Tonight’s Dateline NBC is devoted to the murder case reexamined in Netflix’s already controversial and attention-getting Making a Murderer documentary series. In other words, it’s a re-reexamination. But when a case, even a cold case, generates this many headlines, you can bet there will be other documentaries and newsmagazines eager to sniff the same trail, in hopes of riding the same wave.

2016

Jan

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

The biggest name on tonight’s show is director Adam McKay – but don’t let that dissuade you from tuning in. Quite often on this series, the most entertaining conversations come about when the guests are on more of an equal footing.

2016

Jan

THE GREEN BERETS By David Bianculli

TCM devotes its schedule tonight to movies about, and set in, Vietnam, and the evening ends with two films that represent the opposite ends of the political spectrum during those divisive years. First, from 1968, is The Green Berets, co-directed by and starring John Wayne, who plays a colonel leading his Green Berets on a pair of high-risk missions. Listen for the title song, sung by Barry Sadler, which personifies the jingoistic, America-first tone of this movie. Jim Hutton, David Janssen co-st

2016

Jan

THE DEER HUNTER By David Bianculli

At 2:45 a.m. ET, to cap its night of Vietnam films, TCM presents Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter – one of the most powerful anti-war war movies ever made. The stars of this 1978 epic are Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Christopher Walken, and Meryl Streep – and each and every one of them is amazing in their credibility and intensity. From the early scenes stateside to the brutal ones in Vietnam, there’s nothing quite like The Deer Hunter.

2016

Jan

FOX’S 'GREASE LIVE!' REMEMBERS THE '50S AS BUBBLY AND FIZZY FUN By David Hinckley

Fox’s Grease Live! this Sunday isn’t quite any of the things it’s nominally selling. That’s not a dismissal or a prejudgment. It just means viewers should assess it by what it’s really aiming to be, which is bubbly and fizzy fun...

2016

Jan

CUE THE MUSIC: A DEATH MARCH FOR VIEWERS OF NOVA'S 'HIMALAYAN MEGAQUAKE' By Alex Strachan

It was a documentary I had every reason to look forward to... Himalayan Megaquake had some of the most compelling subject matter you will see in any documentary film this year. It was also unwatchable...

2016

Jan

'YOU, ME AND THE APOCALYPSE': ON THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION IN NBC'S 'COMEDIC DRAMA' By Ed Bark

It’s nearing the end of the world as we know it in NBC’s 10-episode You, Me and the Apocalypse, including three well-known American TV stars in the far-flung ensemble cast...

2016

Jan

DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Part 2 of 2. This still is a warning, not a recommendation. This new series has lofty ambitions, but begins as a messy mélange of action, exposition and nonsense. Maybe it’ll level out once these legends actually begin their mission. Otherwise, this brand new CW comic-book series from the DC Comics universe soon will be Legends of yesterday.

2016

Jan

AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli

Yesterday’s “Lines of 10” outing, the first day of Hollywood Week on this final season of American Idol, was enjoyable and emotional, as usual. The week continues, as does the winning of about half the contestants. Tough odds – but easy to watch.

2016

Jan

2016 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE By David Bianculli

Things may change today and tonight, but as of this morning on Thursday, there’s a big change at tonight’s Republican National Debate, sponsored and televised by Fox News Channel. That’s right – Rand Paul is back on the main stage! Actually, and obviously, the big news is that Donald Trump has announced his intention to skip the debates, after FNC boss Roger Ailes refused Trump’s demand to remove Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly (pictured), who asked him some tough quest

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