It's a show about a band of rogue hippopotamuses who escaped from the lake of a deceased drug cartel kingpin and have gone feral in the rivers of Colombia. Is there anything here that is less than fascinating?...

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SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: LAURENCE OLIVIER By David Bianculli

One of the most acclaimed film actors gets his day in the sun today – or his day under the stars, as today’s “Summer Under the Stars” salutes Laurence Olivier. Highlights on TCM include 1940’s Pride and Prejudice at 12:45 p.m. ET, 1944’s Henry V at 2:45 p.m. ET, 1948’s Hamlet at 5:15 p.m. ET, 1939’s Wuthering Heights at 8 p.m. ET, 1979’s A Little Romance at 10 p.m. ET, 1960’s The En

2020

Aug

2020 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION By David Bianculli

Tonight is Night 3 of the Republican National Convention, with, traditionally, an appearance by the vice presidential candidate on the ticket, Mike Pence. And, untraditionally, the week’s third consecutive appearance by the presidential candidate on that same ticket, Donald Trump, who has managed to make room for himself on the schedule every night so far.

2020

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HUGO By David Bianculli

This 2011 movie by Martin Scorsese is an unabashed love letter to cinema and cinema history – and a delightful movie, which starts as a period comedy-drama about a small boy living surreptitiously in the bowels and belfries of a train station in Paris, and ends up being a sneakily disguised salute to one of the pioneers of the silent film movie era. Stars include Ben Kingsley and Jude Law, with Asa Butterfield as young Hugo, and Chloe Grace Moretz as the girl whose friendship provides him

2020

Aug

BROOKLYN BRIDGE By David Bianculli

Just a reminder: This 1991-93 Gary David Goldberg series is being shown in reruns, for the first time in decades, on Decades. Keep watching. Keep recording.

2020

Aug

CELEBRATING PARALYMPIANS WITH 'RISING PHOENIX' By David Hinckley

The difference between the Olympics and the Paralympics, Australian swimmer Ellie Cole explains, is that "in the Olympics, all the bodies look the same. In the Paralympics, everyone looks different."...

2020

Aug

2020 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION By David Bianculli

Last night’s opening of the Republican Convention was mostly on tape, with much official convention business occurring (and, on some cable networks, televised) earlier in the day. Donald Trump made two prime-time appearances, each time playing host, and interviewer, to a small group of people invited and assembled to tell their stories and praise their president: first responders and other workers in one group, freed international hostages in the other. (The second one, pictured, was cring

2020

Aug

HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP By David Bianculli

This is the third episode of Hard Knocks, and the two Los Angeles football teams have suffered some hard knocks indeed. One coach contracted COVID and recovered before the preseason training began, while another tested positive in the opening days of training and was sent home for a two-week quarantine – only to discover, with a second test, that his earlier test had generated a false positive. Players have spent weeks walking through plays without contact, then finally began a m

2020

Aug

BROOKLYN BRIDGE By David Bianculli

Yesterday I raved about the arrival of Brooklyn Bridge, Gary David Goldberg’s fabulous 1991 period comedy about a Jewish family in 1950s Brooklyn. Decades is repeating this series, almost never seen on TV since its original run, weeknights at 1 a.m. ET. A horribly inconvenient time for such a rare television treasure, but set your recorder if you can, because each episode is a true treat. Tonight, for example, is the conclusion of the one-hour pilot begun last night, which contai

2020

Aug

1994: ABC DEBUTS 'MY SO-CALLED LIFE' By TV WW

This day in 1994 marked the debut of the critically-acclaimed drama, My So-Called Life...

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