In tonight’s episode, renovations on the hotel expose old secrets, and new horrors. Which just goes to show you: never renovate unless you have to. It’s always a horror story.

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IN COLD BLOOD By David Bianculli

Both of the films shown in prime time by TCM tonight were released in 1967, and caused quite a stir because of their content and performances. This one is the fact-based crime thriller, In Cold Blood, based on the superbly written book by Truman Capote. What makes this stark movie version work so well, above all, is the riveting lead performance by a former child actor named Robert Blake.

2015

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RACHEL MADDOW'S CRYSTAL BALL By Jonathan Storm

People waking up Wednesday morning to news that police had raided an apartment in the Paris suburbs, and killed two terrorists, were perhaps not surprised, if they had seen this Monday night introduction to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show...

2015

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BIG NETWORK MIDSEASON AHEAD AFTER THE HOLIDAYS By Ed Bark

Two of the Big Four broadcast networks have put out detailed summations of their revamped midseason schedules while NBC is dribbling out information and CBS remains silent save for the biggest splash of them all -- Super Bowl 50...

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'CHICAGO' TIMES THREE: 'MED' MAKES THE TRIFECTA By Ed Bark

Producer Dick Wolf seemed to be on the verge of Hollywood extinction several years ago when NBC began separating itself from his longstanding Law & Order “brand” -- But if the wolf seemed at the door, the Wolf man himself declined to run scared...

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HOST JEFF PROBST ON THE 'SURVIVOR' SURVIVORS AND 15 YEARS OF SURVIVING By Alex Strachan

Survivor is arguably the most recognizable reality-competition program on U.S. TV — and yet it’s easy to forget the effect Survivor once had on the culture...

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THE GRINDER By David Bianculli

I really, really like The Grinder. Tonight, the oil-and-vinegar brothers, played by quiet Fred Savage and showy Rob Lowe, take to the road together, where Lowe’s egotistical celebrity Dean vows to retreat into a more passive and anonymous persona. That resolve may melt, though, once they’re stopped by a traffic cop…

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CHICAGO MED By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Executive producer Dick Wolf, granddaddy of the Law & Order NBC franchise, has built a new TV mini-dynasty with the addition of his third drama series set in Chicago. Joining Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., beginning tonight, is Chicago Med, adding a hospital setting to his firehouse and police precinct setting. Nick Gehlfuss is one of the stars, playing the hospital’s chief ER resident. For a full review, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes.

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IZOMBIE By David Bianculli

After Liv (Rose McIver) eats the brains of a dead magician, it’s not long before presto!: She’s performing magic tricks in her spare time, while trying to solve the circumstances of his death. I like the premise, as well as the episode’s title: Abra Cadaver.”

2015

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SHARK TANK By David Bianculli

NEW DAY AND TIME: Don’t worry, Friday night TV viewers. Shark Tank will continue to be televised at its old day and time. It’s just that ABC needed to plug a hole, fast, when Wicked City, the unpleasant serial-killer drama that started the season in this time slot, tanked so completely that ABC yanked it after just three outings. Sometimes, crime doesn’t pay. And sometimes, bad shows are canceled swiftly. So thanks, Shark Tank reruns, for picking up the slack, and offering a mu

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