Timed to today’s expected fly-by of Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft, this new National Geographic special explores, so to speak, the spacecraft itself: What it took to send a man-made object billions of miles away, recording data and taking and relaying pictures all along the way.

2015

Jul

FRONTLINE: "ESCAPING ISIS" By David Bianculli

It’s hard to say what’s more chilling in this daringly behind-the-scenes look at women terrorized by ISIS followers overseas and hoping to escape their clutches and rule: Cell phone video footage of the young ISIS men joking about selling and trading their female “slaves," or panicked calls from some of those women, placed to a brave man running an underground railroad of sorts to escort them to safety. Check local listings.

2015

Jul

QUICK EMMY TEST: WHAT DO 'THE AMERICANS,' 'LOUIE,' 'SONS OF ANARCHY,' 'THE SHIELD' AND 'JUSTIFIED' HAVE IN COMMON? By Alex Strachan

What do The Americans, Louie, Sons of Anarchy, The Shield and Justified all have in common, other than that they all aired, and in some cases still do, on FX? They have never won an Emmy. Further, they have not even been nominated...

2015

Jul

HOME RUN DERBY By David Bianculli

The day before baseball’s All-Star Game, some of the sport’s heaviest hitters show up to swing for the fences – without any of the annoyances of runners on base, situational strategies, or wickedly difficult incoming ball trajectories from opposing pitchers. It’s just pitches served over the plate, seeing who can hit more of them into the stands or beyond, and just how far. It’s an odd offshoot of baseball’s midpoint summer break – but here it is.

2015

Jul

DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES By David Bianculli

Guy Fieri isn’t usually very contemplative in his frenzied fast-food tours – basically, he’s an eat-and-run kind of guy – but on tonight’s one-hour special, he looks back not only on his favorite meals at America’s local, low-rent food joints, but how his TV series came to be in the first place.

2015

Jul

MY DEPRESSION (THE UP AND DOWN AND UP OF IT) By David Bianculli

Author Elizabeth Swados has written, candidly and sometimes humorously, of her long bout with depression. Tonight, those thoughts are collected in an animated short film, with voices provided by Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi and others.

2015

Jul

POV: "WEB JUNKIE" By David Bianculli

China is the first country in the world to declare “Internet addiction” a national health crisis – and the country is seeking ways not only to define this new “illness,” but to treat it. Web Junkie looks at a real-life program that sounds like the stuff of A Clockwork Orange fiction: a three-month program designed as high-tech rehab, to wean addicted web users from their online habits. Be warned: If you like this installment of P.O.V. on Facebook, you’re not p

2015

Jul

CUBAN CHROME By David Bianculli

The very recent warmth in international relations between Cuba and the United States has come to this – the first TV sign of cooperation between those two countries. This Discovery Channel documentary is the first U.S.-produced series filmed in Cuba since the lifting of the 50-year-plus embargo. Its topic? All the American cars, mostly from the Fifties, still in use there, because of the unavailability of more recent models from the States. To see this much vintage chrome anywhere else in

2015

Jul

2015 WIMBLEDON TENNIS MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL By David Bianculli

Today’s championship Wimbledon match between top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Roger Federer is a rematch of last year’s Wimbledon final, which Djokovic won. Federer played so spectacularly against Andy Murray, he seems in a better place to challenge Djokovic than a year ago – but expect a tough one. And Neil, when I mistyped Djokovic’s first name, in my Best Bet on Friday’s semifinal, it was just early morning mistake-making. Though I’d like to say I was only

2015

Jul

BEST OF THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW 2015 By Eric Gould

It’s the end of the season for Graham Norton and that means a new clip reel of his top 10 moments, including Seth MacFarlane doing “Cindyoke” — sitting alongside Cindy Lauper and singing her “True Colors” with the best of Family Guy’s Peter Griffin’s improv style...

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