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2018
Dec
11
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
Last night’s overly padded two-hour installment gave room for the Top 8 to sing solo, and in pairs – but tonight, that spotlight narrows, as, in anticipation of next week’s finals, the Top 8 is halved to the Top 4. One who should make the cut for sure, based on last night’s performance: young Chevel Shepherd (pictured), whose version of LeAnn Rimes’ “Blue” was pure and beautiful.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
11
SUPERGIRL By David Bianculli
 
 
The conclusion of this multi-part, multi-series “Elseworlds” crossover event has the heroes of Flash, Arrow and Supergirl traveling to Gotham City – the home turf of Batman, of course. Except that, in this particular story line, the Caped Crusader has been missing from Gotham for about three years (the Fox series Gotham has been missing for a while, too, but returns with new episodes in January). So who’s minding the store, and the city? As was revealed last night on Arro
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
11
STAGECOACH By David Bianculli
 
 
Here’s another genre superstar entry from TCM. When it comes to Westerns, there’s not one more iconic, important or influential than 1939’s Stagecoach, in which director John Ford defined and captured the look of the American West (and inspired all those Chuck Jones Road Runner cartoons), and made a star of John Wayne, as king of the Western. Watch it all happen here.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
10
EXAMINING TARP WITH 'A VICE SPECIAL REPORT: PANIC: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS' By David Hinckley
 
 
Anyone who laments the lack of bipartisanship in contemporary America can sigh with wistful nostalgia over a new Vice documentary (in collaboration with HBO) on the trillion-dollar 2008 government bailout fondly known as TARP...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
10
THE VOICE By David Bianculli
 
 
We get even closer to the finale this week, as the performers are down to the Top 8. And as most of TV takes a break in December, it’s one of the few non-repeats worth tuning in to see. And hear.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
10
ARROW By David Bianculli
 
 
This is Part 2 of the multi-episode crossover mini-series called “Elseworlds,” which has DC Comics (and CW) costumed superheroes Arrow, the Flash, and Supergirl, among others, teaming up on a single mission. In yesterday’s The Flash, this particular mission also involved Supergirl’s cousin, a.k.a. Superman, as well as mere mortal Lois Lane, who’s already been a central figure in three different TV series through the ages: The Adventures of Superman, Lois & Clark
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
9
SEASON 2 OF THE COMPLEX 'COUNTERPART' ARRIVES ON STARZ By David Hinckley
 
 
If you didn’t watch the first season of the Starz series Counterpart, don’t delude yourself that you could understand the second. If you did watch the first season...then you’ll be pleased with several of the turns in the new season...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
9
'THE LOST TAPES: SUPER TORNADO OUTBREAK' ON SMITHSONIAN REMINDS US OF THE POWER OF WEATHER By David Hinckley
 
 
Let’s face it, all of us can use a good extreme weather show once in a while. And if you air it under the aegis of the Smithsonian Channel, it almost sounds, well, educational...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
9
ENEMIES: THE PRESIDENT, JUSTICE & THE FBI By David Bianculli
 
 
Part 4. The conclusion of this documentary series brings us up to date – very, very up to date, covering an investigation involving, in one way or another, the FBI, the Supreme Court, the Justice Department, the White House, and more… With the latest salvos dropped just last Friday.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Dec
9
THE FLASH By David Bianculli
 
 
This is the first part of another DC Comics multi-series crossover, in which characters interact not only from different CW shows, but from different universes. The overall mini-mini-series umbrella title? “Elseworlds.”
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley