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2018
May
7
'KEEPING THE FAITH' IS WORTH INVESTIGATING By David Hinckley
 
 
Eve Myles sells the new Brit mystery drama Keeping Faith...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
7
'SMITHSONIAN TIME CAPSULE: 1968' IS THE LITE VERSION OF THE YEAR BUT STILL WORTH WATCHING By David Hinckley
 
 
While one would not ordinarily argue with the Smithsonian Institute about American history, the Smithsonian Channel’s new documentary on 1968 requires a few asterisks...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
7
WHEN ROOMMATES SUCK… LITERALLY By Eric Gould
 
 
FX has announced that the vampire satire film What We Do in the Shadows, co-written and starring the always witty Jermaine Clement  (Flight of the Conchords) has been adapted for a 10-episode season starting in Spring 2019... the mockumentary-style comedy follows what happens when three vampires have been roommates for hundreds of years…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
KILLING EVE By David Bianculli
 
 
This series just gets better and better, and part of the reason is that British intelligence investigator Eve (Sandra Oh) and her hit-woman quarry, Villanelle (Jodie Comer), keep getting closer and closer to one another. Now, in episode five, they’re face to face – and Villanelle is holding not only the cards, but the gun. And, like any true psychopath, giggling…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE WILDEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH By David Bianculli
 
 
Visits by world leaders. More musical chairs in President Trump’s cabinet. And lots and lots of talk about who’s an “idiot” and a “moron.” Welcome back to The Circus…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
WESTWORLD By David Bianculli
 
 
The women of Westworld continue to marshal forces and pursue their agendas, in ways that put themselves in danger – but everyone who either sides with or opposes them, as well. Tonight, Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) keeps moving, while Maeve (Thandie Newton, pictured) keeps gathering forces. And in their wake, both women leave a trail of blood, and bodies. Mostly repairable host bodies, but still…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
BILLIONS By David Bianculli
 
 
The investigation of the Ice Juice scandal has both Axe and Chuck maneuvering to cover their respective tracks and eliminate their vulnerabilities – which pulls two of the show’s most powerful supporting characters, Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor and Maggie Siff as Wendy, directly into the fray.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
BARRY By David Bianculli
 
 
In this penultimate episode of the season, Sarah Goldberg as Sally finally gets her big acting scene, vintage costumes and all, and Bill Hader’s Barry is her very (and very understandably) distracted scene partner.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli
 
 
Visits by world leaders. More musical chairs in President Trump’s cabinet. And lots and lots of talk about who’s an “idiot” and a “moron.” Welcome back, John Oliver. Hope you rested up during your week off, because while you were gone, the news kept coming…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
'VIDA' GIVES STARZ A NEW LOOK SERIES WITH A #METOO OVERLAY By Ed Bark
 
 
The Starz network’s latest rebranding campaign -- “The Future is Female. Fearless. Fierce” -- both marches in step with the #MeToo movement and rips some pages from the longstanding Lifetime playbook...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley