DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

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2018
Nov
22
 
 
The idea of pro football games on Thanksgiving used to be a one-game affair, almost always featuring the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys indeed are playing today, but Dallas is only one of six teams showcased in three different NFL games televised nationally today. The first, broadcast by CBS at 12:30 p.m. ET, features the Chicago Bears vs. the Detroit Lions. The second game, on Fox beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET, has the Washington Redskins facing the aforementioned Cowboys. And on NBC’s Football
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Nov
22
 
 
[Editor's note: On Thanksgiving Day in 1960, CBS Reports premiered a one-hour documentary, hosted by Edward R. Murrow, called Harvest of Shame, about the plight of migrant workers harvesting our crops...]
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Nov
22
 
 
Nalani & Sarina are twin sisters who perform with both a full band and as a duo, and who get and sound even better every time they put out a new album or video...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Nov
21
 
 
It’s hardly a news flash that behind the smiles, beauty pageants can be viper pits...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Nov
21
 
 
Crank your weird-meter up to 10 before you watch The City And The City, a BBC production now imported to the colonies by BritBox...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Nov
21
 
 
There’s no new Saturday Night Live this weekend, because the cast and crew are spending Thanksgiving with their respective families. But tonight, an hour of prime time on Thanksgiving Eve is set aside so NBC can present some of the best Thanksgiving moments from SNL – and you know what that means. It means, once again, a delightful sighting of Paul Simon, 1970s vintage, donning a turkey costume to sing “Still Crazy After All These Years.” It’s still hilarious &ndash
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Nov
21
 
 
MINISERIES PREMIERE: Conclusion. The final two hours of this new adaptation of the John Le Carre novel are televised tonight – and they end with a quiet, sustained tension that will have you glued to your seats, and your TV set. Florence Pugh stars as a British actress recruited by some Israeli spies (Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Shannon) to infiltrate a Palestinian terrorist cell.  For my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, visit the Fresh Air website.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Nov
20
 
 
We live in worrying times...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Nov
20
 
 
SPECIAL PREMIERE: Filmed at Boston’s Orpheum Theater, this new standup special from Daily Show host Trevor Noah finds him honing in on cultural differences – and how he sees things very, very differently from people who have grown up in the United States. Even the former President, Barack Obama…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Nov
20
 
 
Yesterday, the final 13 contenders in this Voice cycle performed. Tonight, on live TV, they face elimination.