fantastic opportunity to see the sorts of cartoons you rarely, if ever, encounter on television – including McCay’s mind-bending, genre-mashing 1911 short, Little Nemo.

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THE BLACKLIST By David Bianculli

What’s the secret word, boys and girls? It’s “PEE-WEE!,” so scream real loud! Paul Reubens, who created and embodied the character of Pee-Wee Herman, guest stars tonight on The Blacklist – playing a much more mature, and malevolent, character, Mr. Vargas.

2014

Oct

2014 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli

If you’ve been watching these playoffs, you’ve been investing a lot of time – and emotion – already. Last night’s game between the Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants ended up as the longest game in post-season major league baseball history – 18 innings, after the Giants matched the Nationals’ single-run score in the bottom of the ninth. Forget the players: It was an exhausting game to watch. Today, TBS presents both games, making it easy to fi

2014

Oct

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL By David Bianculli

“We’re on to Cincinnati.” Earlier this week, in the ultra-testy press conference after the New England Patriots got trounced by the Kansas City Chiefs, Patriots coach Bill Belichick batted away a series of questions by reporters with variations on the same don’t-want-to-talk-about-that-awful-game answer. “We’re on to Cincinnati.” “We’re on to Cincinnati.” “It’s nothing about the past, nothing about the future. Right now we&r

2014

Oct

HOMELAND By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Season 4 of Homeland begins with a reboot of the series, and a refocusing of sympathies and plots, that works very well. Showtime is showing the first two episodes of the season as a powerful two-hour opener – and parts of it are gripping enough to have you forgiving the series for last year’s excesses and missteps. Claire Danes is intense and captivating – and so is Mandy Patinkin, as her former boss, Saul, now working in the private sector, but, like Carrie,

2014

Oct

THE GOOD WIFE By David Bianculli

Last week’s episode offered even more surprises and memorable set pieces. Diane Lockhart walking from one firm to the next, with a gaggle of younger colleagues in tow, was a great image – and at the end, the unexpected murder of a key witness let us know how ruthlessly Cary’s drug-lord client was playing, while the reveal about Eli’s duplicitous campaign tactics did the same for one of the show’s most beloved characters. One thing about The Good Wife, and maybe it&r

2014

Oct

THE STRAIN By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Shortly after it began, The Strain was renewed for a Season 2, which means tonight’s Season 1 finale will not complete the saga of this chase to find and vanquish The Master – though, given what this series has done thus far, expect the closing minutes of tonight’s show to keep haunting your dreams until The Strain returns in 2015.

2014

Oct

SHOWTIME'S 'HOMELAND' IS BACK - WITH SOME WELCOME CHANGES By David Bianculli

Showtime’s Homeland burst onto the scene so forcefully that it won the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series its first year – then began to slide, markedly. But now it’s back, in more ways than one…

2014

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2014 NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli

Two National League playoff games are played today, but you have to go to two rather remote sports networks to watch them. The action begins at 5:30 pm. ET on Fox Sports 1, where the San Francisco Giants play the Washington Nationals in Game 2 of their series. The Giants won Game 1, despite Washington’s home-field advantage. Then, at 9:30 p.m. ET, the MLB Network presents Game 2 of the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game. The Cardinals won Game 1.

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