Take the framework of The Walking Dead, grab a little of The 100, add ancestral echoes from Lord of the Flies, toss in a hint of Flowers in the Attic and you’ve got the new Danish miniseries The Rain...

2018

May

MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION WITH DAVID LETTERMAN By David Bianculli

Once a month, David Letterman returns with a new installment of his Netflix talk show, and with a new guest. Tonight, it’s someone who’s conquered late-night TV as Letterman has, but, unlike Letterman, also has tasted major success in prime time, the movies, and, more recently, on Broadway: Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, and cinema and the stage’s Mean Girls creator, Tina Fey.

2018

May

A LITTLE HELP WITH CAROL BURNETT By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This series was not made available for preview, which may not be the most encouraging sign. But Carol Burnett earned our trust as a TV star some 60 years ago as a regular on The Garry Moore Show, so let’s watch and hope. She and some cohorts (including, here, Russell Peters) speak to young kids who give advice, on all manner of things, to adults. It sounds like part Kids Say the Darnedest Things, and part the recent Last Week Tonight with John Oliver skit with young kids h

2018

May

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Last season, this series based on an independent movie ended with Sam (Logan Browning) leading a student protest at her predominantly white college. Season 2 picks up in the aftermath of that protest, which has many of the characters, and student groups, divided among some sensitive lines – racial and otherwise.

2018

May

THE PRINCESS BRIDE By David Bianculli

This 1987 movie, directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman (based on his own delightful novel), is one of my favorite films – in all respects, a modern Wizard of Oz, and full of just as much wonder and charm. This time around, pay particular attention to Andre the Giant, who plays Fezzik, and who recently was profiled in HBO’s Andre the Giant documentary. Anybody want a peanut?

2018

May

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode is called “The One Who Will Save Us All,” and it’s likely to be an unlikely savior. After all, the “Destroyer of Worlds,” an ominous nickname attached to both Daisy and Ruby, hasn’t been easy to pin down. Neither has the psychologically frayed but not fully broken Talbot (Adrian Pasdar), who tonight emerges from his Manchurian Candidate fog to lead the team. Or does he? And where?

2018

May

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Among tonight’s scheduled guests: national security expert Michael Hayden and historian (and frequent guest on MSNBC’s Morning Joe) Jon Meacham (pictured).

2018

May

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli

What a show – and on this week’s new episode, what a guest list. It includes Benedict Cumberbatch, about to star in Patrick Melrose on Showtime; Matt LeBlanc, who recently wrapped up his wildly entertaining (and self-deprecating) Episodes series, also on Showtime; and Mary Berry, famous in England (and here in the States) for what there was called The Great British Baking Show. Sounds like a recipe for a great hour of conversation…

2018

May

DIRE STRAITS LEFT IN THE LURCH DURING HBO'S ANNUAL REPRISE OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY By Ed Bark

The man who isn’t there, unfortunately, is the one who stands out at HBO’s annual re-packaging of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony...

2018

May

THE BIG BANG THEORY By David Bianculli

In this penultimate episode of the season, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) encounters a hitch when planning to get hitched to long-time girlfriend Amy: His mom won’t attend the wedding unless Sheldon also invites his estranged older brother, Georgie. It’s a smart move, because it brings to this show a continuation of the character, and friction-filled relationship, established on this show’s prequel sitcom, Young Sheldon. And as older Georgie, tonight’s guest star is familiar TV fa

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