In anticipation of the coming Season 3 of Better Call Saul – my favorite current TV series – AMC is prepping viewers by presenting two Monday marathons of scene-setters. Today, starting at 9 a.m. ET, AMC presents an entire day of episodes from Breaking Bad, the Vince Gilligan show that begat Better Call Saul. Not every episode, or the most recent ones – but the ones that most prominently feature Bob Odenkirk as shady attorney Saul Goodman. And the day starts, most fittingly, wi

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THE VOICE By David Bianculli

The Battle Rounds part of this show ends this week – the leg of The Voice where half the contestants performing are eliminated each night. So the tension is high – but the strategies are highly focused, too, because the judges get the chance to “steal” the losing contestants and keep them in competition. This cycle’s talent is so high, many judges -- including the crushingly charming Alicia Keys -- will be eager to pounce, and add the “losing” singers to

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SUPERGIRL By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode is a double treat for fervent comic-book genre fans. Kevin Smith, whose love of comics is so great he hosts the AMC series Comic Book Men, directs tonight episode. (Smith also directed Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.) And returning as guest star, playing this fictional world’s female President of the United States, is former Wonder Woman star Lynda Carter.

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BATES MOTEL By David Bianculli

Rihanna, as Marion Crane, checks into the Bates Motel tonight, with Freddie Highmore’s Norman Bates eyeing her every move (sometimes, from behind that hidden office-to-motel-room peephole) What could possibly go wrong? Not much, at least artistically, because this series, this season, is doing everything just right.

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ALTERNATIVE ACTS: IF YOU COULD CHANGE THE ENDING, WOULD YOU? By Alex Strachan

If you could choose a different ending to Breaking Bad would you? Netflix executives are already talking about so-called “branch narratives” and different ways to connect plot points in some of its adult dramas...

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‘JACK TAYLOR’ IS ANOTHER WINNING IMPORT FOR ACORN TV By David Hinckley

Iain Glen may have had some trouble winning Lady Mary and Daenerys Targaryen, but he scores a big win as a restless Irish private eye on the Acorn-imported series Jack Taylor...

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2017 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

It’s getting easier to find and watch the games this year, now that we’re down to the Elite Eight. Today’s two games are televised by CBS, beginning at 2 p.m. ET, so there’s no need to switch networks in midstream – or mid-game. South Carolina, seed No. 7, faces No. 4 seed Florida – my alma mater, by the way. Following that, at 5, we have a contest of two teams facing each other just as the brackets in their region predicted: No. 1 North Carolina vs. No.

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THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE BIGGEST STORY ON EARTH By David Bianculli

John Oliver is off this week on HBO, so this is your only Sunday spot for a special recap and response to this week’s heightened Beltway drama. And boy, with the repeal-and-replace bill being pulled by House speaker Paul Ryan at (actually, after) the last minute, this show’s behind-the-scenes perspective ought to be even more illuminating than usual.

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TO WALK INDIVISIBLE!: THE BRONTE SISTERS ON MASTERPIECE By David Bianculli

This stand-alone imported drama tells the story of the Bronte sisters, who rebelled against Victorian conformity by publishing now-classic literary works – including Charlotte’s Jane Eyre and Emily’s Wuthering Heights – initially under male pseudonyms. Those works are famous, much more so than the actresses portraying their authors. From left, Chloe Pirrie plays Emily Bronte, Charlie Murphy plays Anna, and Finn Atkins plays Charlotte. For a full review, see David Hinckley

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THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode, “Something They Need,” is the penultimate episode of the season – an episode where, traditionally, all manner of hell breaks loose. And with a showdown looming between Rick’s forces and Negan’s, there’s no reason to expect tonight’s set-up episode to be any different.

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