The Golden State Warriors took Game 4 (the first somewhat competitive game in this series) from the Cleveland Cavaliers, giving Golden State a 3-1 advantage in games and home-court advantage for tonight’s contest. No team in Cleveland’s position has ever come back to win the Finals, but the Cavaliers have two slight rays of hope. One, if the team manages tio prevail tonight, it returns to Cleveland for Game 6. Two, because of his behavior in Game 4, Golden State’s Draymond Gree

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BRAINDEAD By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Robert and Michelle King, creators of The Good Wife, are behind this new summer series for CBS, which manages to blend Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The West Wing, and Mars Attacks! It’s a political satire, featuring alien brain-eating bugs and possessed politicians, and it’s lots and lots of fun. Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars. For my review on today’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, listen to the show, or visit the Fresh Air website later this afternoon. For ful

2016

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NORMAN REEDUS TAKES US ON A STUNNING BIKE RIDE By David Hinckley

Norman Reedus isn’t letting the chance that Daryl Dixon might be dead stop him from taking his ‘cycle on the open road and letting her rip...

2016

Jun

AND THE AWARD GOES TO JAMES CORDEN By David Bianculli

Sunday's 70th Annual Tony Awards telecast was one of the best, with virtually every segment, from start to finish, scoring heavily...

2016

Jun

THE 70TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS By David Bianculli

James Corden, former Tony winner, is the host for this year’s ceremony, which promises to be the most eventful Tony Awards ceremony since Mel Brooks won every award in sight for The Producers. This year, it’s Hamilton that’s grabbing all the attention. And, most likely, all the statuettes. But if you want to experience the Broadway cast of Hamilton for under $200, this is your best chance for quite a while.

2016

Jun

GAME OF THRONES By David Bianculli

The kingdoms are choosing sides, the enemies are surfacing (hang in there, Arya), and the dragons are about to reappear. In other words, the burners on Game of Thrones, after a couple of expository and anticipatory episodes, are about to be set on medium high.

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SILICON VALLEY By David Bianculli

Last week, the button was launched on the official launch of Pied Piper. This week: What happens when the new program goes out into the real world, beyond the Silicon Valley Beta stage.

2016

Jun

PENNY DREADFUL By David Bianculli

The various story lines on this season’s Penny Dreadful are starting to intertwine. Dr. Frankenstein is about to try and lure one of his old creations, played by Billie Piper, back under his influence, with the help of Dr. Jekyll. (But she may have plans of her own, as seen in the accompanying picture.) Ethan has survived his pursuers, and his father, in the Old West, thanks to help from Sir Malcolm – and Vanessa is being threatened even more aggressively by Dracula.

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VEEP By David Bianculli

Last week’s episode finally showed why Selina deserves her presidential position: The last half of the show was a forceful demonstration of her as a fast-thinking, tough-talking, stubbornly defiant and ultimately victorious politician. And now, with a new episode called “Camp David,” more of the same…

2016

Jun

AMERICAN CRIME STORY: "THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON" By David Bianculli

MINISERIES MARATHON: If you’re interested in the O.J. Simpson saga, you can make a day of it today. A full day. Beginning at 2 p.m. ET, FX is repeating, in its entirety, its excellent American Crime Story miniseries dramatization, The People v. O.J. Simpson, featuring what almost has to be an Emmy-nominated performance by Sarah Paulson as Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark. This drama repeat continues through prime time – but by then, it’ll have some very familiar new competition.

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