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2017

Mar

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Tonight’s scheduled guests include Barney Frank, Andrew Sullivan, and Jake Tapper. Get ready… Get set… Get talking…

2017

Mar

A EULOGY FOR ‘MERCY STREET’ By David Hinckley

A lot of television shows stick around too long. Mercy Street is leaving too soon...

2017

Mar

2017 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

This tournament’s official opening day is an orgy of binge-watching for college basketball fans: sixteen games, played on various networks from noon ET until around midnight. The first game of the day, and of the tourney, features West’s No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 12 Princeton, and is broadcast live by CBS. The final game of the day, Midwest’s No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 12 Nevada, starts at 9:57 p.m. ET on truTV. TBS and TNT are the other networks offering coverage today. The No. 1

2017

Mar

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

This isn’t an advancement of the current competition – it’s a highlights special thrown onto the schedule as counter-programming against opening night of the NCAA college men’s basketball tournament. But if you’re not into basketball, and you haven’t watched The Voice this cycle, this is a fine way to spend some TV time tonight. The audition rounds ended last night, and this instant recap gives you a good sense of the high talent level of this year’s sin

2017

Mar

BASKETS By David Bianculli

Perhaps, after a full day of NCAA games, the last thing you want to watch on TV is even more Baskets. But this is different. And tonight’s new Baskets is built around a family yard sale. Sounds like a great place to pick up some cheap used French clown costumes…

2017

Mar

THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY By David Bianculli

This 1963 movie, part of tonight’s TCM dive into the Walt Disney studio archives, came out when I had just turned 10 years old. I remember not only watching and loving it at the time, marveling at the story of a cat and two dogs traveling across the country to reunite with their owners, but being astounded once I found out it was based on a true story. I haven’t seen the film in more than 50 years, but I’ll be watching tonight. The grown-up critic in me may notice how manipulat

2017

Mar

COLBERT PLAYS MADDOW, AND GOES LONG. VERY LONG. By Eric Gould

Whether you thought Rachel Maddow’s drop of Donald Trump 2005 IRS return on Tuesday night was a big scoop or a big fizzle, the one thing that we can maybe all agree on...

2017

Mar

SURVIVOR: GAME CHANGERS By David Bianculli

The latest cycle of Survivor, featuring past players returning for a second go-round, began last week. This week, the action gets really exciting, in a single-elimination contest requiring impressive displays of skill, strategy, and perseverance – but that’s during the NCAA tournament, which starts tomorrow.

2017

Mar

STAR By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Star was given an early second-season renewal last month, so we know this freshman series – well, freshwomen series, mostly – will return. So whatever cliffhanger it provides to end tonight’s episode, that question will not go unresolved. Eventually.

2017

Mar

LEGION By David Bianculli

It’s chapter six of Legion, and if you haven’t watched every episode, you have little chance of understanding, at this point, what’s going on. And even if you have seen all five episodes thus far, you might be hard-pressed to connect all the dots. But the closer you watch, the more breathtaking this series is. Clarity, for now, can wait…

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