The TV series adaptation of His Dark Materials has finally arrived, and like the acclaimed book trilogy on which it's based, it could just as easily have been called His Dense Materials...

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LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA TALKS 'HIS DARK MATERIALS' By Mike Hughes

Lin-Manuel Miranda was talking to TV critics, which was familiar turf. He had met the Television Critics Association back in 2013, when he was the co-star of, well, something or other...

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THE LIST OF SERIES FINALES THIS SEASON GROWS WITH 'THE AFFAIR' By David Hinckley

In at least this one sense, television is a zero-sum game: The number of premieres will always exactly match the number of finales...

2019

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

Thursday, the House of Representatives approved a resolution formalizing the rules for a now imminent impeachment inquiry. Three days later, The Circus revisits it, examining how it happened – and what it means.

2019

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SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL By David Bianculli

Halfway through this year’s NFL season, and two teams remain undefeated: The San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots. Tonight, one of them plays on Sunday Night Football, as Tom Brady and his 8-0 Patriots take on the 5-2 Baltimore Ravens. Both teams lead their respective divisions in the AFC, and the Ravens are playing at home.

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WATCHMEN By David Bianculli

Last week, Jeremy Irons was creepy personified as the sadistic villain – one of them – in this new iteration of the Watchmen saga. And this week, we get to know another new character, this time a law-enforcement official played by Jean Smart, who’s already added even more triumphs to her resume thanks to her recent role on FX’s Legion.Now comes another genre series and part, and I expect her to do great things here as well…

2019

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THE AFFAIR By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: Last week, a sudden turn of events threatened to claim the life of Maura Tierney’s Helen. It was a snakebite, suffered while hiking on a mountain trail – but she was with Noah (Dominic West), who got her to the hospital on time. In other words, the former snake Noah, who propelled this entire series with his illicit affair with Ruth Wilson’s alluring waitress Alison, is back at the bedside of the wife he betrayed. It’s just in time for tonight’s serie

2019

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MRS. FLETCHER By David Bianculli

Kathryn Hahn is really, really good as the empty-nest single mother in Tom Perrotta’s HBO adaptation of his own novel. At the end of last week’s premiere, she enrolled in an adult-education class, where one of the other students was a young man formerly bullied in school by her son. And as the final scene faded to the credits, she was flirting with the idea of flirting with that much younger man…

2019

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LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

Thursday, the House of Representatives approved a resolution formalizing the rules for a now imminent impeachment inquiry. Three days later, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver revisits it, examining how it happened – and what it means.

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