SEASON FINALE: Say goodbye to Damon Wayans, Jr. – for the second time. The son of the popular In Living Color co-star was part of the original New Girl pilot in 2011, but had to bow out when the other series on which he co-starred, ABC’s Happy Endings, was renewed unexpectedly. (And undeservedly.) He returned to New Girl, reprising his role of Coach, in 2013, but leaves again tonight, for good, as Coach prepares for a move to New York City.

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INSIDE AMY SCHUMER By David Bianculli

Reginald Rose wrote Twelve Angry Men as an original teleplay for the CBS anthology series Studio One, where it was performed live in 1954. The next year, it was rewritten as a stage play, then, in 1957, as a movie. In the Sixties, The Dick Van Dyke Show devoted an episode to an affectionate full-length parody of it, with Van Dyke’s Rob Petrie as the only person on a jury persuaded that an attractive defendant was innocent. And now, half a century later, Amy Schumer devotes an entire episod

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INSIDE COMEDY By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Why Showtime holds this David Steinberg interview series until the 11 p.m. ET hour confounds me. It ought to be shown earlier, and celebrated more often. Tonight’s Season 4 premiere shows why: The guests this week, talking about their comedy influences, achievements and lessons learned, are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

2015

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ANOTHER ONE LEAVES 'THE DAILY SHOW' NEST By Monique Nazareth

As Jon Stewart himself said, The Daily Show has been "down this road a few times this year. Each time it's not easy." He was talking about another departure from the show...

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BACK TO THE FUTURE DOUBLE FEATURE By David Bianculli

Talk about a blast from the past. Back to the Future, the Michael J. Fox time-traveling comedy hit that begins this prime-time double feature, was released in 1985 – 30 years ago now. Sigh. It has Fox, as Marty McFly, going back in time 30 years, to 1955. And now, if we traveled into the past that same length of time, we’d go back to when this movie premiered. But it gets worse. The second part of this doubleheader is 1989’s Back to the Future Part II, in which Marty and &ldquo

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GOTHAM By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: This is bound to be a grim season finale. Last week, the Ogre (recurring guest star Milo Ventimiglia from Heroes) met a violent end – and Barbara (Erin Richards), formerly the girlfriend of series hero Jim Gordon, even if she survives, may be hopelessly warped by her ordeal at the Ogre’s hands. In fact, she may turn out to be one of the show’s new villains – but the old ones, including the future Penguin and Riddler, are plenty busy in this final episode of

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JANE THE VIRGIN By David Bianculli

In this penultimate show of the season, Jane (Gina Rodriguez) attends her high-school reunion. Single and pregnant? Well, at least she won’t go unnoticed…

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KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK By David Bianculli

Filmmaker Brett Morgen, working with extensive personal journals and private videos and audio recordings provided by Kurt Cobain’s family, paints a portrait of the Nirvana front man that’s not always easy to watch, but does provide deeper glimpses than most celebrity film biographies. The abstract drawings in Cobain’s journals, especially the ones reflecting his many moods, reveal a lot. Sadly, home-video footage of Cobain and his wife Courtney Love, wallowing in drug addiction

2015

May

DAVID LETTERMAN: A LIFE ON TELEVISION By David Bianculli

David Letterman deserves a prime-time celebration for all he’s done in the other TV dayparts: daytime television (briefly), and late-night TV (for a full third of a century). And here it is: a 90-minute retrospective special on CBS...

2015

May

THE GOOD WIFE By David Bianculli

This week’s episode begins with one surprise, ends with another, and has more than one in between. In other words, even though the season finale isn’t until next week, tonight’s show is not one to miss. Something else not to miss: This Wednesday, on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, I guest host and interview the creators of The Good Wife, Michelle and Robert King. Just a heads up…

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