The secrets have ben revealed slowly but surely on this show, such as the relationship of the show’s central family to the one whose possessed plight was dramatized in the original movie version of The Exorcist. We now know this new TV story is an official sequel – and in tonight’s episode, the demon gets stronger, and the news of the possession spreads.

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CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND By David Bianculli

After her seismic romantic setbacks in last week’s episode, Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) decides to shake up her personal life’s status quo – by getting a makeover, to see whether, in this modern day and age, blondes still have more fun. Regardless of what happens, the song she sings about it is too much fun to miss.

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REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

On last week’s show, the final pre-election edition of the 2016 campaign, Bill Maher very clearly and emphatically said and did what almost no TV political pundits, other than a couple on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and Showtime’s The Circus, like frequent guest Michael Moore, dared to even suggest. Maher ran through Donald Trump’s history of defying expectations – defeating opponents on the Republican debate stages, winning primaries, and securing his party’s nominat

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STEPHEN COLBERT’S LIVE ELECTION NIGHT – DEMOCRACY’S SERIES FINALE: WHO’S GOING TO CLEAN UP THIS SH*T? By David Bianculli

On Election Night, Stephen Colbert hosted a live, unedited political special on Showtime, which got more and more surreal, and funereal, as the night went on. By the end, it was more like a funeral service than a celebration, and when, in the final minutes, Colbert asked comedian Jena Friedman for any last thoughts, she advised the show’s female viewers to “get your abortions now.” Colbert laughed very nervously, and pointed out the show was being rebroadcast on Friday on CBS.

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STEPHEN COLBERT’S LIVE ELECTION NIGHT – DEMOCRACY’S SERIES FINALE: WHO’S GOING TO CLEAN UP THIS SH*T? By David Bianculli

…And watch a repeat of the entire show. Both versions are captured-in-amber visions of Colbert and company being shocked by a very unexpected reality – but this uncensored version even more so. For a taste, see Eric Gould's latest Video Worth Watching, another timely TVWW feature.

2016

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THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW MINI-MARATHON By David Bianculli

Sundance’s showcase of classic sitcoms continues, with today’s daytime launch of a mini-marathon of one of the shows that changed the face of television: 1970’s The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the first series from the taste-establishing, groundbreaking MTM Productions. The first half of Season 1 is shown in a big burst starting at 6 a.m. ET, with more episodes to follow. It takes attitude, and a little bravery, for Sundance to clear so much time on its schedule for such a quality,

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THE BIG BANG THEORY By David Bianculli

Sheldon as a ladies’ man? Well, when that lady is Amy, and Sheldon is motivated to change the nature of their intimate relationship, it’s worth trying… which, in tonight’s episode, gives Jim Parsons, as Sheldon, a chance to play some very different character notes than usual.

2016

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DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW By David Bianculli

There’s a small burst of time-travel shows on TV this year, so I guess it’s inevitable that their respective time streams, or subjects, would occasionally intersect, or pull from today’s headlines as well. Tonight on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, the heroes take a timely – or timeless – trip to the White House. But it’s the 1980s White House, with Ronald Reagan as the presidential resident.

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SUPERNATURAL By David Bianculli

On many of the time-travel series and alternate-reality dramas, Nazis remains fascinating to the writers of those shows, from Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle to NBC’s Timeless and, tonight, CW’s Supernatural. The plot tonight involves a 1930s pocket watch that is said to contain the spirit of a world leader from the 1940s: Adolf Hitler.

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CONAN By David Bianculli

Don’t expect the Spanish Inquisition, but tonight’s installment of Conan is scheduled two include two members of Monty Python: Eric Idle and John Cleese, together again for the… what time is it by now? I’ve lost count. But together, alone? They're saying it's the first.

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