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Contributors Archive
 
 
2018
May
3
GOTHAM By David Bianculli
 
 
The power plays in Gotham continue to boil over. In one corner, the Riddler has teamed, once again, with Detective Gordon’s former paramour, Lee. And meanwhile, Gordon has problems of his own, including being held at gunpoint by someone who seems to have taken fashion tips from Joker’s Harley Quinn – who hasn’t even made a fledgling appearance on this show. Not yet, anyway…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
3
ROBERT OSBORNE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION By David Bianculli
 
 
Today is the birthday of Robert Osborne, the classy host of classic films on TCM for so many years. As a remembrance, the network tonight presents two relatively recent specials celebrating the late Osborne’s on-air impact as the face and spirit of Turner Classic Movies when it launched in 1994. The first, at 8 p.m. ET, is a very special edition of Private Screenings, in which co-host Alec Baldwin surprised Osborne in 2014 by making him the subject, not the host, of the show. Then, at 11:3
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
3
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS By David Bianculli
 
 
This 2016 movie is directed by Tom Ford with a strong and intentional emphasis on the visuals – partly because Amy Adams stars as a high-end art dealer, and looks like a work of art herself. But beneath her frosty canvas is a seething mystery, which is what this film is all about. Jake Gyllenhaal co-stars as an author who may, or may not, have the key to her inner mystery.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
3
ATLANTA By David Bianculli
 
 
This new episode goes back in time, to a previous decade – specifically, to middle school. To think as a TV critic, and to quote Mark Twain from the closing line of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I can only say, “I been there before.” Watching TV, and Everybody Hates Chris.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
2
SEASON 3 OF 'COLONY' TOUCHES DOWN By David Hinckley
 
 
The good guys face some serious trouble when USA’s apocalypse drama Colony returns...But at least they're well rested...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
2
NOVA WONDERS By David Bianculli
 
 
The question asked tonight on NOVA Wonders is “What’s Living In You?,” which promises to cover such internally interesting topics as probiotics and tapeworms – but I haven’t previewed this episode, so that’s only a gut feeling. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
2
THE AMERICANS By David Bianculli
 
 
Elizabeth’s mission gets both more urgent and more dangerous, and results in her calling in an unexpected person as reinforcement.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
2
BEING SERENA By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Serena Williams opens up her home, and her heart, in this new documentary reality series, which aims to show what makes the tennis champion tick. And as anyone knows who’s watched this particular athlete compete, Serena usually hits wherever she aims.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
2
BROCKMIRE By David Bianculli
 
 
Hank Azaria continues his “redemption rally,” as the new voice of the Atlanta Braves AAA team. But even there, he’s got issues, and problems – and, even at that level, ambitious adversaries.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
2
FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE By David Bianculli
 
 
No, it’s not a slow news week. (When was the last one of those, really? What year?) So yes, Samantha Bee, once again, will have plenty to buzz about…
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley