Okay, the U.K. isn’t usually where we colonists look for Westerns, but the Brits have come up with a crackling good one in Jericho, which arrives here Monday [July 11] on Acorn TV...

2016

Jul

JERICHO By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Here’s a newly imported Western, but one with a very different perspective. Actually, two of them: This British import, which shares only the title with the recent post-apocalyptic cult series, is an eight-part Western. But it’s a Western set in 1870s Yorkshire, so it’s a British Western in setting and in style. And it’s also one that focuses primarily on a woman, played by Jessica Raine. For a full review, and a link to the Acorn TV website, see David Hi

2016

Jul

THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH By David Bianculli

SERIES RETURN: In case you missed it last night, here’s a next-day repeat of the midseason return of Showtime’s outstanding political documentary series about the 2016 presidential campaign. It covers a devastatingly tragic news week, through last Friday, a week that ended up overshadowing, and in some cases cancelling, the candidates’ plans.

2016

Jul

HIP HOP HONORS: ALL HAIL THE QUEENS By David Bianculli

Here’s a special that’s an odd mix of female empowerment and nostalgia. Hip hop icons from around the start of the new century, including Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa and (pictured) Lil’ Kim, are saluted in this new VH1 special.

2016

Jul

BRAINDEAD By David Bianculli

This series was pre-empted last week for 4th of July coverage, so you may need a reminder of where we stand in this Beltway politicans vs. alien brain-controlling bugs satire. No worries: At the very start of the show, BrainDead provides a clear and quick recap. And does it musically.

2016

Jul

CAPITAL By David Bianculli

MINISERIES PREMIERE: Based on the John Lanchester novel, and starring Gemma Jones and (pictured) Tony Jones, this new British import is a mystery, set in modern-day London, about a group of neighbors who receive similarly ominous postcards, with the identical terse and tense warning: “We Want What You Have.” In my neighborhood, any anonymous postcards I’m likely to receive would have a different warning: “We Want You to Mow Your Lawn.”

2016

Jul

TURTURRO MAKES HBO’S 'THE NIGHT OF' WORTHY OF GANDOLFINI'S MEMORY By David Hinckley

HBO’s The Night Of was worth the wait. The eight-part miniseries, which drills deep into the case of a New York man arrested for a murder he’s pretty sure he didn’t commit, premieres Sunday...

2016

Jul

2016 WIMBLEDON TENNIS MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL By David Bianculli

Serena Williams won the women’s final yesterday, in an exciting display of fierce tennis against Angelique Kerber, who doubtless earned lots of fans with her persistent efforts. Today, the men’s final is between Andy Murray, the Scot who is the home-crowd favorite and in search of his second Wimbledon title, and Milos Ranoic, who beat Roger Federer in the semis (in a thrillingly competitive five-set match) to get here, and who counts among his coaches John McEnroe. I’ll be watc

2016

Jul

EURO 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP: FRANCE VS. PORTUGAL By David Bianculli

Both Wimbledon and the Euro finals this year have home-crowd favorites. With Euro 2016, played in Paris, it’s France, who plays Portugal for the title. France has won this contest twice before, in 1984 and 2000, but this would be its first victory of the current century. As for Portugal? Has never won – yet.

2016

Jul

THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH By David Bianculli

SERIES RETURN: After an understandable but regrettable hiatus, this political documentary series returns for the second half of its impressive first season… and just in time to present the buildup to the parties’ respective national conventions. The three-man team reporting this particular Circus has been entertaining to watch – and more important, has been informative. Here we go again…

Posts 61-70 of 124

6 7 8 9 10

New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up

The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation

Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'

Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver

'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action

How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James

For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth

In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self

Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption