The third time may be the charm: The episode scheduled to show tonight, on the AIDS crisis, has been pre-empted twice now, but it’s on the roster again tonight.

2016

Jun

ORPHAN BLACK By David Bianculli

Rachel and Sarah may have been enemies up to this point, but the latest medical revelations suggest the two have to work together to survive – whether they like it or not.

2016

Jun

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli

Tonight’s scheduled guests: Kelsey Grammer, Tamsin Greig (the wonderful actress from Episodes, pictured), Salma Hayek, and musical guest Alicia Keys.

2016

Jun

THE SHINING By David Bianculli

Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 version of the Stephen King horror novel is shown tonight by Sundance – and it’s one of those movies I can’t help watching, whenever it’s on. I stay tuned to watch just one more classic scene, but The Shining, in Kubrick’s hands, is almost nothing but classic scenes. Jack Nicholson stars.

2016

Jun

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE By David Bianculli

If Elia Kazan had never filmed this 1951 movie version of the Tennessee Williams Broadway play, and captured, like a bug in amber, Marlon Brando’s volatile and sensitive performance as Stanley, we might have never measured the true worth of Brando’s impact on generations of actors to follow. But thanks to this film, which also stars Vivien Leigh and Kim Hunter as Blanche and Stella, respectively, it’s astoundingly obvious.

2016

Jun

2016 NBA FINALS By David Bianculli

Game 3. The defending champions, the Golden State Warriors, have dominated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first two games, and done it so handily and easily that the games weren’t even close. The Warriors beat the Cavaliers, in the first two games, by a total margin of 48 points. How bad is that? Really bad. For the first two games of a championship series, it’s the largest, and thus the worst, losing margin in the history of the NBA Finals. So what can change tonight? Home-court adv

2016

Jun

THE AMERICANS By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Every week of this season has been so tense, I’m worried about what sort of cliffhanger we’re going to be left with – especially with a super-deadly pathogen on the loose, and with Paige still reeling about watching her mother kill a man who was attacking them.

2016

Jun

ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S ‘PARTS UNKNOWN’ DISHES OUT FOOD, POLITICS, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE By Alex Strachan

Where’s the beef? Anthony Bourdain is about to tell you, this weekend, as Parts Unknown puts the finishing touch on its seventh season as one of CNN’s most reliable mainstays...

2016

Jun

THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW: MUHAMMAD ALI By David Bianculli

To honor the memory of Muhammad Ali, who died last weekend, Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network is repeating the 2001 edition of her talk show in which Ali was the special guest star. He was there, along with Will Smith, star of that year’s biopic Ali, and Jada Pinkett Smith.

2016

Jun

THE BIG INTERVIEW - SPECIAL EDITION: LEGENDS LOST By David Bianculli

SPECIAL: Dan Rather profiles the lives of five music legends who have died recently: Prince, David Bowie, Merle Haggard, Natalie Cole and B.B. King.

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