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2012
Oct
5
 
 
The Season 5 reboot of this series, launching it decades into a dystopian future, has worked wonders so far, making it even more sinister and foreboding and fascinating than before. The most exciting change is the addition of Etta (Georgina Haig), the grown daughter of Peter and Olivia, who in 2036 has helped her revived-from-suspended-animation parents find one another and rescue their key cohort Walter. But his memories and plans, crucial to saving the future, seem to be destroyed. But are the
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
5
 
 
The Friday after the first 2012 presidential debate, Bill Maher holds court with, among others, influential pollster and political advisor Frank Luntz, author Bill McKibben, and Mark Foley.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
4
 
 
This documentary recounts the jaw-dropping mockery of justice that began with the brutal murders of two young women and spiraled beyond belief when seven young men went on trial...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
4
 
 
On this day in 1957, one of television's most iconic family sitcoms, Leave It to Beaver, made its debut...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
4
 
 
Last week’s series premiere set up the unusual, high-concept premise of this new action drama series: a U.S. submarine, commanded by Andre Braugher, goes against a direct order to fire missiles upon Pakistan, and ends up being counter-attacked by its own American military. That was last week. So what happens this week, and how does this mutinous standoff translate to a weekly series? Stay tuned – and, as our critics agree in this year’s TVWW Fall TV Preview, it’s one of t
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
4
 
 
This sitcom has managed to stay fresh over the years, due more than a little by giving more screen time, and story weight, to the female cast members and focusing on the geeks’ significant others. This week, Penny is considering severing ties with Leonard – again – and Sheldon learns about it before his roommate does.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
4
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: This show’s seventh and last season begins as Tina Fey and company present the final round of zany stories involving their core crazy characters. As the season begins, it’s a time of changes: Jack (Alec Baldwin) is single, Jenna (Jane Krakowski) is getting married, and Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) and Liz (Fey) are in solid relationships – though not to each other.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
4
 
 
This 1996 Coen Brothers murder mystery comedy is where Frances McDormand broke into the starring ranks, where William H. Macy reached a more recognizable level of stardom, and where Steve Buscemi absolutely stole his scenes and cemented his character-actor favored status. All that, and it’s a wild, entertaining movie, based on a grisly murder case that actually happened.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
4
 
 
Finch is still missing, and Reese is still looking for him – and tonight, he gets help from a source who may look very familiar. She’s played by Margo Martindale, who won an Emmy as the mountain matriarch on Justified two seasons ago.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Oct
3
 
 
Last week, The Middle presented a one-hour season premiere that featured a classic set piece: The entire Heck family piling into the family car to experience their first trip to a drive-in movie. This week’s plot also is driven, so to speak, by an automotive motif: This time, though, it has Frankie losing her job at the car dealership. That doesn’t sound very funny – but The Middle will find the humor in it, no question.