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2020
May
24
KILLING EVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Another great episode last week, which ended with Villanelle wounded, Eve’s husband unexpectedly still alive (!), and Eve… bowling. We’re fast approaching the end of this season, so hang on as if astride a bucking bronco. We’re in for a bumpy ride.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
24
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week’s episode of this miniseries stayed almost exclusively with the saner side of the family tree, with the uninstitutionalized half of the twins portrayed so touchingly by Mark Ruffalo. It also introduced two new characters, played by Rosie O’Donnell and Archie Panjabi. Every supporting player thus far has contributed mightily to this drama, and they were no exception. At its center, though, is Ruffalo, whose character’s pain last week was all but palpable. I Know T
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
24
BILLIONS By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week’s episode of this miniseries stayed almost exclusively with the saner side of the family tree, with the uninstitutionalized half of the twins portrayed so touchingly by Mark Ruffalo. It also introduced two new characters, played by Rosie O’Donnell and Archie Panjabi. Every supporting player thus far has contributed mightily to this drama, and they were no exception. At its center, though, is Ruffalo, whose character’s pain last week was all but palpable. I Know T
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
24
PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS By David Bianculli
 
 
Starting tonight, we’re into the portion of City of Angels that Showtime didn’t provide for critics to preview. So I’m not at all privy to what will happen tonight, except that, according to the previews, Natalie Dormer will unleash a lot of fury, and as more than one character. (Mark Ruffalo isn’t the only actor doing multiple duty tonight.)
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
24
RUN By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Run ends its run tonight, at least for the season – and it does so by picking up on last week’s climax, when Billy and Ruby (Domhnall Gleeson, Merritt Wever) fled the karaoke bar one step ahead of the law. They’re trying to make it back to their train, which was on a multi-hour stopover in the next town. And which, if they reboard on time after jumping off, could provide them with a valid alibi regarding the dead body from which they recently fled. Run,
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
24
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli
 
 
Is John Oliver on duty tonight? I don’t think so. But I’m tuning in anyway, because these days, I’m not at all sure…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
24
1999: THE END OF 'MELROSE PLACE' By David Bianculli
 
 
Melrose Place ended its seven-season run on this day in 1999...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
23
2010: 'LOST' ENDS ITS RUN ON ABC By TV WW
 
 
This day in 2010 marked the series finale of the ABC drama, Lost...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
23
WAR MOVIE MARATHON By David Bianculli
 
 
Throughout Memorial Day weekend, TCM is bombarding viewers with a nonstop barrage of war movies. The entries include Casablanca tonight at 8 ET, the 1918 silent war movie (and first Oscar winner as Best Film) Wings on Sunday (pictured), and The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, and  Battle of the Bulge, all on Memorial Day.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
23
TOY STORY MARATHON By David Bianculli
 
 
Toy Story 4 is available right now on Disney+, and for streaming video rental on Amazon, YouTube, and elsewhere. But today, in a three-movie marathon on Freeform, you can the first three Toy Story Pixar films, beginning at 4:55 p.m. ET. On a holiday weekend when lots of kids are around and restless – which, these days, isn’t any different from any other time, I suppose – a triple feature Toy Story telecast should generate a lot of Buzz. And Woody.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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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
 
 
 
 

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'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