I will watch any show with Natalie Zea in it. Any time, any place, anywhere. TBS’s new sitcom The Detour, which premieres Monday at 9 p.m. ET, makes that resolve a little harder to maintain...

2016

Apr

'THE DETOUR' IS ANOTHER ROAD LESS TRAVELED ON FORMERLY FORMULAIC TBS By Ed Bark

Comparisons to the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies no doubt are expected and not entirely unwelcome. It’s a pre-sold title, after all, and The Detour can only hope to do as well with its winding, mind-bending road trip from Syracuse to a would-be beach vacay in Fort Lauderdale...

2016

Apr

KEN BURNS: WHY JACKIE ROBINSON WAS BASEBALL'S MOST IMPORTANT PLAYER By David Hinckley

Ken Burns agrees that we can’t remember Jackie Robinson enough. He just wants us to remember the real Jackie Robinson. So he’s taken the Robinson segment of his Emmy-winning 1994 “Baseball” series and expanded it into a four-hour documentary...

2016

Apr

GOTHAM By David Bianculli

In tonight’s episode, Jim Gordon steals his own police file to help clear his name – and goes to Ed Gygma for help. At the same time, the future Penguin is starting to get in the position to even his own score as well – so it’s the future Penguin, the future Riddler, and the future Commissioner Gordon all on the loose tonight.

2016

Apr

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

Tonight, the playoff round begins – with the winners going to the live shows.

2016

Apr

JACKIE ROBINSON By David Bianculli

Part 1 of 2. This is Ken Burns’ latest documentary series, co-created with his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband, David McMahon – and it’s wonderful, as usual. It’s a two-part, four-hour study of Jackie Robinson, an expanded take on what he first explored in one of the innings of Ken Burns’ Baseball. The real surprise and treat here is Jackie Robinson’s widow, Rachel, still alive, and still feisty and honest and outspoken. This photo makes it seem as thoug

2016

Apr

BATES MOTEL By David Bianculli

This series has started to get really down and dirty into Norman’s twisted psyche. Last week, Norman and a friend escaped from the mental facility and visited a strip joint, where Norman got a lap dance from an eager-to-please stripper. The only thing was, Norman felt uncomfortable in the V.I.P. room, so his inner Norma took over instead. And, the way it was filmed, his outer Norma too, making it quite a kinky scene as we saw things from Norman’s, then Norma’s, point of view. W

2016

Apr

BETTER CALL SAUL By David Bianculli

Once again, I’m behind. But I’m caught up enough to know that this is the penultimate episode of the season, and the plot has something to do with documents that have been tampered with.

2016

Apr

KIM DICKENS SHARES FUN FACTS FROM 'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' By David Hinckley

So here are two fun zombie facts from Kim Dickens as AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead returns for its second season...

2016

Apr

IF IT’S 'THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE,' IT DOESN’T SEEM SO UNSEEMLY By David Hinckley

Starz’s steamy new series The Girlfriend Experience works hard to rebrand the ancient tradition of men paying women for sex. And why not? Finding a genteel name for that practice is almost as time-honored a tradition as the practice itself...

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