SEASON PREMIERE: In England, this will be the last season for this beloved series as occupied by its familiar and charming hosts (except for Paul Hollywood, all the hosts are going elsewhere when British Baking Show shifts to a new British network). In the U.S., we still haven’t seen some of the earlier seasons, so we have more episodes with Mary Berry and company that will be unearthed and imported. But beginning tonight, this is the last lap for these deliciously passionate baking judges

2017

Jun

20/20: "TRUTH AND LIES: WATERGATE" By David Bianculli

Tonight and tomorrow, there are two major documentaries on Watergate – tomorrow’s MSNBC special on All the President’s Men, and tonight’s two-hour ABC special on the scandal, and the hearings, from Richard Nixon and his cronies in the Seventies. Why is this famous political crisis about bungled White House cover-ups and presidential abuse of power worth watching in 2017? And why, oh why, do I ask so many rhetorical questions?

2017

Jun

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

This week’s scheduled guests include Eddie Izzard, a very smart comedian with a singularly global viewpoint. His take on this week’s events, and in particular on America’s political situation and gun-violence history, ought to be fascinating. Just not, necessarily, very funny.

2017

Jun

‘CARDINAL’ OFFERS A FEW HOURS OF GUILTY TV PLEASURE By David Hinckley

If it’s summer, it must be time for another Canadian police series to visit the U.S. – and sure enough, Hulu offers the nicely compact detective drama Cardinal beginning Friday...

2017

Jun

PROBABLY THE BEST OF A FAMILIAR PLOT – PBS’ ‘THE TUNNEL: SABOTAGE’ By David Hinckley

For all the talk about summer blossoming into a fertile field for quality television, the truth is you have to hunt a little harder to find the good stuff once the days get longer and the nights get warmer. So here’s a place to look...

2017

Jun

2017 CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME FOR CHARITY By David Bianculli

SPECIAL: Here’s a last-minute addition to the C-SPAN schedule that’s bound to be an absolute, and absolutely welcome and much-needed, anomaly: a televised political event that is bound to leave viewers across the political spectrum equally moved, inspired and united. It’s a charity baseball game, pure and simple. Except that today, it’s even more pure because it is so simple. The Congressional Baseball Game for Charity has been played, in one way or another, for about a c

2017

Jun

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE By David Bianculli

James Dean died less than a month before the release of this 1955 film, so most of the legends and iconic moments related to this coming-of-age drama have centered on him. And with good reason, because Dean, like Marlon Brando at about the same time, affected future actors as obviously and immediately as Frank Sinatra had influenced singers. But as coming-of-age stories go, look, also, at co-star Natalie Wood. She was a child star in Hollywood who pivoted to more mature roles with this prominent

2017

Jun

THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS By David Bianculli

Part 4. If Oliver Stone saved the best for last, regarding his interviews with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, tonight is the last. And if you’ve missed the earlier ones, Showtime presents them all tonight, beginning at 6 p.m. ET.

2017

Jun

THE AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: DIANE KEATON By David Bianculli

Diane Keaton is honored tonight by the AFI, in a salute that I hope includes her perfect cinematic moment singing in that nightclub in Annie Hall. And yes, the director and co-writer of that film, Woody Allen, makes a rare public appearance to salute Keaton. And he’s only one of many…

2017

Jun

‘HOUSE OF CARDS’ SEASON 5: THE END MIGHT JUST BE BEGINNING By TVWW Guest Contributor

Guest Contributor Nic Dobija-Nootens finds Season 5 of House of Cards an oddly welcome alternative to the dizzying and seemingly unstoppable stream of news coming from the White House...

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