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2020
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The bad news: The pandemic has stopped production on almost all TV shows, or drastically altered the way TV shows are produced now and in the near future. The good news: With so much air time available to fill, and so little new programming available to fill it, networks and streaming services, and even program syndicators, are beginning to think outside the box. And, in some cases, to look inside the box, and pull out interesting items from its own long-shelved inventory. The venerabl
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
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20
 
 
This 1960 costume pic was written by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo, directed by Stanley Kubrick, and starred Kirk Douglas. Co-stars include Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, and Tony Curtis.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
20
 
 
AXS makes it three in a row, scheduling a landmark Alfred Hitchcock movie for the third straight week. First The Birds from 1963, then Psycho from 1960 – and tonight, reaching even more into the past, is 1954’s Rear Window, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. The photography is stunningly breathtaking. So is Kelly.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
19
 
 
Nat Geo's annual plunge into the world of sharks, appropriately titled SHARKFEST, keeps getting bigger – and yet its core mission remains exactly what it has always been and probably always will be...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
19
 
 
James Garner starred in this 1969 film after establishing his peculiar brand of cowardly hero in TV’s Maverick, and before adopting a modern variation of it in another classic TV series, The Rockford Files. This film plays on the same basic vibe, but that shouldn’t take away from just how perfect Garner is at playing this type of character. In Support Your Local Sheriff!, he plays a guy who accepts the job of small-town sheriff only on a whim and for a d
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
19
 
 
In last week’s episode, Perry (Matthew Rhys) lost his mentor – but this week, because of that void, he finds his path. And that path leads to him becoming a lawyer, which allows him to consider taking on his very first court case. Which, as we already know by now, is a high-profile, highly complicated murder trial involving, as its victim, a baby.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
19
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Season 5 of W. Kamau Bell’s CNN show continues to take risks as well as stances – and tonight, in an extended season premiere, he takes on the topic of systemic racism in general, and white supremacy in particular.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
19
 
 
At the end of last week’s installment, Patton Oswalt had encouraged his wife, Michelle McNamara, to hunker down, isolate herself over a holiday weekend, and get to the finish line on her manuscript about the still-unsolved rape and murder cases of a serial predator. But a suddenly unearthed treasure trove of new material changes things, including her publisher’s deadline – yet doesn’t make anything any easier for her.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
19
 
 
Is it true? Is John Oliver back with a new show? I never believe anything scheduled on TV, these days, until I see it. And even then, sometimes, if I’m watching a news channel, I’m still in a state of disbelief. But please come back, John. You’re sorely needed. Make me laugh. Make me understand. And do both, as usual, at the same time…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
19
 
 
Sharks are ready to gobble up our TV time again. It will be three weeks of SHARKFEST on National Geographic, starting Sunday, July 19...