The same game continues to spread, online and elsewhere: In tonight’s episode, Anne (Lili Taylor) finds her private medical records released online, the latest shaming attempt aimed in her direction.

2016

Feb

THE NEW YORKER PRESENTS By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Can The New Yorker translate to a newsmagazine TV format? Documentaries, poetry, personal essays, animated cartoons – can a brilliant, creative magazine transfer its long-established spirit to another medium? Tune in and see. This new series begins streaming today, on Amazon. The presentation is classy and literate (what a surprise), the animation is lovely, but the pieces in the opening installment are somewhat uneven. A piece on a paranoid delusion based on The Truman Sh

2016

Feb

NEW GIRL By David Bianculli

Megan Fox really did well last week, introducing herself as a recurring character, and status quo-shattering roommate, on New Girl. And she’s here again tonight, helping to fill the maternity-leave vacancy of star Zooey Deschanel.

2016

Feb

MARVEL'S AGENT CARTER By David Bianculli

Agent Carter is still recovering from last week’s very serious wounds, so she has to send someone else to go under cover and infiltrate a party – and she sends Jarvis and Dottie (James D’Arcy, Bridget Regan), who get to show off their dance moves. It’s one of two episodes presented tonight, back to back.

2016

Feb

THE GRINDER By David Bianculli

Another guest star appearance on tonight’s schedule: Maya Rudolph returns as the psychologist who is treating Dean – and not treating him very well, to hear Dean (Rob Lowe) tell it.

2016

Feb

AMERICAN CRIME STORY: "THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON By David Bianculli

Episode 3. This episode is called “The Dream Team,” and it’s the one where the defense takes the field – proving, as did Super Bowl 50, that even the highest-profile football player on offense can’t hope to win without a strong defense. Courtney B. Vance joins the team as Johnnie Cochran, and, within moments, changes the approach to the O.J. Simpson case – and, quite possibly, its result.

2016

Feb

BLACK PANTHERS DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES CONFLICT AND PROGRESS, INSIDE AND OUT By David Hinckley

The Black Panthers saw themselves in the 1960s and ‘70s as a voice and a haven for the forgotten. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover saw them as subversive terrorists...

2016

Feb

THE ICEMAN COMETH AGAIN: THE COOLEST DEAD GUY IN THE WORLD By David Sicilia

A heavily-tattooed, leather-clad drifter carrying drugs and several weapons is whacked. Male, five-foot-two, 110 pounds, approximately forty-five years old. Goes by the name Ötzi the Iceman. Assailant unknown...

2016

Feb

11.22.63 By David Bianculli

MINISERIES PREMIERE: Stephen King’s novel about time travel and the John F. Kennedy assassination is turned into an eight-part miniseries by Hulu, with episodes streaming weekly each Monday – beginning today, on Presidents Day. J.J. Abrams is an executive producer, and James Franco stars as Maine high school teacher Jake Epping, who is introduced to a secret, mysterious method of time travel. It’s a portal through the closet of a local diner, and, once he accepts the mission to

2016

Feb

DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD By David Bianculli

SERIES RETURN: New episodes of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood show up this week, beginning with today’s back-to-back installments about, respectively, mistakes and play. If you haven’t seen the video of my six-month-old granddaughter, Reina, enjoying this show’s opening credits with unrestrained glee, see Video Worth Watching. It only takes a minute – but you, like Reina, are bound to smile widely at the end. Check local listings.

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