Amid copious alcohol consumption and “jobs” that add up to less than nothing, three misfit male roommates sort of strive to make something of themselves...

2016

Jan

GALAVANT By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: A second season of this medieval musical comedy wasn’t expected by many – even by many of those making this goofy but little-viewed limited series last year. But here it is, back for Season 2, with Madalena (Mallory Jansen, pictured) on the throne, Princess Isabella (Karen David) in the dungeon, and Galavant (Joshua Sasse) paired, Defiant Ones style, with an on-the-road, in-danger King Richard (Timothy Omundson). As with Season 1, two episodes are shown back-to-back

2016

Jan

COOPER BARRETT'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This is not a recommendation, just a warning. You’d think TV in general, and Fox in particular, by now would have generated the most reprehensible and irresponsible depictions of college boys. But no. That happens here, in plots with enough casual alcohol and drug use, and intentional stupidity, to receive that ignoble crown. For a full review, see Ed Bark's Uncle Barky's Bytes.

2016

Jan

MASTERPIECE: "DOWNTON ABBEY" By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: It’s back, for a new and final season, beginning with a fox hunt and ending with a Red Wedding. Well, just kidding about that second part – but a lot happens in this opening installment, and fans will be pleased by the screen time, and bits of business, given to virtually all of its favorite characters. Check local listings.

2016

Jan

STEVE JOBS: THE MAN IN THE MACHINE By David Bianculli

In 2015, Danny Boyle directed Aaron Sorkin’s cleverly constructed screenplay, and created a less than flattering, but never less than fascinating, biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Michael Fassbender starred as Jobs in that movie. In tonight’s new two-hour study, directed by documentarian Alex Gibney, it’s Jobs himself who takes center stage, in a new nonfiction examination of the man, his methods, and his marketing savvy.

2016

Jan

GALAXY QUEST By David Bianculli

I’ve seen a lot of Syfy the last few days, as it works its way through the entire Twilight Zone canon. That finishes up this morning, but I’ve seen plenty of on-air promos for another tasty treat, shown by the network in prime time tonight: a showing of the dazzlingly clever, surprisingly touching 1999 comedy Galaxy Quest, starring Tim Allen as a William Shatlner-type star of a Star Trek-tyke TV show, enlisted with his former “crew” by alien visitors who believe the heroe

2016

Jan

CUMBERBATCH SPECIAL GIVES US A SNAPSHOT OF 'SHERLOCK' By David Hinckley

Sometimes the best chefs turn out a meal that’s only adequate, and that’s what happened Friday night with PBS’s beloved Sherlock...

2016

Jan

REFINISH AN ANTIQUE? NEVER. BUT SPIFFING UP A 'ROADSHOW' APPRECIATES ITS VALUE By Tom Brinkmoeller

By definition, PBS' Antiques Roadshow doesn't have near the antiquity to make it the very thing it spotlights... But in television timelines, the 20th Antiques Roadshow season makes it a rare video survivor, a collectable on many a DVR...

2016

Jan

THE TWLIGHT ZONE MARATHON By David Bianculli

Syfy’s in-sequence, every-episode mega-marathon of The Twilight Zone is still going strong – and takes longer, now that we’re into the one-hour episodes from Season 4. Season 5, returning to the 30-minute format, begins at 7 p.m. ET, and that’s when you’ll get more of the timeless classics – including, at 7 p.m. ET, William Shatner in 1963’s “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” and, at 8:30 p.m. ET, Telly Savalas being terrorized by a doll in “L

2016

Jan

I'LL HAVE WHAT PHIL'S HAVING By David Bianculli

STREAMING PREMIERE: It may seem redundant, as well as gluttonous, to binge on a food show, but all six episodes of Phil Rosenthal’s I’ll Have What Phil’s Having, produced last year for PBS, are available starting today on Netflix. Warning: They’re habit-forming, but it’s a good habit, and a good series. Pick your favorite city or country of the six he profiles, from Italy to Barcelona, and enjoy where the food-loving, people-loving co-creator of Everybody Loves Raym

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