This Antarctica installment of this breathtaking nature series was intended to launch the series, until BBC America decided, because of wildfires in the news, to lead with Australia instead. The choice wasn’t alphabetical, but was dramatic – although there’s plenty of drama to be had in this frigid landscape, especially in the spots where they’re no longer as frigid as they once were.

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HUNTERS By David Bianculli

This has never happened before, and it’s not likely to happen ever again. But tonight, the best new hours of scripted television – the Season 1 unveiling of Amazon’s Hunters and the latest episode of NBC’s Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector – all happen to be programs on which my son, Mark Bianculli, happened to work. Hunters, created by David Weil and executive produced by Jordan Peele, stars Al Pacino as a Nazi hunter in 1970s

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LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT FOR THE BONE COLLECTOR By David Bianculli

Last week, The Bone Collector went on another three-victim murder spree – but this time, for the first time, Lincoln and his team got there in time to save one of the victims. In this bloody game of chess, where the Bone Collector is used to taking all the pieces, this signals, moving forward, a new level of play on both sides. The executive producers who developed this show for television: VJ Boyd and the aforementioned Mark Bianculli. Thanks for giving me some good TV to watch on Fridays

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'HUNTERS' TAKES A FEW UNUSUAL TURNS, BUT THE PREMISE AND CHILLS ARE WORTH INVESTIGATING By Ed Bark

Promos for Hunters seem to be nearly as plentiful as ads for the lately besieged presidential campaign of Michael "Mike" Bloomberg...

2020

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WHILE 'HUNTERS' IS A POWERFUL SERIES, KEEP IN MIND THE SAVAGERY IS NOTHING LIKE THE REALITY OF THE THIRD REICH By David Hinckley

Spoiler alert: You might not sleep peacefully after watching Hunters, an Amazon Prime series that becomes available Friday...

2020

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MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON By David Bianculli

This 1939 Frank Capra movie contains both sides of the political and mass media seesaw. On one hand, some politicians are shown as corrupt, and some newspaper and radio reporters as jackals and parasites. But on the other side of the seesaw, there’s James Stewart as Jefferson Smith, a newbie senator so raw, honest and noble that he seems like the endangered species he was, and still is. Jean Arthur, as the more experienced Washington hand who is given the job of “handling” him,

2020

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AN AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL CLUB STEEPED IN MYSTERY ON 'PLAYING FOR KEEPS' By David Hinckley

The least glamorous character in Playing for Keeps is the best reason to watch it...

2020

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DR. STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB By David Bianculli

This 1964 Stanley Kubrick movie is one of my favorites – not only one of my favorite Kubrick films, but one of my favorite movies, period. Peter Sellers is a lot of the reason: every role he plays here is hilarious, each in its own, very different way. But the war room set is astounding, the supporting characters are a riot, and Slim Pickens, as the B-52 pilot who successfully evades Russian radar, gets the cinematic sendoff of the century. Don’t miss it.

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MODERN FAMILY By David Bianculli

Too many consecutive Emmy awards may have made some of us take this sitcom for granted. But Modern Family packs as many genuine laughs per episode as any other current comedy on TV, and I’m including Curb Your Enthusiasm. These are the last episodes of the final season of Modern Family, and they ought to be seen, if only to marvel at the comic timing and deadpan comic asides. Both, by now, are perfectly tuned machines – and the show is making room for so

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