SERIES PREMIERE: This new HBO animated series, produced by Jay and Mark Duplass, looks at life in the big city, but from the point of view of some of its smaller creatures: the birds, carriage horses, vermin and other animals who call New York their home. Hey –maybe there will be a cameo appearance by Pizza Rat.

2016

Feb

TV VS. THE MOVIES: WEIGHING ‘MR. ROBOT’ AGAINST ‘BLACKHAT’ By Alex Strachan

After the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Critics’ Choice Awards and numerous other citations, it’s no secret that Mr. Robot is the new buzzword in TV’s cultural echo chamber...

2016

Feb

MADOFF By David Bianculli

MINISERIES: Part 2 of 2. This docudrama miniseries about the rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, and his fortune, concludes tonight with the fall. For full reviews, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower and Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes.

2016

Feb

AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli

Two out of three rooms of contestants made it through to the next round after the solo competition – and tonight, the new competition begins, in which the remaining singers must perform in front of a live audience.

2016

Feb

COOL HAND LUKE By David Bianculli

The year 1967, when this Paul Newman movie was released, was the perfect time to release a movie about stubborn nonconformity and a determination to rebel against authority. But that doesn’t mean these films always end well. In fact, think of your favorite counter-culture movies from the late Sixties and early Seventies, and remember how those films ended…

2016

Feb

2016 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE By David Bianculli

This debate wasn’t solidified until the last minute, but I think it’s official now. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, in their first Democratic Presidential Debate without sharing the stage, square off after their virtual dead heat in the Iowa caucus. Now the New Hampshire primary is looming, and both candidates have agreed to debate the issues, and one another, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH. The moderators are Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow.

2016

Feb

BASKETS By David Bianculli

In tonight’s third episode, Martha (Martha Kelly) suffers a sad loss – and it’s Baskets (Zach Galifianakis), the sad clown, to the rescue. Sort of.

2016

Feb

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN By Jonathan Storm

Bob Elliott (left in photo with Ray Goulding), half of the legendary, semi-absurdist comedy duo of Bob & Ray, died Tuesday (2/2) at the age of 92...

2016

Feb

RICHARD DREYFUSS, BLYTHE DANNER MAKE THE MADOFFS GO 'ROUND IN ABC MINISERIES By Ed Bark

A notably fleshy Richard Dreyfuss, now 68, has let himself grow into the role of the world’s most notorious, pear-shaped Ponzi schemer. Very ably assisted by Blythe Danner as his wife, Ruth, Dreyfuss inhabits Bernie Madoff...

2016

Feb

'MADOFF' IS AAA RATED: ARROGANT, AMORAL AND ALL-AROUND NARCISSIST By David Hinckley

You’d think that Bernard Madoff, who built the biggest Ponzi scheme in history might be a complex, nuanced, fascinating man. In an evil sort of way. You’d be wrong...

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