SEASON PREMIERE: The first two episodes of Season 2 of Harlots are available now, offering a new series regular who joins Samantha Morton and company. It’s Liv Tyler (pictured), who plays a wealthy socialite who’s drawn into the world of the 18th-century London brothel trade. As Season 2 begins, it’s still a pitched battle between rival madams Margaret Wells (Morton) and her ruthless upscale counterpart, Lydia Quigley (Leslie Manville) – but almost instantly, Lydia is car

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2018 FIFA WORLD CUP By David Bianculli

Yesterday, France controlled its match against the usually explosive Belgium so handily, and methodically, it was such a defensive display of confidence and greatness that, when France struck with a goal partway through, there was the sense that would be enough – and it was. France will play in the 2018 World Cup Final on Sunday, facing whichever team emerges triumphant in today’s semifinal match between England and Croatia. Croatia has served up nail-biting thrillers its last two ga

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BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT'S MISFITS & MONSTERS By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Comedian Goldthwait’s name is in the title not because he’s on screen in this new anthology series (he’s not), but because he’s the creator, and has generated this string of stand-alone stories that mix suspense and fantasy tales with something comically twisted. So the werewolf, for example, isn’t running from an angry mob: it’s running for high political office. And in tonight’s opener, “Bubba the Bear,” an actor (played by

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POW! MY TWITTER FEED TAKES A POUNDING FROM FANS OF GINGER ZEE By Ed Bark

A full-blown “Twitterstorm” wasn’t in my Sunday night forecast when I posted about History channel’s three-hour Evel Live and ANC chief meteorologist Ginger Zee...

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'THE OUTPOST' IS CW'S SUMMERTIME FACSIMILE OF 'WONDER WOMAN' By Ed Bark

The CW goes into Wonder Woman mode with The Outpost, a summer season medieval frolic in which the majority of men are dastardly...

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2018 FIFA WORLD CUP By David Bianculli

It’s really serious now. We’ve arrived at the semifinals, and so have only four teams, each of whom is still, quite literally in this tournament, alive and kicking. Tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET on Fox, we have England vs. Croatia, a must-see game. But today’s is must-see, too: It’s France vs. Belgium, a game of two explosive offenses. Belgium leads the scoring thus far in the 2018 World Cup, notching 14 goals in its five matches to date, and coming back from an 0-2 deficit to Ja

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10 STREETS THAT CHANGED AMERICA By David Bianculli

This continuation of the 10 [INSERT PLURAL NOUN HERE] That Changed America series of PBS specials has host Geoffrey Baer taking a tour of, and making a case for, 10 U.S. streets with major historical, social and architectural significance. Some, like New York’s Broadway (pictured), are no-brainers. (David Hartman devoted an entire hour to it on New York public TV years ago, superbly.) Others, like the Kalamazoo Mall in Michigan, require a bit more explanation. For a full review, see David

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THE OUTPOST By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new summer CW fantasy series – imagine Game of Thrones without money to spend – stars relative newcomer Jessica Green, playing a warrior with nascent supernatural powers who is the only survivor of a brutal attack on her family and townspeople. At least it’s not a rerun, or a reality show, so I mention it here. Once.

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PBS GIVES US A HISTORY LESSON WITH '10 STREETS THAT CHANGED AMERICA' By David Hinckley

The idea that a street could “change America” might seem like an overreach until you think about it...

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