LIVE: Now that Roseanne has been sent packing from her own sitcom, The Conners, with John Goodman as the surviving patriarch (which is interesting in itself, because his character died before the original Roseanne left the air all those years ago), ABC has had problems generating enough interest in the remaining family. Tonight, ABC tries a new approach: this evening’s episode is televised live – with the family reacting to results from the New Hampshire primary.

2020

Feb

THIS IS US By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode is the end of the current episodic trilogy: “Hell of a Week Part 3.” And even the promos suggest that all things may not end happily.

2020

Feb

ALI AND CAVETT: THE TALE OF THE TAPES By David Bianculli

Muhammad Ali and Dick Cavett crossed paths many times during the Sixties and after – and this documentary compiles some of their best interactions in the media, on Cavett’s talk show and elsewhere.

2020

Feb

FOR LIFE By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who’s also stretched his TV muscles by producing Power, is one of the people behind this new ABC drama, based on a true story about a jailhouse lawyer (Nicholas Pinnock) who takes his newfound legal knowledge to the courts once he’s freed after serving time on a wrongful conviction. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

2020

Feb

JOHN WAYNE DOUBLE FEATURE By David Bianculli

This is one of the best, and most inventive, prime-time double features I’ve ever seen on TV, on TCM or anywhere else. It’s a John Wayne twin bill, but though the films are shown back to back, they were produced 30 years apart. First is John Ford’s 1939 classic Western, Stagecoach, which basically defined the genre. Then, at 9:45 p.m. ET, comes 1969’s True Grit, with Wayne still atop the saddle – and giving one of the best performances of his lif

2020

Feb

BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA By David Bianculli

This week’s episode is keyed to Friday’s celebration of Valentine’s Day. Bob and Abishola are approaching their first such romantic holiday since she cared for him at the hospital – and how will they get together for this one, if they will at all?

2020

Feb

MCMILLIONS By David Bianculli

Last week’s episode ended by dropping the name of a major person of interest – a new big lead in the fraud case that drained many millions from the McDonald’s Monopoly lottery contest. I’m not fully won over by the storytelling here, but the story being told is a wild one. Apparently, the firm organizing and overseeing the McDonald’s contest had its own in-house McBurglar…

2020

Feb

IF YOU LIKE A LITTLE COMEDY WITH YOUR MURDER, TRY 'AGATHA RAISIN' By David Hinckley

Whether or not it was a deliberate strategy, British TV producers were smart to have begun exploring the lighter side of murder...

2020

Feb

CLAIRE DANES ON THE FINAL SEASON OF 'HOMELAND' By Mike Hughes

As the final Homeland season begins (Sunday, Showtime, 9 p.m. ET), one scene seems to define the fictional Carrie Mathison and the very real Claire Danes, who plays her...

2020

Feb

ROOTS: THE NEXT GENERATIONS MARATHON By David Bianculli

Last Sunday, Sundance televised the entirety of 1977’s Roots in an all-day miniseries marathon. Today, Sundance pulls a similar programming stunt, by presenting, in its entirety, the sequel to that top-rated Alex Haley drama, 1979’s Roots: The Next Generations. It’s better than the original, actually, and is even more loaded with big-name stars. Among them, as the story nears its conclusion: James Earl Jones as Haley himself, interviewing then-prominent neo-

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