Instagram is sweeping the nation and the older folks who have been fighting ideological wars all their lives complain that young people don’t care, that they only want to party...

2018

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SEASON TWO OF 'GET SHORTY' IMPROVES ON THE FIRST WHILE AGAIN GIVING EPIX A BOOSTER SHOT By Ed Bark

Two of last year’s very best first-year drama series, HBO’s The Deuce and Epix’s Get Shorty, received total bypasses from Emmy voters last month...

2018

Aug

'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' RETURNS FOR SEASON 4 – PART II By David Hinckley

Even by the standards of a Zombie Apocalypse, things feel uncomfortably out of sync when Fear the Walking Dead returns Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on AMC...

2018

Aug

FINAL TCA REPORT: THE SMALL PRESENCE OF THE BIG THREE & SHOWTIME By Roger Catlin

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — You’d hardly know these days that the TV Critics Association (TCA) and its press tours were built around what was once known as the Big Three networks...

2018

Aug

2018 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP By David Bianculli

No matter what happens, today’s finish at the 2018 PGA Championship – the event’s 100th – is bound to be memorable. The leader after Day 3, former PGA champion Brooks Koepka (pictured), sits alone at 12-under par, but there are plenty of gifted golfers within striking distance. Former Masters champion Adam Scott, who shot yesterday’s best round, is only two strokes behind at 10-under par, and Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm and Gary Woodland are tied at 9-under. Then, just

2018

Aug

THE 2000S: "YES WE CAN" By David Bianculli

Tonight’s new installment of The 2000s is about the presidential election. And if you’ve reached major exhaustion saturation levels by watching TV news and opinion items about that topic, just remember. This isn’t about the presidential election of 2016, when Democrat Hillary Clinton lost to Republican Donald Trump. It’s about the election of 2008, when, just on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton lost to Barack Obama.

2018

Aug

GET SHORTY By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Give full credit to Ray Romano. Since closing up shop on the very popular and high-profile CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, he’s gone far and wide in search of roles that shatter what could have been a trap of stereotyping. And in those roles, most of them a sly mixture of comedy and drama, he’s been believable, endearing and impressive, even when the roles themselves are much less than noble. Think of the range: He played a divorced father in TNT’s Men of a

2018

Aug

SHARP OBJECTS By David Bianculli

Part 6. Previous episodes of Sharp Objects have allowed us, very (and sometimes frustratingly) slowly, to get inside Camille, to learn about her past and her pain. But now we’ve finally been given a glimpse of her outside – and the intricate self-tattooing mutilation of her own skin reveals just how much pain she’s carrying, and bottling up. Revealing that vulnerability, when she sleeps with someone, leads to other complications and revelations – and outside the bed and b

2018

Aug

THE HISTORY OF COMEDY: "IN IT TOGETHER" By David Bianculli

This new CNN History of Comedy installment is called In It Together, and is all about comedy teams. We’re sure to hit the Marx Brothers, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Cheech and Chong, even Key & Peele – but if this installment doesn’t give proper respect to Tom and Dick Smothers, I’ll be outraged. I always liked them best…

2018

Aug

WHO IS AMERICA? By David Bianculli

I keep waiting to see how Sacha Baron Cohen will interact with Sarah Palin, because she’s complained in advance about her treatment as one of these show’s unwitting targets. (The wit, in some of these cases, may be a fluid discussion point.) But we’ve now heard hints, from the Cohen camp, that what they filmed with Palin may not even make the cut for these remaining Season 1 episodes. I hope that’s just a rumor, but I’ll keep watching this show anyway. Besides, it&r

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