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2014
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Kim Jong-Un is the youngest dictator in the world, and aside from his bizarre kinship with Dennis Rodman, not much is known about him, at least by the general public. Well, anyone who tunes in tonight to Frontline will learn a lot more – about Jong-Un, and about North Korea in 2014. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
14
 
 
Tonight’s episode is called “The Kids Aren’t All Right,” and reunites Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) with one of his most unpredictable acquaintances: Loretta McCready, the young orphan played by Kaitlyn Dever. She was the young character, and actress, at the center of the Justified season which found Raylan in a lengthy, tricky duel of wits with ruthless Mags Bennett, played so brilliantly by Margo Martindale.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
14
 
 
Governor Chris Christie has said he's been to 129 Springsteen concerts but it's a good bet he never heard this version of Born to Run, one of the most brilliant performances in a barrage of comic riffs on the New Jersey scandal...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
14
 
 
I thought Portlandia hosted the weirdest comedic chemistry around, until I watched Paula Pell and James Anderson’s new web series Hudson Valley Ballers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
13
 
 
The new American Experience documentary "1964" works effectively as both historical drama and commemorative television...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
13
 
 
As part of the wedding weekend, Marshall (Jason Segel) prepares to deliver the latest and last promised super-slap to Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) as part of their ongoing ritual of “Slapsgiving.” Since this is Marshall’s final swing at the plate – or at Barney – he admits to have undergone training to pack as potent a punch as possible. And tonight, he comes out swinging.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
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SEASON PREMIERE: This Syfy series has a better plot, and certainly a more interesting look, than most of the network’s new shows. What started off as a sort of supernatural, Sapphic Batman and Robin has evolved into a complicated battle of good and evil, fairy world style, and handled that conceit better than, say, True Blood. Anna Silk stars as Bo, a succubus with ties to both the good and evil Fae worlds, but she’s not even in the Season 4 premiere. Instead, the heavy load is
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
13
 
 
SERIES RETURN: After the brief hiatus that began before Christmas, with Red (James Spader) escaping from both his box and his handlers and enemies, the devious manipulator is back. But where? And why? And what now? So far this season, the performances, not the plot twists and turns, have made The Blacklist worth keeping track of – but these last stories of the season will be a better indication of where the show is going, and whether it’s worth following.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
13
 
 
Long before there was reality TV, there was Frederick Wiseman, the documentary filmmaker whose approach was to descend upon a particular place, and group of people, and film – and film and film and film, until his subjects forgot he was there, and acted naturally. Then, after compiling absurd amounts of raw footage, Wiseman would edit, presenting the result without narration, so the story and themes build naturally. Wiseman has been making his special sort of films since the Sixties, so it
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
13
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: The opening show of this Season 5 premiere sets up a sort of series reboot for Archer and company, but don’t worry: Regardless of the setting and circumstances, this secret agent spoof remains as twisted, and as archly amusing, as ever.