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2018
May
1
 
 
Tonight’s episode title almost sounds like this show’s matriarchal manifesto, as well as an allusion to a classic Coen Brothers film: “No Country for Old Women.” And it’s appropriate, too, since tonight’s comedy is about Roseanne and her sister Jackie (Laurie Metcalf) arguing about what to do when their mother (Estelle Parsons) is ejected from her nursing home.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
1
 
 
This NPR and Frontline co-production looks at the federal government’s response to Hurricane Maria after it devastated Puerto Rico last September. The odd companies hired to restore power, the intermittent and largely ineffectual initial response, and more are all recounted and questioned, as the island still faces, so many months later, what Frontline calls the worst power blackout in U.S, history. For a full review, see Alex Strachan's TV That Matters. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
1
 
 
This series, already so impressive, this season has quantum leapt over itself, becoming a TV series that pulls you in, holds you tight, and never lets go. Two weeks ago, it was David’s descent into a surrealistic rabbit hole. Last week, it was a mesmerizing trip through, and through and through again, the maze that is Syd’s mind. And tonight, most of the hour is devoted to Aubrey Plaza as Lenny, who has identity problems and psychedelic visions of her own, as she seems to return from
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
1
 
 
There are big doings for both the old and young Picassos in tonight’s Chapter 3 of the Genius: Picasso series. The elder Picasso (Antonio Banderas) meets his later-in-life muse Francoise Gilot (Clemence Posey) – and the younger Picasso (Alex Rich), in an earlier timeline, embarks upon his Blue Period.