When this series began earlier this fall, Paul Shaffer was not yet unmasked as the Skeleton on The Masked Singer. Now he has – but I’m pointing out tonight’s episode for another reason. Shaffer’s guest tonight is an old, old friend of his from when they both were young performers in Canada: Martin Short. And I’m sure this episode, with two such effervescent and musically talented show-biz hams, will be an especially entertaining conversation, and compilati

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THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE WILDEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTHRY By David Bianculli

Another week of politics, another series of dizzying days – and, at the end, another welcome, necessary recap…

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MARTIN SCORSESE DOUBLE FEATURE By David Bianculli

One of TCM’s most supportive and artistic supporters and occasional contributors, Martin Scorsese, usually writes or talks about other films when inside the TCM tent. And this month, TCM shows why it’s so fortunate to have him, by showing occasional double features of his influential, memorable movies. First up are samples from his earliest days of filmmaking: At 8 p.m. ET, 1974’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, starring Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson and Di

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WATCHMEN By David Bianculli

Keep watching The Watchmen. Each week, it gets deeper, more unsettling – and showcases more and more instances of intense, nuanced acting, from newly introduced actors and characters.

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SHAMELESS By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: The Gallaghers are back! Well, most of them, anyway. Emmy Rossum, as Fiona, left the series at the end of last season’s finale, and now the dysfunctional clan, with and despite patriarch Frank (William H. Macy), must learn how to function, and dysfunction, without her. But as one Gallagher leaves, another returns: Cameron Monaghan, now that his run as the Joker-ish villain on Gotham is over, is back as Ian. And since Lip (played by the always believable Jeremy Al

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BACK TO LIFE By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: From BBC3 in England comes this new comedy series – a fairly dark one, starring Daisy Haggard as Miri Matteson, a woman who returns to her small coastal beach town community after spending nearly two decades in prison. Haggard co-wrote this series with Laura Solon, and the executive producers include Harry and Jack Williams of Fleabag. The story plays as emotionally as it does comedically: Haggard is kind of like the female version of the character in Rectif

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MRS. FLETCHER By David Bianculli

Here’s another comic actress doing impressive work, much of it dramatic, in a series about a character entering a strange new phase of life. In Back to Life, it’s existence outside the prison walls. In Mrs. Fletcher, Kathryn Hahn plays a newly empty-nest single mother trying to navigate the uncharted waters of what she should do with the next phase of her life.

2019

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LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

Another week of politics, another series of dizzying days – and, at the end, another welcome, necessary recap…

2019

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BRAVELY STUMBLING 'BACK TO LIFE' ON SHOWTIME By David Hinckley

Showtime's new import, Back To Life, suggests again that television is hosting a modest renaissance of dramas based on the old-fashioned virtue of pluck...

2019

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SESAME STREET'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION By David Bianculli

SPECIAL PREMIERE: On Nov. 10, 1969, public television presented the premiere of Sesame Street, a new nationwide children’s series following on the heels of the equally responsible, creative and gentle Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. One day shy of 50 years later, television presents Sesame Street’s 50thAnniversary Celebration, a new retrospective TV party hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, with Whoopi Goldberg and lots of other special guests. HBO now un

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