This is the second episode of this new Edie Falco series, and it reveals a lot more about her character's past, especially about her family. It's the slow but sure-handed reveal of these aspects of the private Tommy that makes this Tommy worth watching. That, and, of course, the always captivating Edie Falco.

2020

Feb

ROBERT CONRAD: THE TOUGH GUY AND HIS DISTASTE OF TELEVISION CRITICS By Ed Bark

Robert Conrad didn't mind playing rough, both physically on-screen and verbally with TV critics who found fault with his shows...

2020

Feb

NATURE: "WILD FLORIDA" By David Bianculli

I’m very excited about this because I have a closer than usual link to what might be called Wild Florida, the topic of tonight’s new Nature installment. I grew up in Fort Lauderdale, right next to the Florida Everglades. One of my early jobs as a young adult was as a night watchman at a 300-acre park and bird sanctuary in North Miami. Wild Florida. Then, during a swamp-draining draught of 1974, I was part of the United States Geological Survey crew assigned to map

2020

Feb

MODERN FAMILY By David Bianculli

This long-running series, now in Season 11 and beginning its final quintet of new episodes, may or may not get the final send-off it deserves. But I hope it does, because Modern Family not only influenced society with its positive portrayal of a gay couple, but presented so many delightful performances, from its young actors as well as its established pros.

2020

Feb

'BATTLE FOR HONG KONG' ON PBS' 'FRONTLINE' IS A MULTI-LAYERED PORTRAIT OF A ONE-SIDED FIGHT By Alex Strachan

Out of China, always something new. It's a sign of the turbulent times we're living in that Tuesday's absorbing — and topical — PBS Frontline program, Battle for Hong Kong, seems, well, no longer so topical all of a sudden...

2020

Feb

'FOR LIFE' TRIES TOO HARD BUT DON'T CONVICT IT TOO QUICKLY By David Hinckley

The real-life tale of Isaac Wright Jr., who lawyered himself out of a wrongful drug conviction and a lengthy prison sentence, needs no enhancement...

2020

Feb

THE CONNERS By David Bianculli

LIVE: Now that Roseanne has been sent packing from her own sitcom, The Conners, with John Goodman as the surviving patriarch (which is interesting in itself, because his character died before the original Roseanne left the air all those years ago), ABC has had problems generating enough interest in the remaining family. Tonight, ABC tries a new approach: this evening’s episode is televised live – with the family reacting to results from the New Hampshire primary.

2020

Feb

THIS IS US By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode is the end of the current episodic trilogy: “Hell of a Week Part 3.” And even the promos suggest that all things may not end happily.

2020

Feb

ALI AND CAVETT: THE TALE OF THE TAPES By David Bianculli

Muhammad Ali and Dick Cavett crossed paths many times during the Sixties and after – and this documentary compiles some of their best interactions in the media, on Cavett’s talk show and elsewhere.

2020

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FOR LIFE By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who’s also stretched his TV muscles by producing Power, is one of the people behind this new ABC drama, based on a true story about a jailhouse lawyer (Nicholas Pinnock) who takes his newfound legal knowledge to the courts once he’s freed after serving time on a wrongful conviction. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

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