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2018
Jun
8
 
 
Big week: On Maher’s show tonight, the scheduled opening guest is Michael Eric Dyson, the mid-show guest is Fareed Zakaria, and the roundtable panelists include John Heilemann.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
8
 
 
Is it possible to be both shaken and stirred at the same time? I know that feeling today...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
8
 
 
The shock, surprise, and sorrow continue to flood across the internet today, June 8th, the day it was reported Anthony Bourdain was found dead of a suicide in France...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
7
 
 
When they give out the awards this year for the weirdest superpowers in the Marvel Comics universe, Cloak and Dagger has to be a serious favorite...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
7
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This is the newest entry in the Marvel universe of TV shows, and there are enough of those, by now, for a very wide spectrum of expectations and experiences. On the low, disappointing end, there’s ABC’s Marvel’s The Inhumans. On the high, gloriously original end, there’s FX’s Legion. This new series, on Freeform, is destined to fall somewhere in between, but with a slow start and a very high-concept premise. Two teenagers, played by Olivia Holt and
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
7
 
 
Shown in prime time, and uninterrupted, this is the perfect way to watch, on television, the ultimate fantasy film, which next year will be 80 years old. Gather the family… and your little dog, too.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
7
 
 
MIDSEASON PREMIERE: Nashville is returning for its final episodes (the finale is due in July), with new characters introduced (hi, Ronny Cox!) and old story lines finally realized. For a full review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
7
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: It’s unfortunate for this series, set in the 1970s, that such excellent, well-written series as Big Little Lies have been televised recently, making the clunky writing and cartoonishly sketched characters of this new Paramount series seem even more absurd. The reason to watch is the casting: stars include Alicia Silverstone from Clueless and Mena Suvari from American Beauty. But the stories of suburban unhappiness, revenge and triumph were accomplished with a much more sol
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
7
 
 
When I mentioned to my wife that the new Paramount sitcom American Woman is rooted in the story of a Real Housewives participant, she replied, “Isn’t that a little like a dog chasing its tail?” It’s hard to argue her point...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
6
 
 

Nashville is tuning up for its final chorus. Prime-time’s best country music soap launches its last eight episodes Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on CMT, which gave the show two additional and welcome years after its four-season run on ABC...