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2014
Jan
19
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: How in the world could Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) survive that fall from last season? Well, tonight, as we begin Season 3, we find out – and since, in the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the seemingly killed-off detective was resurrected after battling with Moriarty and plummeting over Reichenbach Falls, it all seems fitting. As well as a lot of fun. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
19
 
 
This dark-horse favorite comedy of mine boasts not only a warmly grounded central performance by Tamsin Greig as transplanted-to-LA British TV writer Beverly, but so many shrewd and laugh-out-loud-funny observations about Hollywood life and times that you know it comes from someone deep inside the industry. And it does: David Crane from Friends and Jeffrey Klarik from Mad about You. And in tonight’s episode, Beverly has to deal with change on two fronts: a reawakening of a relationship wit
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
19
 
 
When Fox's The Following returns Sunday night, so will its killer's leading acolyte, co-star Valorie Curry...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
19
 
 
On this day in 1988, CBS News introduced its still-running documentary series, 48 Hours...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
18
 
 
TV writer-producer Peter Tolan always shows up for Television Critics Association press conferences ready to entertain. And this time, he brought his personal journal...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
18
 
 
This new Lifetime telemovie version of the famous book is different from the previous screen adaptation, which had less incest but more hanging. Its best performances are from actors two generations apart: Ellen Burstyn as the abusive grandmother, and Kiernan Shipka – who plays Don Draper’s daughter, Sally, on Mad Men – as the elder granddaughter hidden, like her three siblings, in the attic. The story still has its absurd and gothic flourishes, but those two performances, spec
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
18
 
 
Based on the autobiographical novel by Matthew Quick, this 2012 movie, written and directed by David O. Russell, is an outstanding character study – laugh-out-loud funny, when it’s not wincingly dramatic. Bradley Cooper stars as Pat, a man just leaving a mental institution after a lengthy court-mandated stay, and Jennifer Lawrence co-stars as Tiffany, a neighborhood Philadelphia girl who agrees to help him get his life back together, even though she’s got some baggage of her ow
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
18
 
 
Tonight’s new show includes Sylvester Stallone, who throws a staged punch at Graham Norton while Robert De Niro watches, somewhat bemusedly, from the couch. Other guests include Jonah Hill and Carey Mulligan – making it, once again, a very entertaining and star-filled hour of this imported, free-spirited talk show.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
18
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: After several go-rounds as the reluctant globe-traveling star of An Idiot Abroad, Karl Pilkington leaves the Ricky Gervais-Stephen Merchant nest (where he also flourished in the animated The Ricky Gervais Show on HBO) to set out on his own. In this five-part series, Pilkington goes to various places in search of answers to some questions that are hitting him as he turns 40. The reach of this new series seems a bit restricted – in all but one of the episodes, Pilkington fin
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
18
 
 
Drake is the guest host and musical guest for tonight’s show – but tonight’s new installment, in the long run, may be more remembered as the on-air debut of new SNL cast member Sasheer Zamata, who is joining the show after a season in which headlines were made about the lack of diversity among the show’s female players. Zamata is the first black woman to join SNL in six years, the last being Maya Rudolph.