DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: Part 2 of 2. This two-part, four-hour documentary has Ken Burns as its primary executive producer, and is based on the book by physician and New Yorker writer Siddhartha Mukherjee. Veteran Burns collaborator Geoffrey C. Ward is co-writer, and anything he has a hand in writing, going all the way back to The Civil War, manages to be both emotionally involving and eye-openingly instructive. Last week’s first two-hour installment of The

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1985: CBS PRESENTS JAMES A. MICHENER'S 'SPACE' By TV WW

On this day in 1985, CBS presented the 13-hour miniseries, Space, based on the same-name 1982 novel by James A. Michener...

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1978: 'THE HANNA-BARBERA HAPPY HOUR' BEGINS By TV WW

On this day in 1978, NBC debuted The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour, a variety series hosted by life-size puppets, Honey and Sis...

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HOW ABOUT A NEW ROM-COM FOR ANOTHER NIGHT IN? ABC HAS 'THE BAKER AND THE BEAUTY' By David Hinckley

We could really use a great rom-com right about now. With The Baker and the Beauty, we get a decent one...

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BETTER CALL SAUL By David Bianculli

Did you see last week’s episode? The one directed by series co-creator Vince Gilligan? Well, I did, and I’m still reeling about it. How astounding. The action sequences, the photography, the writing, the acting… every element unsurpassable, and I still have no idea what’s going to happen this week. Consider that episode the Better Call Saul equivalent of the “Pine Barrens” episode of The Sopranos – and then some.

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THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA By David Bianculli

This is Episode 5 of this David Simon and Ed Gross miniseries. And if you’ve felt like every time you’ve tuned in, things have gotten a little more bleak, you’re right. Even with a wedding on the horizon, it’s the Philip Roth-based fictional equivalent of watching the news today. Nothing but bad news, wherever you turn. But I digress.

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DISPATCHES FROM ELSEWHERE By David Bianculli

Many of the secrets behind the organization behind the game that is at the heart of Dispatches from Elsewhere were revealed last week. And yet, there remain many, many mysteries – including whether the four key players will keep playing, and growing, separately or especially together. My dispatch, from here, predicts yes.

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SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEES By David Bianculli

What’s a sports network to do, when live sports aren’t being played to be televised? One thing is to replay old sports matchups, and the other is to expand the definition of “sports.” Today, ESPN does both, by repeating seven hours’ worth of old Scripps National Spelling Bees. The alleged action begins at noon ET, with a replay of that nail-biter from 1997 (pictured). That’s followed by the national spelling bees from 2004 and, even more recently, fr

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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: LIVE IN CONCERT! By David Bianculli

For Easter Sunday, NBC is repeating its 2018 live musical TV production of Jesus Christ Superstar, starring John Legend, and featuring Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper. So yes, it’s a big night for network TV: Jesus Christ is returning, on NBC!

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KILLING EVE By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Every year, Killing Eve gets a new showrunner, but manages to maintain a consistent tone. That’s due largely to its leading ladies, Sandra Oh and especially Jodie Comer, who plays the chameleonic Russian assassin. Every year, with every murder Villanelle commits and every award Comer wins for playing her (she’s fresh off an Emmy Award), her character becomes even more unhinged and entertaining. Season 3 begins with all the principals separated and in hiding

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