SPECIAL PREMIERE: Stephen Sondheim turned 90 on March 22, but today’s a proper reason to celebrate. That’s true not only because his officially scheduled celebration was kneecapped by social distancing, but also because today – April 26 – marks the golden anniversary of the premiere of his stunning musical Company on Broadway. And to celebrate, however they can, using whatever technology and ingenuity they can, Sondheim’s many artistic collaborators keep a

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ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST By David Bianculli

This show is getting more emotional as it goes on. And, like many of life’s events and twists and turns, more unexpected. Jane Levy, as Zoey, has accepted what may be one of TV’s most difficult roles at the moment – she has to do so much, as both an actor and a reactor – and she’s killing it.

2020

Apr

KILLING EVE By David Bianculli

At the very end of last week’s episode, Jodie Comer’s Villanelle discovered, to her astonishment, that Eve (Sandra Oh), whom she’d shot and left for dead at the end of last season, actually had survived, and was alive. Since Villanelle had moved on by marrying, and by taking a crack at moving up to the assassin equivalent of upper management, this news is destined to throw her into quite a state. But no matter what, her wardrobe is killer.

2020

Apr

THE LAST DANCE By David Bianculli

The first two parts of ESPN’s new 10-part documentary about Michael Jordan’s 1997-98 final championship run with the Chicago Bulls were presented last week, and set the stage compellingly by providing biographical context on both the team and its reigning star. It’s an excellent documentary so far – enough so that The Last Dance has elbowed its way into contention on TV’s busiest night of quality TV programming. Tonight: Dennis Rodman gets his closeup&hell

2020

Apr

WESTWORLD By David Bianculli

Quite a few wrinkles were added last week to the already crumpled story lines of Season 3. All that’s really clear, at this point, is that Dolores is someone, or something, to be reckoned with – whomever she happens to look like, and embody, at any given moment. What the Hale?

2020

Apr

HOMELAND By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: When this series started back in 2011, the main characters were Claire Danes’ Carrie and Damian Lewis’ Brody – and the genius of that first season was that we weren’t sure whom to root for, or even who was to be fully trusted. Now we’re at the final episode, at the end of a great last season, and we’re revisiting a similar dynamic. Only this time, the two primary players are Claire and Mandy Patinkin’s Saul – with the world hanging i

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Apr

PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Technically, this is a series return, since Showtime’s Penny Dreadful has been dormant for four years. It’s also a sort of reboot, since, like Fargo, it’s restarting itself with an all-new story and setting, and with an almost entirely new cast. The original Penny Dreadful took three seasons to tell its Victorian-era tale, a mashup cleverly combining the narratives of Victor Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll, Dorian Grey and Dracula. Now, f

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Apr

RUN By David Bianculli

Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson have been great in this series – which, so far, has resembled nothing so much as last year’s State of the Union, the Sundance mini-miniseries in which Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd played a married couple in personal crisis. In other words, it’s been a whipsmart two-hander, basically, showing how good two actors can be with the right material – but tonight, Run makes room for the first of a short run of guest s

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Apr

LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

On tonight’s socially distanced wrap-up of the week’s events, John Oliver doesn’t have to address President Trump’s definition and defense of “sarcastic” to explain his remarks about possibly treating the coronavirus week’s by injecting bleach, or somehow shining ultraviolet light beneath the skin. But I so hope he does…

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