You may not want to watch this fifth installment of The Outsider instead of the Super Bowl – but you won’t want to miss it, either. So record it, or watch later this week during one of HBO’s many rerun opportunities.

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THE MASKED SINGER By David Bianculli

SERIES RETURN: It’s always a big and revealing choice when the network televising that year’s Super Bowl chooses the show that will follow it. It’s either the premiere of a new series of which the network is especially proud, or expects to do very well (a gamut that ranges from ABC’s The Wonder Years and NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street to NBC’s The A Team), or an existing show the network wants to reward, and promote, with a sp

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CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM By David Bianculli

Already in this unflaggingly funny Season 10, Larry David has found new things against which to rail, including belated Happy New Year wishes and the appropriateness of restaurant “side sitting” at tables for two. Tonight, based on the show’s title, he takes at least one new pet peeve out for a walk: “Artificial Fruit.” Go, Larry!

2020

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THE TELEVISION IMPACT OF FRED SILVERMAN By Mike Hughes

Fred Silverman molded a generation of television. It was the last, three-network generation, the final one totally dominated by CBS, ABC, and NBC. And Silverman...ran all three...

2020

Feb

DR. ZHIVAGO By David Bianculli

Now that the calendar has turned the page to February, the Academy Awards are approaching. And that means TCM, once again, is preceding the ceremony with its “31 Days of Oscar’’ lineup. That’s why the month, in prime time, begins with 1965’s Doctor Zhivago, David Lean’s epic retelling of the Boris Pasternak romance novel, set against the real-life political events of WWI and the Russian Revolution. Omar Sharif, Julie Christie and Geraldine Chaplin st

2020

Feb

SEVEN WORLDS, ONE PLANET By David Bianculli

This is the third episode of this superb nature documentary miniseries, and thus the third continent being highlighted. This time it’s South America, so expect some Amazon prime real estate…

2020

Feb

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

In a huge week for both pro football and presidential politics, Saturday Night Live has Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt as the guest host – and, one can only hope, Alec Baldwin making another guest appearance as Donald Trump. Musical guest: Luke Combs.

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