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2015
Jun
26
MYTHBUSTERS: JAWS SPECIAL By David Bianculli
 
 
In this special, the Mythbusters gang tests shark myths from the 1975 movie Jaws. I wouldn’t myth this for the world… and I’m gonna need a bigger TV set.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
26
DENNIS RODMAN'S BIG BANG IN PYONGYANG By David Bianculli
 
 
How, exactly, did former NBA player Dennis Rodman strike up a friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un? And, more to the point, why? This documentary examines that bizarre set of questions, which led to an international sports exhibition that played out both on a basketball court and in the court of public opinion.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
26
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
Not to slight the panelists on tonight’s show (though I’m about to do just that), Bill Maher’s most interesting guests tonight come early and late. His opening interview is scheduled to be with EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, and the mid-show special guest is Judd Apatow.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
25
MY VERDICT ON 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK,' SEASON 3 By Ed Bark
 
 
More comedic, less filling, Orange is the New Black’s main storyline in Season 3 ends up being far less compelling than Season 2’s reign of terror by Yvonne “Vee” Parker or the inaugural year’s immersion of tenderfoot Piper Chapman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
25
TED By David Bianculli
 
 
With Ted 2 hitting theaters, maybe no one needs a reminder of just how funny 2012’s original Ted, starring Mark Wahlberg and written and directed by Seth MacFarlane (who also voices the teddy bear Ted), was. It’s got some laugh-out-loud moments, some that go by so quickly you almost require a second viewing to enjoy it all. So whether or not you’ve seen Ted before, enjoy it now… if only for the stripper names.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
25
UNDER THE DOME By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Season 3 of Under the Dome begins with our heroes, and villains, still… under the dome. But not all of them. Some have escaped to the outside, and some outside agitators have found a way in – thanks to those mysterious underground tunnels. As opposed, I guess, to overground tunnels… but I digress.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
25
WAYWARD PINES By David Bianculli
 
 
The big shocker about Wayward Pines was revealed to Ethan recently – but the shocker, to me, is that Fox hasn’t canceled this series in midstream. Yet that’s only one opinion. For another, see Alex Strachan’s TV That Matters.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
25
THE SEVENTIES By David Bianculli
 
 
Part 3. Tonight’s installment, Peace with Honor, is all about Vietnam, and how the U.S. finally extricated itself from a war it could not, or at least did not, win.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
25
THE COMEDIANS By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: The final two episodes of Season 1 of The Comedians are presented tonight as a doubleheader – with the second episode detailing what purports to be the last day of the TV show within a show for Josh Gad and Bill Crystal… but if it is, there’s no show without the show.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
24
COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE By David Bianculli
 
 
I ought to post a Best Bet whenever Crackle offers a new weekly installment of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee during its streaming season, because they’re always wonderful, always entertaining, and invariably worth the time. This week’s new installment, available starting today on the Crackle website, features Seinfeld trading memories, one-liners and wry observations with none other than Bill Maher. At one point, Seinfeld tells Maher that he’s really e
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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