SEASON PREMIERE: Oh, I’ve missed you, John Oliver. The comedian returns for Season 7 with a recap of whatever it was that happened this week. And I believe Oliver is the best person on TV to explain what’s been going on this week in the Justice Department, Barr none.

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CASABLANCA By David Bianculli

This 1942 film classic is what movies are all about. A love story told in its time, of its time – it was made and released as WWII was being fought – Casablanca has become a romance movie for the ages. Several generations have embraced it anew, but if that’s going to keep happening, places like TCM will have to keep showcasing this Humphrey Bogart-Ingrid Bergman drama, and reminding people just how special it is. And so will critics like me. And tonight, we

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SEVEN WORLDS, ONE PLANET By David Bianculli

You know, by now, how superb this nature series is. And it continues tonight, with an episode devoted to Europe. And you don’t need the Internet to check out these lynx…

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THE REMIX OF 'HIGH FIDELITY' ON HULU SHOWS PROMISE By David Hinckley

It's a relatively safe bet that we won't be hearing any Garth Brooks music on High Fidelity, the TV adaptation of Nick Hornby's marvelous 1995 novel about people who work in a record store...

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ROMANCE AND RECORDS ON 'HIGH FIDELITY' By Mike Hughes

High Fidelity keeps marching across the media landscape. It was a 1995 Nick Hornby novel, a 2000 John Cusack movie, and a 2006 Broadway musical. Now it's a streaming series – a good one – arriving Friday on Hulu...

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'UTOPIA FALLS' MIGHT BE A SCI-FI MUSICAL, BUT THERE'S NOTHING NEW HERE By David Hinckley

Utopian communities of the future work out about as well on television as utopian communities of the past worked out in real life...

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HIGH FIDELITY By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new series (with all of Season 1 dropping today in Hulu) takes the John Cusack character from the 2000 movie – which, in turn, was based on the very readable book by Nick Hornby – and reinvents the protagonist as a young black woman. Some of the resulting notes may sound a little off, particularly regarding the passionate musical tastes of someone living a generation later, but the structure and soul are sound. There’s still a lot of talking and confessing

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LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT FOR THE BONE COLLECTOR By David Bianculli

The Bone Collector, who’s been shown to this point as a slowly simmering subplot, percolates a bit more energetically tonight, now that he’s moved to the same city as his nemesis Lincoln Rhyme. The episode title shows its hand: “Game On.”

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THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli

They’ve made some changes to the lineup of tonight’s Graham Norton Show, pushing back Justin Timberlake to next week. This week, if the BBC America website is correct, the guests to be seen tonight include Mark Ruffalo, David Schwimmer, Tamsin Greig (that hilarious actress from Episodes), and Alicia Keys.

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DELVING DEEPER INTO THE HISTORY OF MEXICO'S ILLEGAL DRUG BUSINESS ON 'NARCOS: MEXICO' By David Hinckley

The romantic view of marijuana as a bit of harmless good-time fun takes a hit in the resumption of the Netflix series Narcos...

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