This year’s scheduled musical performers include Selena Gomez and Ellie Goulding, and the Victoria’s Secret models this year include first-timer Gigi Hadid. She’s pictured here, for identification purposes – but personally, I only watch these Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show specials for the articles.

2015

Dec

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON By David Bianculli

During this early run-up to the 2016 presidential election, Jimmy Fallon already has hosted Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Tonight, Fallon widens his focus by making room for another Democratic challenger, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

2015

Dec

CHANGING AUDIENCES AND TV MONEYBALL: THE BIGGEST BEHIND-THE-SCENES TV STORY OF 2015 By Alex Strachan

Wicked City will not go down in the annals of TV as one of the most influential series of its day. When the book closes on 2015, though, Wicked City — shuttered after just three episodes — will have made history of a kind...

2015

Dec

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

It’s the semifinal round, televised live, with the final nine contestants performing for the opportunity to keep competing. Tomorrow night, five of the nine will be eliminated.

2015

Dec

THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT By David Bianculli

Director George Roy Hill, whose movies include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, and Slaughterhouse-Five, directed this 1964 Peter Sellers comedy about two precocious teen girls obsessed with the life of a playboy orchestra conductor, played by Sellers. It’s much more G-rated and pleasant than it might sound – and watch, too, for Sellers’ female co-star, the woefully underappreciated Paula Prentiss.

2015

Dec

U2: INNOCENCE + EXPERIENCE LIVE IN PARIS By David Bianculli

This U2 concert, like its simultaneous live HBO telecast, was scheduled for mid-November, but canceled in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks. Bono and the rest of his band wanted to make a statement by carrying on at the first opportunity, though, so tonight, live from Paris, the show will go on. And the defiant and loving and supportive spirit of this show, doubtlessly, will make it a very memorable telecast indeed. The rumored special guests for tonight include Eagles of Death Metal, the

2015

Dec

TELENOVELA By David Bianculli

SNEAK PREVIEW: Two episodes of this new Eva Longoria series, in which she plays a telenovela star who can’t speak Spanish, are previewed tonight on NBC. They’re much better than last week’s double-feature sneak preview of Superstore, which wasted the talents of America Ferrera, and the time of anyone watching. Telenovela isn’t a great comedy, but it focuses on a subject ripe for parody – maybe over overripe – and Longoria has enough fun to carry the day, and t

2015

Dec

FARGO By David Bianculli

Week by week, scene by scene, character by character, and death by death, this season’s rebooted Fargo has managed to eclipse even last season’s entertainment level. As we approach year’s end, and also get closer to the finale of this year’s Fargo narrative, this show has emerged as one of television’s very best current series. If you’re watching, enjoy. If you’re behind, catch up.

2015

Dec

'YOU'RE THE WORST' REWARDED FOR ITS BAD BEHAVIOR By David Hinckley

FXX’s You’re the Worst has pulled one of the best switch acts on television, which probably explains why its reward at the impending end of its second season is that it will get a third season...

2015

Dec

CBS SHOWCASES AN ALL-STAR SALUTE TO FRANK SINATRA AT 100 By David Hinckley

It’s always a risk to have Frank Sinatra’s music sung by someon else, but fragmentary indications suggest that Sunday night’s "Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Salute" on CBS should remind us why he earned this kind of celebration...

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