As we noted in our review of the documentary, JFK: One PM Central Standard Time, Walter Cronkite's breaking-live broadcast of the Kennedy assassination was significant for his rigorous delivery of what were confirmed facts, and just as rigorous reminders of what were not, even though they were thought to be reliable...

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MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. By David Bianculli

You knew this had to happen, and tonight it does. This TV series from the Marvel universe presents a plot that ties in to a current big-screen Marvel movie – specifically, Thor: The Dark World. That’s why tonight’s TV plot concerns a magical, dangerous artifact from Asgard, Thor’s home world. And given the pervasiveness of pop-culture synergy and cross-promotion, I guess there’s no reason to be Thor about it.

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THE MALTESE FALCON By David Bianculli

This 1941 John Huston film, based on the Dashiell Hammett novel, is one of the absolute classics of film noir. Humphrey Bogart stars, along with Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet. TCM’s current documentary series import, The Story of Film: An Odyssey, recently made a brilliant connection between this movie and Chinatown – and not just that Huston wrote and directed Maltese Falcon and co-starred in the latter.

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DAVID BLAINE: REAL OR MAGIC? By David Bianculli

It’s a fun idea for a special: Put magician David Blaine up close and personal, as usual, to do his tricks, but this time with celebrities as the ones being thrown by his illusions. So you get Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul of Breaking Bad dropping their jaws in amazement. And Katy Perry. And Ricky Gervais, and many others. Of course, while you’re watching their reactions, you’re paying less careful attention to what Blaine is doing. It’s called misdirection, Hollywood sty

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FRONTLINE: WHO WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD? By David Bianculli

This two-hour examination of the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy isn’t new. In fact, it’s 20 years old, from a Frontline special shown originally in 1993, marking what was then the 30th anniversary of the JFK assassination. But Oswald rarely is studied in this much detail – that was true then, and on TV, it’s true now, so this Frontline remains, after all these years, TV worth watching. Check local listings.

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SONS OF ANARCHY By David Bianculli

Previews for this week’s episode promise an all-out action showdown, with the riders of SAMCRO, the police escorts of Clay, and the vengeful gunrunners of the IRA all converging for one giant highway pile-up.

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DOCTOR WHO: THE DOCTORS REVISITED MARATHON By David Bianculli

All this week, BBC America is building up to Saturday’s global simulcast of the 50th anniversary special episode of Doctor Who. The week’s festivities begin early today. At 8 a.m. ET, BBC America repeats Doctor Who: The Companions, its special devoted to the Doctor’s many traveling companions through the (past 49) years. Then, beginning at 9 a.m. ET, the network presents a 10-installment marathon of The Doctors Revisited, with individual one-hour specials devoted to the first 1

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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER By David Bianculli

Barney’s biological father, played by John Lithgow, returns for this week’s all-new episode. Since Barney’s mother, played by Frances Conroy, and brother, played by Wayne Brady, already are here in this season-long story line, who’s left? Good question. Stay tuned.

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ALMOST HUMAN By David Bianculli

This new series, from Fringe collaborators J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman, premiered last night on Fox, but slips into its regular Monday slot tonight, starring Karl Urban and Michael Ealy as a cop in the future and his android partner. Tonight’s second episode features something the premiere didn’t: a subplot involving sexbots, one of whom is seen in the accompanying photo. For Fox, leaving that plot line until episode two qualifies as corporate restraint. For a full review, see Eric Go

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