MINISERIES PREMIERE: This three-part, three-hour miniseries, based on the novel by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, is presented over two nights by HBO, with the first two hours tonight and the concluding hour tomorrow night. It’s about a fictional small town in England, called Pagford, awash in some particularly nasty local politics. A charitable halfway house for low-income families and recovering addicts, housed in a stately old donated building, is one council vote away from being rep

2015

Apr

RIPPER STREET By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This period series is back, starting this year not with a murder, but with a train robbery.

2015

Apr

BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, FL By David Bianculli

This oddball series continues to get odder – so inventively, it also deserves to get more viewers.

2015

Apr

HBO'S 'THE CASUAL VACANCY' GETS AROUND TO EARNING ITS KEEP By Ed Bark

Contemptible men abound in J.K. Rowling’s “first novel for adults.” As for the only one who isn’t, well . . . he’s soon dead. The Casual Vacancy, a three-hour HBO miniseries is a decidedly bleak affair with a modicum of redemption...

2015

Apr

DANCING WITH THE STARS By David Bianculli

Dancing with the Stars has gone 20 cycles of dance competitions now. That’s 10 years of competition, and of prime-time TV success – and tonight, ABC celebrates that success with a one-hour special that brings back some of the prior winners and contestants for a program filled with vintage clips and brand-new routines.

2015

Apr

THE DAY THE '60S DIED By David Bianculli

The focus here is on the spring of 1970 – specifically, events leading to and culminating in the day in May when the national guard was called to Kent State University – and ended up firing upon, and killing, four college students. Check local listings.

2015

Apr

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. By David Bianculli

In tonight’s episode, Coulson (Clark Gregg) goes to yet another former adversary in hopes of forging an alliance. This time it’s another former S.H.I.E.L.D. boss, played by Edward James Olmos – who, Coulson argues, shares the same goal of shutting down H.Y.D.R.A., the evil organization that infiltrated and all but destroyed S.H.I.E.L.D.

2015

Apr

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: "LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM" By David Bianculli

This Oscar-nominated documentary by Rory Kennedy revisits the fall of Saigon in April 1975, when President Richard Nixon called for a total withdrawal of forces. Those old enough to recall that era will, no doubt, have images seared in their brains of the last helicopter leaving the American embassy. What this documentary contains, however, is formerly unseen footage – lots of it – taken on the ship where that helicopter, and other last-ditch escape vehicles, were bound. Check local

2015

Apr

INSIDE AMY SCHUMER By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode features Amy visiting a strip club, stripping herself of makeup, and advertising an “Amy Schumer doll” – one that comes with its own, very memorable accessories.

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