Tonight’s new installment focuses on the Netflix hit series House of Cards. Among the show’s representatives: Beau Willimon, who adapted the vintage British miniseries for a new generation, a new country, and, in Kevin Spacey, a new star.

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REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

This week, Bill Maher has a timely booking that could lead to the show’s most intensely debated conversation of the season. One of his guests is retired basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who earlier this week weighed in on the controversy regarding Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who was banned for life from the National Basketball Association after a recording of him making racist comments to his now ex-girlfriend were made public. Abdul-Jabbar said in a Time magazine opin

2014

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GALLIPOLI By David Bianculli

From 1981, here’s another Australian film classic introduced tonight by Australian actress Jacki Weaver. Directed and co-written by Peter Weir, it’s another war film: This one set in Turkey during WWI, about Australians sent to do battle in the Gallipoli campaign. Starring as one of the soldiers: young actor Mel Gibson, two years after breaking out in, and as, Mad Max.

2014

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THE BIG BANG THEORY By David Bianculli

Bob Newhart makes yet another appearance tonight as former children’s TV host Professor Proton. Given the plot, it may well be his last – but maybe not, since not even what looks like a final departure can keep the Professor from participating, albeit reluctantly, in Sheldon’s “Star Wars Day” celebration.

2014

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SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK By David Bianculli

Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as troubled free spirit Tiffany in this 2012 David O. Russell movie, which stars Bradley Cooper as a bipolar Philadelphia man pining for his ex-wife. It’s an outstanding movie, full of smart and sensitive performances – and Lawrence, in the range she shows here, earned all the accolades she’s gotten since.

2014

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ELEMENTARY By David Bianculli

Last week’s episode broke up this sleuthing dynamic duo, as Watson (Lucy Liu) was kidnapped. Tonight, Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) and his visiting brother Mycroft (Rhys Ifans) team up to retrieve her – while the real Liu spends a lot of time behind the camera, as this episode’s director.

2014

May

PORTLANDIA By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: For this Season 4 finale, most of the familiar Portlandia faces, including recurring guest stars Jason Sudeikis and k.d. lang, hit the road and head out of town – to attend a feminist retreat held in neighboring New Beavertown.

2014

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MARON By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE PREVIEW: I know, that’s weird. But so is Marc Maron. Tonight, a week before launching Season 2 of his very personalized comedy series, he and IFC present a sneak preview. And, really, why not?

2014

May

SAY GOODNIGHT TO A LATE LATE ROBOT AND FOUL-MOUTHED PUPPETS By Eric Gould

NPR's pop culture blog, Monkey See, is running this 13-minute Craig Ferguson "Best Of" tribute now that the late night talk show host has announced he's stepping down from Late Late Show in December. There are many highlights here...

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