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2020

Nov

INTRIGUE IN A SMALL TOWN ON 'THE SOUTH WESTERLIES' By David Hinckley

"Dramedy" is an appealing description for a TV show these days, and apparently you can earn it by simply not building your plot around a murder...

2020

Nov

ALEX TREBEK 1940 – 2020 By Mike Hughes

Alex Trebek was the good, grey eminence of game shows– a reassuring sign that there are correct answers and absolute truths...

2020

Nov

1985: LORNE MICHAELS RETURNS FOR SECOND STINT WITH 'SNL' By TV WW

This day in 1985 marked the eleventh season premiere of NBC's Saturday Night Live, with host Madonna and musical guest Simple Minds. But the episode's true significance was that it marked the return of the show's creator and founding producer, Lorne Michaels...

2020

Nov

1972: TV'S FIRST PREMIUM CHANNEL, HBO, DEBUTS By TV WW

On this day in 1972, television's first premium cable channel, HBO, made its debut...

2020

Nov

60 MINUTES By David Bianculli

What a week. What an election. And what a show to watch to gain new perspective on it.

2020

Nov

THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE CRAZIEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH By David Bianculli

What a week. What an election. And what a show to watch to gain new perspective on it.

2020

Nov

THE UNDOING By David Bianculli

This is episode three -- and could be the one where we learn more about whom to root for, and against, in this very complex family story about what turns out to be a very complex family.

2020

Nov

REBUILDING PARADISE By David Bianculli

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: Ron Howard directs this emotional and inspirational look at the 2018 fire that almost completely destroyed the California community of Paradise. But pay close attention to the title, because that’s the true focus of this movie, and what ultimately makes it more stirring than frightening. The beginning of Rebuilding Paradise is like a true horror movie, culled from smartphone footage of Paradise residents trying to escape the sudden engulfing conflagration. B

2020

Nov

LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

What a week. What an election. And what a show to watch to gain new perspective on it.

2020

Nov

REBUILDING PARADISE: RON HOWARD TALKS ABOUT HIS SCARY, BEAUTIFUL NEW DOCUMENTARY By David Bianculli

Rebuilding Paradise, directed by Ron Howard and premiering tonight at 9 ET on National Geographic Channel, is a wonderful documentary and an inspirational true-life story – but doesn’t begin like one. It begins like a wildly intense horror film…

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