DOCUMENTARY SERIES PREMIERE: On March 16, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for President of the United States, throwing his hat into the ring quite late, in an election year, in order to provide policy alternatives to incumbent Democratic President Lyndon Baines Johnson. It’s not precisely 50 years later (Netflix missed that opportunity by more than a month), but today, Netflix premieres a four-part documentary that’s about much more than Bobby Kennedy’s presiden

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THE WEEK OF By David Bianculli

MOVIE PREMIERE: Adam Sander’s comic persona may not have matured much in his years as a movie star, with some very notable exceptions, but his characters themselves are starting to. A generation ago, Sandler would have starred, in a comedy movie about marriage, as the prospective groom, or at least the wedding singer. Today, in this new movie that’s a part of Sandler’s development deal with Netflix, he’s the father of the bride (take that, Steve Martin!), with such loyal

2018

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THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN By David Bianculli

This 1960 Western classic, in which a septet of individually formidable mercenaries is hired by a small village to defend them from attack by outside adversaries, is based on the brilliant Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa, Seven Samurai. This broad Americanized (and Mexicanized) Western is very good, but the original film really was magnificent. For The Magnificent 7, the unorthodox heroes are played by such charismatic actors as Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach – a

2018

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LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: LESLIE ODOM JR. IN CONCERT By David Bianculli

Leslie Odom Jr. won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, winning for his performance as Aaron Burr in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. (Miranda was nominated in the same category, making it the second time in history Hamilton lost to Burr in a high-profile duel.) This intimate concert was filmed for PBS last December, with Odom running through a set list of songs you might expect – and a few you probably don’t. Check local listings.

2018

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MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. By David Bianculli

This series, since its inception, has carried the burden of including lots of tie-ins and references to the large-screen Marvel movies – a necessary component, arguably, since this show’s hero, Coulson (played by Clark Gregg), was killed in one of those movies, and brought back to life to star on this TV spinoff. Last week, the seemingly big threat to the universe – Ruby, having evolved into the unstable Destroyer of Worlds – was killed, rather brutally, by S.H.I.E.L.D. a

2018

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REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Tonight’s scheduled opening guest is one of the most influential people of 2018, according to the just-published issue of Time magazine: journalist Ronan Farrow.

2018

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2018 TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES SCORSESE, BROOKS By David Bianculli

Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mel Brooks all were on hand Thursday night to kick off the ninth annual TCM Classic Film Festival. DiCaprio presented TCM’s inaugural Robert Osborne Award to Scorsese – and Scorsese delivered an impromptu Mega-Endorsement…

2018

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THE BIG BANG THEORY By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode has Sheldon taking the boys to Las Vegas with a plan to raise money quickly, by using his prowess at mathematics to win at the gambling tables. Wow. Why didn’t anyone think of that before? Meanwhile, back at home, the ladies have their own plan that’s fraught with potential drama and disappointment: they take Amy shopping for a wedding dress.

2018

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QUANTICO By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This CIA spy series returns for Season 3 with quite a time jump between narratives. Tonight’s episode begins three years after last season’s finale ended, with Alex Parrish (Priyanka Chopra) living a secluded existence in Italy – until she’s found by her colleagues and recruited for an urgent new mission.

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ATLANTA By David Bianculli

This week’s new episode is called “North of the Border,” and its promo contains rumors of a pajama party. But it also contains images of a Confederate flag, so who knows what the pajama party’s sheets might be earmarked for use as…

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