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2020
Feb
6
THE LATEST FROM CBS, 'TOMMY,' IS WORTH INVESTIGATING By David Hinckley
 
 
It was only a few minutes into watching the first episode of the new Edie Falco drama Tommy that I realized this was not a reboot of the rock opera, and Falco would not be singing "Pinball Wizard."...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
'INDEBTED' OWES VIEWERS BETTER LAUGHS By David Hinckley
 
 

It's tempting to say that Indebted marks the expansion of the snippy phrase "Okay, Boomer" into a sitcom, except that was already happening more than three decades ago with the likes of Family Ties...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
SEASON 3 OF 'THE SINNER' KEEPS BILL PULLMAN AND ADDS MATT BOMER FOR A STRONG NEW STORY By David Hinckley
 
 
Bill Pullman just keeps getting better as the third season of USA's The Sinner premieres Thursday at 9 p.m. ET...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
INTERROGATION By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: CBS All Access is promoting this show in an unusual way, boasting that it’s a TV drama series in which you can watch the episodes in any order, and it won’t affect your enjoyment or understanding of the show. What a bold, groundbreaking concept, being able to watch any episode of a cop drama in any order. You mean, like Mannix?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
BROOKLYN NINE-NINE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Michael Schur’s The Good Place ended last Thursday – superbly – but NBC isn’t depriving us of him completely on Thursday nights. Tonight, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which Schur co-created with Daniel J. Goor, presents its Season 7 premiere on NBC. And it returns with a slight shakeup: Captain Holt, played to dry perfection by Andre Braugher, is back on the street, demoted from captain to patrolman. The last time Braugher played a cop on the s
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
CNN TOWN HALL: DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES By David Bianculli
 
 
The second day of CNN’s New Hampshire town halls, featuring one-hour visits with Democratic candidates vying for a spot in the 2020 presidential race, begins at 8 p.m. ET with Bernie Sanders, followed by Pete Buttigieg at 9 p.m. ET, Amy Klobuchar at 10 p.m. ET, and Deval Patrick at 11 p.m. ET.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
TOMMY By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Edie Falco goes from cable TV to broadcast, starring as an LAPD police chief in this new cop series from Paul Attanasio. She’s great, but the scripts of the opening shows are not quite up to her level. Even so, Tommy is a series that’s noteworthy for more than one reason. For my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, listen to today’s show, or visit the Fresh Air website afterward. And for reviews on TV Worth Watchi
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
BRIARPATCH By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Rosario Dawson stars in this new series, a collaboration between Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot) and Andy the Greenwald. She plays an investigator returning to her small town after the mysterious and brutal death of her younger sister. It’s based on a novel by Ross Thomas, and is presented as a 10-part self-contained serialized story –  the first of a projected series anthology with a new story each year, akin to Fargo. For a full review, see Dav
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
'FARGO' FANS WILL ENJOY 'BRIARPATCH' By David Hinckley
 
 
Let's get this out of the way right up front: USA's new anthology drama, Briarpatch, is going to remind many folks of Fargo, and in making that association, they will not be wrong...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
5
A FATHER'S JOURNEY IN MEMORY OF HIS SON – 'THE PHARMACIST' By David Hinckley
 
 
Dan Schneider's story was never going to have a happy ending. His son Danny had been murdered on a late-night run to buy drugs, and that was never going to change...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley