At the very end of last week’s episode, Kevin Bacon’s Jackie, after squeezing his unreliable informant and putting him in a dangerously uncomfortable position, was targeted by that same informant. Or, at least, Jackie’s teen daughter was – which may be even worse.

2019

Jul

THE LOUDEST VOICE By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode takes place in the year 2009, and spends time watching Roger Ailes (Russell Crowe) both manipulating and alienating one of his anchors, Gretchen Carlson (played by Naomi Watts), while helping the network ascension of Glenn Beck (played by Josh McDermitt).

2019

Jul

2019 BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP By David Bianculli

The main coverage today is on NBC, and begins at 11 a.m. ET to catch the major players on Day 3. American J.B. Holmes remains at the top spot, but he’s now tied, with Shane Lowry (pictured), a player with home-field advantage of sorts. This year’s British Open is being played at the Royal Portrush course in County Antrim, Northern Ireland – and Lowry was born and raised in Ireland.

2019

Jul

APOLLO: THE FORGOTTEN FILMS By David Bianculli

This is the golden anniversary of the first moon landing, and there are lots of related things to watch on TV tonight. (Don’t forget to go outside and take a look at the moon itself, though, to put it all in perspective.) One new documentary is this compiled treat from the Discovery Channel, collecting lots of footage, some of it formerly unseen, from the various Apollo missions.

2019

Jul

THE FIRST MAN By David Bianculli

On the very night Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon 50 years ago, HBO premieres this 2018 movie about Armstrong and that out-of-this-world Apollo 11 mission. Ryan Gosling plays Armstrong, Claire Foy plays his wife, and the film, based on Armstrong’s biography, is directed by Damien Chazelle, who previously directed Gosling in La La Land. If you want to feel what it’s like to be shot into space, First Man comes close…

2019

Jul

MOON LANDING LIVE By David Bianculli

It would be exciting enough, 50 years later, to watch as-it-happened TV coverage of Apollo 11’s moon landing purely from the perspective of CBS’s Walter Cronkite. But this BBC America special take a global perspective, and shows us how the event was covered across the planet – not just in England (pictured), but around the world. And it’s still, by the way, the most-viewed TV event in history…

2019

Jul

HOW YOU AND YOUR TV CAN CELEBRATE THE MOON LANDING ANNIVERSARY By Mike Hughes

At times, the calendar can be our friend. That's the case with the 50^thanniversary of the moon landing...

2019

Jul

2019 BRITISH OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

An American, J.B. Holmes, led the British Open after Day 1. Day 2 already is half in the (golf) bag, and the Golf Channel provides live coverage until 4 p.m. ET.

2019

Jul

COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Now in its second season on Netflix, moved (or rescued) from Sony’s Crackle, Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee continues to be the perfect little TV talk show. It’s a brilliantly reductive idea – the title says it all, though sometimes they eat meals and this season even take a ride on vintage Italian motor scooters – and Seinfeld does it perfectly. He spends enough money to make it look sharp in the photography and editing

2019

Jul

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. By David Bianculli

“How are these two related?” is the question asked tonight, as the S.H.I.E.L.D. squad tries to piece together two connected mysteries. One is why the renegade world-destroyer Sarge looks and sounds exactly like their former leader Coulson – and the other mystery is why one of their squad members shot and killed Sarge in cold blood at the end of last week’s episode, yet has no memory of doing so.

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