Just for the fun of it, here are 10 random things that TV actors, producers and executives have said to writers over the past week here at the semi-annual Television Critics Association press tour...

2016

Jan

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE... By Jonathan Storm

...but you probably won’t find it in The X-Files, one of history’s greatest TV shows, though there are thrills, chills, and weirdness a-plenty. Scully and Mulder return Jan. 24 on Fox...

2016

Jan

PSYCHO By David Bianculli

How many times have I recommended Alfred Hitchcock movies as a Best Bet since I started writing daily recommendations? Hundreds, probably – I’ve been doing this a loooong time, long before this website, or the Internet, was launched. But I always watch, and get drawn in, regardless, so why should you be any different? And tonight, BBC America presents a truly classic double feature, beginning with Hitchcock’s 1960 black-and-white chiller of a character study, starring Anthony P

2016

Jan

GONE WITH THE WIND By David Bianculli

This 1939 epic film, about the Civil War and its effect upon one self-centered plantation belle, is shown by TCM tonight under virtually perfect conditions: the full wide-screen ratio, in prime time, uninterrupted by commercials, and unedited, right town to the lengthy “intermission” interlude. Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable star.

2016

Jan

THE BLACKLIST By David Bianculli

Last week, Liz was targeted for assassination by the Cabal. Tonight, if Red can’t help her and stop them, she’ll be killed. And then the series will end. But it won’t, so she won’t – but it’s an entertaining series anyway. Just play along.

2016

Jan

COLONY By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Carlton Cuse, co-producer of Lost and The Strain, adds another series to his resume – and reunites with former Lost star Josh Holloway to do it. Like The Man in the High Castle, it presents an alternate America – in this case, a Los Angeles ruled by alien occupiers. Holloway plays a former FBI agent who is coerced to root out resistance fighters, or have his family killed. Co-stars include two excellent actresses: Kathy Baker and Sarah Wayne Callies. For a full

2016

Jan

THE BIRDS By David Bianculli

Here’s the second half of tonight’s Alfred Hitchcock double feature. After TCM shows Psycho at 8 p.m. ET, it shows The Birds, his 1963 thriller, at 10:30 p.m. ET. And whether or not you’ve seen it before, you should flock to it. It’s that good. Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren star.

2016

Jan

PBS'S 'MERCY STREET' TELLS A DIFFERENT CIVIL WAR STORY By David Hinckley

Norbert Leo Butz half-jokes that he couldn’t resist joining the new PBS drama Mercy Street “because it’s Grey’s Anatomy with historical integrity"...

2016

Jan

AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli

The final season continues – and if trends continue as well, based on last week’s successful contestants, this last American Idol season will be dominated overwhelmingly by women, and by girls.

2016

Jan

NATURE: "NATURAL BORN HUSTLERS" By David Bianculli

Part 1 of 3. This new three-part Nature documentary, Natural Born Hustlers, is a delightful examination of the clever ways animals have adapted, or the behaviors they’ve adopted, to survive and thrive in the wild. Tonight’s Part 1 is titled Staying Alive, and runs through some of the wild kingdom’s trickier defensive hustles. There’s the “motion dazzle” of zebras, which finally explains the value of those distinctive black-and-white stripes. And the “dis

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