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2016
Mar
13
 
 
And Then There Were None, the latest retelling of Agatha Christie’s most famous crime mystery novel, delivers 10 killings in record time. But not the record you might think...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
13
 
 
The political race has given fuel to two must-see Sunday night shows on premium cable. The one that arrives first is Showtime’s The Circus, which affords backstage and on-the-scene looks from the campaign trail. And the reason it’s must-see is because of what’s been happening, week in and week out, on that trail. Happy trails to you? Not on this show… but divisive, disappointing, surprising, even violent? The gang’s all here.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
13
 
 
MINISERIES PREMIERE: This imported 2015 miniseries is in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie TV adaptations – and starting with David Suchet as Poirot, that’s a grand tradition indeed. This is a four-hour, two-night adaptation (stretched from the original British three-episode drama) of one of Christie’s most famous and best-selling mysteries. Part 2 is televised tomorrow night at 9 ET. Stars include Charles Dance, Toby Stephens and Miranda Richardson. For a full review, see
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
13
 
 
This is a milestone of sorts, no matter what you think of the subject. Tonight’s The Carmichael Show, which is making a point this season of becoming known for being an issues-oriented sitcom, tonight takes on the issue of fallen idols – and the specific subject is Bill Cosby. Considering how Cosby, for NBC, not only made racial history with I Spy in the 1960s by becoming the first African-American to star in a drama series, but his The Cosby Show in the 1980s virtually saved the sit
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
13
 
 
Every week since The Walking Dead came back from its midseason break, I’ve been thinking, well, surely the show can’t keep up this sort of intensity for another episode – and every week, I’ve been wrong. Last week’s episode, the raid on the enemy camp, was white-knuckle territory even by Walking Dead standards. And just when I thought the tension was over, it ratcheted to a new level with a cliffhanger that makes tonight’s episode a must-see – but maybe
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
13
 
 
Here’s another Sunday night cable show that has become must-see viewing because of the way it covers the weekly race by presidential candidates. John Oliver doesn’t spend all his time dissecting the week’s political candidates, gaffes, and outrages – but he gives them enough time to make this an invaluable, and strangely soothing, recap.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
13
 
 
WGN America, official network of the one-word, scripted drama series, is following Salem, the since canceled Manhattan and Outsiders with the pre-Civil War Underground...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
12
 
 
Like most great singers, Billie Holiday never had to explain what she was singing about...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
12
 
 

No network has been more slavish in its coverage of Donald Trump than CNN. That’s probably stating the obvious at this point, even though rival networks certainly haven’t scrimped on the free time they’ve given the oft-bombastic Republican Party frontrunner...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
12
 
 
Blake Shelton has been in the red chair on The Voice for years, but he’s never faced green slime, as he will here. It’s an unavoidable by-product, and side benefit, of hosting this exuberant, and very messy, awards show.