SERIES PREMIERE: David Tennant did something quite unusual in the history of TV series adapted from overseas with new American remakes: He starred in both the original Broadchurch and the USA remake’s Gracepoint, playing the same character but with different accents. Well, starting today on Amazon, Ben Chaplin stars in this new Americanized (or Amazonized) version of Mad Dogs, after starring in the original British series of the same name. But this time, he’s decided to play a comple

2016

Jan

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: “IL TROVATORE” By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Soprano Anna Netrebko makes her debut at the Met as Leonora, the tragic heroine in this Verdi opera, which opens Season 10 of this valuable PBS series. Dmitri Hvorostovsky co-stars as Count di Luna, and Dolora Zajick plays Azucena the Gypsy. Check local listings.

2016

Jan

DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON By David Bianculli

The National Lampoon is a magazine, spawned from alumni of the Harvard Lampoon, that deserves to be remembered and celebrated, as it is in this new documentary. Though it contributed so much more to the history of humor, it deserves that honor on the basis of one outrageous cover illustration and headline alone – the one with a gun pointed to the head of a worried-looking canine, with the headline, “If You Don’t Buy This Magazine, We’ll Kill This Dog.” The National

2016

Jan

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON By David Bianculli

This 2015 Avengers movie, the latest in the Marvel Comics franchise on the big screen, is a big movie in every aspect – big budget, big running time (two hours, 22 minutes), big box-office (almost half a billion dollars in the U.S. alone), and a big, big cast of superheroes. Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, the Black Widow, the Hulk, Hawkeye – they’re all here, up against a Big Bad that sounds a lot like James Spader. Because he provides the voice of Ultron, the latest threat t

2016

Jan

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Everyone from Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers to Larry Wilmore and Trevor Noah have had fun, the last few days, reacting to Sarah Palin’s wordy and rambling endorsement of Donald Trump this week. Tonight, it’s Bill Maher’s turn.

2016

Jan

DESPERATE LIVES PLAYED FOR GRINS IN FX'S FINELY WOVEN 'BASKETS' By Ed Bark

FX’s male-centric misery index remains very much alive and suffering... But all are pre-serpent Gardens of Eden compared to FX’s Baskets, in which Zach Galifianakis plays perhaps the saddest sack in TV series history...

2016

Jan

SUPERSIZED CW SUPERHERO CAST GETS DOUBLEWIDE PREMIERE By David Hinckley

You don’t just need a scorecard to keep track of the players in the new CW series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. You need a 64GB flash drive...

2016

Jan

BEN WHISHAW PLAYS RECKLESS AND RELUCTANT IN 'LONDON SPY' By David Hinckley

London Spy, a mystery series that kicks off at 10 p.m. ET Thursday on BBC America, will delight viewers who savor peeling the onion slowly...

2016

Jan

DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This is a warning, not a recommendation. This new series – the latest from the folks behind CW’s Arrow and The Flash – gathers together a group of supporting recurring players from those series, adds some new ones, and presents a time-travel series in which someone from the future tries to change that future, Terminator-style, by going into the past, gathering heroes and villains for a special squad, and setting out to alter the timeline. That’s the premi

2016

Jan

AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli

The auditions phase ends with tonight’s two-hour installment – so after tonight, whichever contestant will end the season bookending American Idol, we’ve already seen him. Or, as is much more likely given the talent sent on to Hollywood thus far, her.

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