Last week, this Nova survey of the planets in our solar system began with Jupiter. Now we’re looking at Saturn. The order of planets being presented clearly, in the long run, is neither alphabetical nor in the placement of orbit around the sun. So is it size? Many of you amateur astronomers, or readers with basic knowledge of basic science and facts, may know the answer of that already. But I’m confused, without looking it up. What about Uranus? Check local listings.

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BUGSY MALONE By David Bianculli

In 1976, as a young teen, Jodie Foster made several movies, each of them remarkably different in tone. She co-starred in the body-swap comedy Freaky Friday, playing a girl who temporarily changes bodies with her mother (Barbara Harris). She played an antisocial teen killer in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, and, most famously, a very young prostitute in Taxi Driver. But also that year, she played the singing moll in a Depression-era gangster movie – a

2020

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'SCHITT'S CREEK,' POP, AND NEPOTISM By Mike Hughes

For Dan Levy, it was a big (and uncharacteristic) step: He asked his dad for help. The result is Schitt's Creek, which has just started its final season amid praise and nominations...

2020

Jan

U.S. SENATE PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT TRIAL By David Bianculli

In some ways, the start of America’s second televised Presidential impeachment trial is designed to mirror the first one, when President Bill Clinton was judged by the U.S. Senate. Twenty-hours are set aside, at the beginning, for the two sides to present their opening arguments. The difference is that, this time, the party in power in the Senate has mandated that those 24-hour periods be confined to two days – today and tomorrow, split basically into 12-hour blocks. And because U.S.

2020

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THIS IS US By David Bianculli

Sometimes, all you need to know about an episode of This Is Us, regarding how emotionally packed it will be, is revealed by its title. Tonight’s title is “A Hell of a Week, Part 1,” which suggests a doozy tonight. And next week, with “Part 2,” it hints at an emotional episode that’s even doozier.

2020

Jan

PBS' 'SECRETS OF THE DEAD' ASKS IF THE ALLIES SHOULD HAVE OPTED FOR 'BOMBING AUSCHWITZ' By David Hinckley

The PBS series Secrets of the Dead, to be honest, sometimes feels a little too commercial. This week, however, it’s right on target with a show that asks and calmly explores one of the toughest moral questions of humanity’s last century...

2020

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BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA By David Bianculli

I’m not sure why Mondays have evolved, lately, into one of the least interesting nights of television; traditionally, it’s usually the opposite. But this season, the latest sitcom from Chuck Lorre and company, Bob Hearts Abishola, provides a nicer, warm spark. The show has deepened, and gotten warmer, just the way The Big Bang Theory did, by paying attention to its quirky supporting players, and expanding their time in the spotlight. Watch and see – and laug

2020

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PRODIGAL SON By David Bianculli

SERIES RETURN: This Fox drama about the son of a serial killer is back for the second half of the season. The first half basically wasted some gifted talents, led by star Michael Sheen, but maybe it’ll rehabilitate itself. As with the criminal justice system, one can only hope.

2020

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NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES By David Bianculli

Two games. Four teams. Two networks. The winner of each contest advances to the Super Bowl. (Except for the network: CBS and Fox have respective rights to the AFC and NFC games, but in two weeks, Fox gets the Super Bowl this year. The fix is in.) Today at 3 p.m. ET, CBS presents the still-rolling Tennessee Titans against the Kansas City Chiefs. Then, at 6:30 p.m. ET, Fox presents the Green Bay Packers vs. the San Francisco 49ers.

2020

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RAY DONOVAN By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: It’s the Season 7 finale for this well-acted, often surprisingly unpredictable Showtime drama series. And if anything is predictable at all, it’s that almost every character is in danger of being written out, or wiped out, before this season-ending episode is over.

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