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2016
Feb
9
 
 
This season’s episodes of Marvel’s Agent Carter, since this period spy show’s relocation from New York to California, have been sunnier and stranger, and not just because of the location. And tonight’s outing is potentially explosive – because it’s about the threat of an atomic explosion leveling California. To stop this threat, Agent Carter has to go undercover – this time as a shapely secretary.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
9
 
 
Two headline-grabbing real-life crimes are examined tonight in prime time. One is this American Experience documentary, recalling the infamous 1924 case in which two University of Chicago students, Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, killed someone just for the thrill of committing the “perfect crime.” (Spoiler Alert: Had they succeeded, this documentary wouldn’t exist.) Check local listings. For the full story, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
9
 
 
Episode 2. …And this is the other true-crime case, Episode 2 of a 10-part dramatization of the O.J. Simpson trial. This episode sets out to recreate the “low-speed chase” that captivated America, captured by local TV stations’ traffic helicopters as Simpson was driven by a friend across the freeway at very low speeds, a gaggle of police cars right, but respectably, behind. This recreation does reflect the absurdity of it all, particularly with some details that were with
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
9
 
 
One of Stanley Kubrick’s many masterpieces, this 1975 film is positively gorgeous. Ryan O’Neal gives a performance that’s so restrained, yet so appropriate, and no period film has ever used natural lighting to such perfect effect.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
8
 
 
The Daily Show has spun off another comic child: Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, a weekly show that debuts Monday at 10:30 p.m. ET on TBS... It will build its comedy on real-life reported stories...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
8
 
 
Sports betting has become big business. But where does online betting — disavowed by virtually all the professional sports leagues — end and fantasy-sports betting begin?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
8
 
 
Supergirl is impervious to a lot – but not, apparently, to a leech-like alien parasite that floods her with false memories while she’s trapped in a comatose-like dream state. And in Kara’s case, her personal dream world, informed by her deepest desires, puts her back on her home planet of Krypton, where she’s hanging out with her little cousin – Kal-el, better known in his older and flashier iteration as Superman.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
8
 
 
This is episode four of this six-episode limited series. In this one, the main plot is about Scully (Gillian Anderson), and the child she gave up for adoption.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
8
 
 
Author Peter Bergen has a new book, United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists, that is distilled in director Greg Barker’s new documentary. How do you fight a war without borders? And how is the enemy fighting it from the other side, using the Internet as its not-so-secret weapon?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
8
 
 
I’m not convinced Monday night is the best night for BBC America to turn around this Graham Norton talk show for American viewers. But while it’s here, don’t forget about it. Tonight’s new edition, for example, features Elton John learning “Blue Steel” expressions from Ben Stiller – and also features Penelope Cruz, Owen Wilson, and Jack Black.