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2019
Apr
1
FIRESIDE TWEETS By David Bianculli
 
 
SPECIAL: In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt conducted the first of a series of what he called “fireside chats.” They were informal conversations to the American people, broadcast by radio, allowing the President to speak to his citizens directly. Presidential Fireside Tweets is the first in a series of planned weekly specials collecting and commenting upon President Donald Trump’s most recent flurry of presidential tweets. And each tweet is dissected by a panel of tal
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
1
SIX-PART 'HOSTILE PLANET' DEBUTS ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC By David Hinckley
 
 
Most nature documentaries at some point acknowledge that life in the wild isn’t as romantic as it looks to us domesticated bipeds...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
31
2019 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli
 
 
The remaining two games in this weekend’s Elite 8 are played today, before prime time, and televised by CBS. First up is the Midwest regional final at 2 p.m. ET, featuring No. 2 Kentucky vs. the team that just knocked top-seeded North Carolina out of the tournament, No. 5 Auburn. Then, at 5 p.m. ET, CBS presents the weekend’s final contest: the East regional final, No. 1 Duke vs. No. 2 Michigan State.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
31
CALL THE MIDWIFE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Season 8 of this series finished playing earlier this month in the U.K. – but tonight, it begins its run here in the U.S. Therefore, if you want to avoid all spoilers, avoid the Midwife corner of the Internet. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
31
AMERICAN GODS By David Bianculli
 
 
New Media, played by Kahyun Kim, gets even more involved this week, as the old and new gods continue to prepare for battle.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
31
MASTERPIECE: "MRS. WILSON" By David Bianculli
 
 
MINISERIES PREMIERE: This new drama series is a family affair: Actress Ruth Wilson, star of The Affair, plays her own grandmother, the title character, in a fact-based drama drawn from that grandmother’s memoirs. Check local listings. For a full review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
31
THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Last week’s episode had enough deaths, especially of beloved characters, to call it a season. But war between the evil Whisperers and our beleaguered heroes hasn’t even boiled over yet. Tonight’s episodic title, “The Storm,” suggests what might be coming. Then again, last week’s episode was titled “The Calm Before,” yet had a higher body count than most.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
31
THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED By David Bianculli
 
 
DOCUMENTARY MINISERIES FINALE: This is Part 4 of the revisiting of the Serial murder case – the concluding installment, although, even now, conclusions may be… inconclusive. But it may be recently updated enough to include not only court rulings from earlier this month, but the results of newly conducted DNA tests on surviving evidence in the murder of 18-year-old high school student Hae Min Yee, and the subsequent murder conviction of her former boyfriend, Adnan Syed.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
31
BILLIONS By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight is episode three of this new season, and watch carefully – even some of the strongest alliances among characters on this program are about to be tested, and maybe even shattered. And that includes not only a business partnership, but a marriage…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Mar
31
BARRY By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: This sleeper treat of a dark comedy series, which won some well-deserved Emmys for its freshman season of work, returns tonight with the Season 2 premiere. Welcome back, Bill Hader. Welcome back, Henry Winkler!
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
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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