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2018
Feb
26
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Season 2 of the documentary series The Lost Tapes begins by looking at a civil rights leader who rose to prominence demanding change in the 1950s, and was assassinated in the 1960s. But the subject isn’t the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. – instead, it’s Malcolm X, the much more militant and less nonviolent activist who demanded better treatment from whites, and was very vocal in advocating for it. The Muslim minister was killed in 1965 – but before then, l
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
26
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: It’s the start of Season 4 for this inventive and enjoyable zombie series, which is about as light as The Walking Dead is dark. Rose McIver stars as Liv Moore (get the spirit already?), a woman who works as a morgue attendant while solving crimes on the side – and solving them by ingesting samples of the brains of murder victims, temporarily absorbing their personalities, and using their trace memories to solve that person’s pre-corpse death. At the end of last
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
26
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This new NBC series is about three suburban women, beset by various problems and financial needs, who decided to team up and rob a local supermarket. And from there, when the local mob gets involved, they find themselves deeper and deeper into trouble, danger and lawlessness. Good Girls stars three positively delightful actresses: Christina Hendricks (Joan from Mad Men), Mae Whitman (Amber from Parenthood), and Retta (Donna on Parks and Recreation). But the tone of Good Girls is
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
25
 
 
If you’re among the Walking Dead fans who have been waiting several months to find out whether things are as grim as they looked for Carl, you’re about to get your answer...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
25
 
 
No series has been more heavily teased during NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage. Additionally, no newbie is getting a better time slot – following Monday’s return of The Voice with new judge Kelly Clarkson...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
25
 
 
Shoot The Messenger suggests the news is often less fake than the people trying to manipulate or discredit it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
25
 
 
If you want to watch the closing ceremonies live, you can watch them on NBC’s Olympics website – but you have to get up at 6 a.m. ET on a Sunday morning to do it. Otherwise, if you can wait out the South Korea-to-U.S. time difference, NBC will broadcast a delayed but lavishly packaged prime-time closing ceremony beginning a 8 p.m. ET. And NBC’s prime-time version will be hosted by always enthusiastic skating commentators Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
25
 
 
In tonight’s episode, President Trump notices that daughter Ivanka is getting increasingly distant from him, and tries to find ways to keep her around – and involved.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
25
 
 
SEASON FINALE: In the U.K., this episode came months after the Season 2 finale, as a stand-alone holiday special that was televised on Christmas day. That’s why its title, “Comfort and Joy,” quotes from a familiar Christmas carol – and also why it includes a scene of merry holiday festivities. But it also includes an action sequence that I’ll call, though the episode does not, “Queen Victoria on ice.” Watch for it. Check local listings.  
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
25
 
 
MIDSEASON RETURN: When The Walking Dead left for its midseason hiatus, it was after a fierce battle that seemed to see Rick and his cohorts enjoying a victory – except that the final shot had Rick’s son, Carl, looking in the mirror, raising his bloody shirt, and revealing what looked to be a zombie bite. So according to this show’s established lore, if a bite isn’t on a limb that can be amputated, Carl is about to turn into one of the undead. And he was another of the sho