In promos for this new episode, Liz is shown preparing to walk down the aisle and marry Tom – but also in the promos, there’s a lurking Red (James Spader) about to crash the proceedings. Which makes the promo even funnier, when it alludes to Game of Thrones by calling this a “Red wedding.”

2016

Apr

THE EIGHTIES: "THE AIDS CRISIS" By David Bianculli

Last week’s premiere of The Eighties turned out to be the second-highest-rated series premiere in CNN history. (A good sign for those who already are looking forward to The Nineties.) Tonight, an examination of that decade continues, and tonight’s topic is The AIDS Crisis. Young adults, in particular, may be stunned by the ignorant and vehement initial reactions generated by the discovery and identification of HIV and AIDS. Welcome to The Eighties.

2016

Apr

WE SAY GOODBYE (PERHAPS) TO 'AMERICAN IDOL' By Ed Martin

La’Porsha for the win! Even at the last, American Idol can get me (and millions of others) caught up in the excitement of it all...

2016

Apr

‘NOVA’ FINDS VIKINGS GOT TO NORTH AMERICA MUCH EARLIER By David Hinckley

It’s almost as if the Vikings wanted to drive archeologists and historians nuts. Starting more than a thousand years ago, they sailed all over the known world and then found a few worlds that hadn’t been known, at least to Europeans...

2016

Apr

AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli

It’s the penultimate episode – not only of the season, but of the series, as American Idol closes in on the finish line of an impressive reality-competition series run. Competing for the shot at being one of the two last Idol contestants standing are Trent Harmon, La’Porsha Renae and Dalton Rapattoni. If life is fair, and the votes, then Renae will not only survive as one of the final finalists, but will win. But no one said life – or Idol -- was fair…

2016

Apr

EMPIRE By David Bianculli

Hakeem gets more and more manipulated by Camilla, who’s played by recurring guest star Naomi Campbell – and the more she gets her claws into Hakeem, that’s the way the Cookie crumbles….

2016

Apr

BROAD CITY By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Abbi and Ilana (played by Abby Jacobson and Ilana Grazer) are back for another season of Broad comedy. This year, the antics start with a road trip –and did you know (because I didn’t, until recently) that one of this show’s executive producers is Lily Burns, the daughter of documentarian Ken Burns?

2016

Apr

THE AMERICANS By David Bianculli

No sense hedging here: This is a terrific episode of The Americans, maybe the best yet. It has to do with a botched mission involving fellow Soviet agent Dylan Baker, and the impact it has on Elizabeth, Phillip and their entire spy operation.

2016

Apr

REMEMBERING MERLE HAGGARD By Jim Davis

The country music singer/songwriter died Wednesday (4/6) on his 79th birthday...

2016

Apr

'THE WALKING DEAD' FAN COMMUNITY HITS BACK HARD By David Hinckley

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Spoiler alert! If you haven’t seen the Season 6 finale of The Walking Dead, you may not want to read on.] This may sound unkind, but watching millions of impassioned Walking Dead fans plunge into a collective state of Stage 4 apoplexy has been as much fun as the show itself...

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