Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin chose to call it “conscious uncoupling” when they busted up in 2014. ABC has a better idea -- the snappy new comedy series Splitting Up Together...

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DOLORES HUERTA ON 'DOLORES' By Roger Catlin

When Lois Vossen, executive producer of Independent Lens was growing up in Minnesota, she had a direct connection to the subject of Dolores but didn’t know it...

2018

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'THE TERROR' ARRIVES ON AMC By David Hinckley

AMC’s The Terror sounds like a horror series and it is. Just not in the way the title might lead TV viewers to expect...

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'SPLITTING UP TOGETHER' IS A LITTLE TOO PREDICTABLE By David Hinckley

Splitting Up Together is betting that we’ll watch likeable characters in a not terribly scintillating sitcom...

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ROSEANNE By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Bringing back Roseanne in the Trump era, with all the original cast members, is a safe move for ABC. And it is fun, no question, to see some of the old actors and characters, and even the old Conner home and furniture, again. This sitcom began in 1988 and shot immediately to the number two spot in television, right behind The Cosby Show, its emotional and financial opposite. This new version pits Roseanne in the Archie Bunker role from All in the Family, the conservative ruler o

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THE VOICE By David Bianculli

This season, The Voice already has gone head to head with one ABC powerhouse, that network’s revival of American Idol – and won. Now ABC is throwing its biggest caliber cannon at it, the new reboot of Roseanne. And I suspect The Voice, while continuing to roll out its entertaining and emotional Battle Rounds, will win this battle as well.

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THE ZEN DIARIES OF GARRY SHANDLING By David Bianculli

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: Part 2 of 2. Judd Apatow’s surprisingly, commendably deep dive into the life, career, legacy and philosophy (yes, philosophy) of comic Garry Shandling concludes tonight. It starts with Shandling’s magnum opus, the brilliant and endlessly influential The Larry Sanders Show, and concludes, a few hours later, with footage of Apatow and Kevin Nealon killing it at Shandling’s memorial service. Do not miss this. Then, quickly, seek out and binge as much of Larry

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RISE By David Bianculli

The plots and characters in these opening episodes of Rise, a new Jason Katims drama series revolving around high school life, are a little too pat and predictable thus far. But the idea of doing a Friday Night Lights kind of series, with a musical theater program replacing football, has lots of promise, even with Glee already exploring that territory. Watching high schoolers sing “Shine” at last Saturday’s March for Our Lives rally tells you all you need to know about the pass

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