Last week, Catherine O’Hara, the SCTV and Schitt’s Creek veteran who almost never shows up on television as herself, showed up opposite host Jimmy Kimmel to play Millionaire for charity. She earned $32,000 last week before the show ended, and this week continues her quest for the big charity contribution. She still has help: with the studio audience banned from the set due to COVID-19 concerns, Millionaire currently allows its celebrity contest

2020

May

FOR THE MEANING OF "PROPHETIC," SEE 'COOPED UP' By David Hinckley

You’re never going to believe what was lying around in a box labeled “charming small films made in 2016 in Australia.”...

2020

May

IS MINDY KALING GOING BACK TO HER ROOTS? By Monique Nazareth

“You have an idea of how your life is going to turn out. When I was a kid, all I did was watch romantic comedies in our living room while I did my homework.”...

2020

May

MRS. AMERICA By David Bianculli

With each episode focusing primarily on a different key player in the quest to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, today’s Episode 7 brings Bella Abzug front and center. And that allows this FX production, presented as the first “FX on Hulu” exclusive, to give another meaty role to FX’s all-star utility player, Margo Martindale. First she was a backwoods power broker, matriarch and moonshine poisoner in FX’s Justified, then an often ruthless Ru

2020

May

NATURE: "SPY IN THE WILD" By David Bianculli

You can continue to watch this multi-part Nature special, Spy in the Wild (this is week two of a three-week look), for the creatures it photographs. But I’m just as taken by the way the footage is shot – using “animal cams” that are drones or robots designed to look like other animals. Last week, it was the hummingbird cam that flew among the monarch butterflies that made my jaw drop. This week, who knows? Check local listings.

2020

May

THE BIG INTERVIEW WITH DAN RATHER By David Bianculli

Dan Rather has grabbed some interesting, out-of-the-mainstream music interviews this season – Robbie Robertson, Debbie Harry – all of whom have some quite fascinating stories to tell. Tonight’s guest is Ian Anderson, the lead singer and flute player of Jethro Tull. I don’t know whether he’s going to flout his unusual rock-star past, but, then again, he is a flautist. And I saw Jethro Tull in concert once, when a super-inebriated Anderson vomited in mid-son

2020

May

NOVA: "DECODING COVID" By David Bianculli

This special Nova program is not only one of the first TV documentaries exploring the behind-closed-door scientific exploration for a vaccine to combat COVID-19, but it’s one of the first national TV documentaries made under full pandemic conditions. The Nova team put this together, often working remotely, in just seven weeks. And even then, had to keep adjusting to changing conditions, news events, and political movements. Check local listings.