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2018
Apr
3
 
 
Roseanne has gotten so much press, and credit, lately for resurfacing just at a time when Hollywood allegedly has ignored the everyday concerns and people of Middle America. But for many years now, another ABC sitcom – this one – has been commendably, and very comically, examining the lives, dreams and frustrations of the type of people living between the coasts. Living, as this Indiana-set sitcom reminds us, in… The Middle. And starting tonight, in a perfect piece of scheduli
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
3
 
 
NBC was able to slip lots of promos for Rise, this new series about a high school performing arts group, into Easter Sunday’s showing of its Jesus Christ Superstar Live! special. Let’s see if some of those Superstar viewers follow suit, and follow to tonight’s new installment of Rise.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
3
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: The first season of Legion, Noah Hawley’s bold take on the Marvel mutant universe, was as thrillingly different, and unpredictable, as any of his Fargo TV seasons. But this second season, based on the first few episodes made available for preview, propel everything to an even higher, stranger, more intoxicating level. Don’t even try to watch tonight’s Season 2 premiere until you’ve caught up with all of Season 1 – but once you have, strap in and hol
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
3
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This new comedy series is co-created by Jordan Peele, but coming to it with high expectations may lead to disappointment. This comeback vehicle for Tracy Morgan is okay, but not at all exceptional. Morgan plays Tray, who emerges from a 15-year prison stint with hopes of reconnecting with his family, friends, and old neighborhood. It’s like Rectify played for laughs, and is even less funny than that sounds.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
3
 
 

In my entire career as a TV critic, I’ve been stunned by a drama series’ outrageous originality on only three occasions. First was Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective. Next was David Lynch’s original – very original – Twin Peaks. And now, as it launches Season 2, comes Noah Hawley’s Legion on FX…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
3
 
 
Nearly four years removed from a near-fatal car wreck, Tracy Morgan is newly freed from 15 years of other trials and tribulations as the front-and-center star of a bold new TBS sitcom...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
2
 
 
ABC’s last announced new series of the season has a Lost vibe without the initial scope or thrill of discovery...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
2
 
 
Perhaps, as Carly Simon once sang, these are the good old days...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
2
 
 
The Knockout Rounds are here – and this year The Voice has added a new wrinkle, an instant pardon, where judges can rescue, and give a reprieve to, the losing contestant. Not sure how it works, exactly, but since most of the other additions and alterations to this series have been good ones, I’m willing to play along. And first-time judge Kelly Clarkson is learning all these rules very, very quickly…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Apr
2
 
 
In Saturday’s Final Four games, Michigan handled Loyola with increased confidence down the stretch, with its star forward, Moritz Wagner from Germany, setting the pace with his size, accuracy, and full-court energy and enthusiasm. Normally, he and his team would be tough to bet against, given the way they’ve played in this postseason. But Villanova has played even better, and on Saturday crushed another top-seeded team, Kansas, with an almost supernatural torrent of three-point shots