William Friedkin takes over as Alec Baldwin’s guest co-host on TCM’s The Essentials beginning tonight, and the director of The French Connection and The Exorcist arrives on the day TCM is saluting John Wayne. So, fittingly, Friedkin’s choices in prime time on tonight’s The Essentials are two Wayne movies directed by the great John Ford – who has won more Oscars than any other movie director in history. He’s won four times, including for 1952’s The Quiet

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ORPHAN BLACK By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: In last week’s episode, one long-time adversary finally was dealt with, by pregnant and captured Helena, while Helena herself ended the episode by having her water break, and the birth of her “miracle babies” ill-timed but imminent. Tonight’s episode is the finale for Orphan Black, so all the plots, subplots, and deadly confrontations will be resolved tonight, one way or the other. This has been a consistently entertaining and ambitious sci-fi series for BB

2017

Aug

‘THE VIEW’ AT 20: DEBATE AND DISSENSION THAT’S MADE AN IMPACT By David Hinckley

The View turns 20 on Friday and even if that doesn’t make it old enough to legally drink in most places, let’s raise a toast...

2017

Aug

AN HONEST LOOK AT THE LIGHT AND DARK OF THE AUTISM SPECTRUM WITH ‘ATYPICAL’ By David Hinckley

Television comedy expands its palette again with Atypical, the tale of an autistic teenager making his way through his senior year of high school...

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Aug

ATYPICAL By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new Netflix series stars Jennifer Jason Leigh as a mother fiercely determined to help her teen child, who’s autistic, navigate the world. Keir Gilchrist plays Sam, an 18-year-old on the higher end of the autism spectrum, and Michael Rapaport and Brigette Lundy-Paine play his father and sister, respectively. Tonally, Atypical is a comedy with sharp edges, closest on the TV comedy spectrum to ABC’s Speechless, which is about the supportive yet barely functional fa

2017

Aug

THE VIEW By David Bianculli

Today is the 20th anniversary of this daytime ABC talk show. To mark the occasion, David Hinckley analyzes its history and legacy in a new All Along the Watchtower column. And ABC, to mark the same occasion, today is repeating the original, inaugural View installment from Aug. 11, 1997. Barbara Walters is there, along with Meredith Vieira, Joy Behar, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Star Jones.

2017

Aug

SON OF SAM: THE KILLER SPEAKS By David Bianculli

SPECIAL: In the mid-1970s, David Berkowitz terrorized New York City with a series of random shootings. He remains in prison – and on the 40th anniversary of his capture, the self-described “Son of Sam” killer is interviewed by Maurice DuBois.

2017

Aug

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Quite a lineup tonight: Bill Maher’s scheduled guests include Richard Dawkins, Jim Parsons, Jon Meacham, and Fareed Zakaria.

2017

Aug

TOP HAT By David Bianculli

Today is Ginger Rogers day on TCM – and included in the movies showcasing her is the ultimate movie musical pairing her with Fred Astaire, 1935’s Top Hat. It’s a black-and-white study in sheer opulence and grace and class, and not only when Rogers and Astaire are on the dance floor. Top Hat has some great Irving Berlin songs, including the title number and “Cheek to Cheek,” as well as some fairly sophisticated and sexy comedy, particularly for the era. And TV fans g

2017

Aug

PERFECT LEFTOVERS By Eric Gould

In case you missed it, this week marked the 24th anniversary of the season finale of ABC’s odd-couple sitcom Perfect Strangers... The Leftovers had a brief joke in Season One which started out as a writer’s room gag – the 2% of the world’s population gone in the rapture-like disappearance of the Sudden Departure also included the cast of Perfect Strangers...

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