There are only three episodes left until the finale, so expect each of these final hours to be even more packed with sentiment, and surprises, than usual – and that’s really saying something. Tonight, in one of several subplots, Sarah (Lauren Graham) ponders how to react to the marriage proposal by Hank (Ray Romano).

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PORTLANDIA By David Bianculli

Two more of the many characters populating Portlandia come to the fore tonight. This week, it’s Lance and Nina, whose relationship is disrupted by a visit from Lance’s mom and her new boyfriend.

2015

Jan

FOR AMAZON PRIME, PRIME TIME IS NOW By David Bianculli

PASADENA, CA – As traditional networks clamor for attention at the 2015 Winter Television Critics Association press tour, Amazon has stolen the spotlight with three attention-demanding, attending-deserving moves…

2015

Jan

NEW FXX 'MAN SEEKING WOMAN' MAKES LOVE UNREAL By Eric Gould

Maybe call it a case of Walter Mitty gone hapless instead of heroic. Twenty-something Josh Greenberg, unlucky in love, finds his romantic troubles flying wildly off into the fantastical realm...

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Jan

ROCK THIS BOAT: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK By David Bianculli

What used to be the TV Guide Network has been rebranded and redesigned, beginning today as Pop. Just as much pop culture coverage and focus, but fewer scrolled listings. For the record, one of the new original shows, premiering tonight, is Rock This Boat, a documentary series that goes along on fan cruises to document interactions between fans and stars. The first fan cruise is built around New Kids on the Block – and while that sounds entirely missable to me, I would sign up in a minute f

2015

Jan

MODERN FAMILY By David Bianculli

Tonight it’s personal: the new neighbors (played by Steve Zahn and Andrea Anders) have turned out not only to be less than ideal, but to be positively horrible. For the extended Dunphy family, this means war – and the battle begins tonight.

2015

Jan

NOVA: "BIG BANG MACHINE" By David Bianculli

Welcome to the true Big Bang Theory. Tonight’s Nova takes a look at the scientific quest for something so elusive, it makes Bigfoot look like a camera-hungry Kardashian. It’s the Higgs Boson – and to recreate the energy field that theorists suspect emerged from the so-called Big Bang, scientists need a very, very big particle accelerator, a lot of patience, and a lot of luck. Here we go. Check local listings.

2015

Jan

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW By David Bianculli

Tonight’s new episode is titled “Show Stoppers,” and boy, does it feature one. The special guest star, playing a potentially mad magician, is someone who’s both well-versed in performing magic acts and in stopping shows whenever he performs, or hosts. He’s Neil Patrick Harris – and he fits into this twisted ensemble like a bloody glove.

2015

Jan

MAN SEEKING WOMAN By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Jay Baruchel stars in this new FXX series, which is worth seeking out because it’s so impressively unusual. It starts as the story of a young man suffering a painful romantic breakup and emerging, wounded and uncertain, into the singles life – and there’s nothing unusual about that. But it’s the way he sees that world, and reacts to it, that elevates Man Seeking Woman from the typical to the anything but. For full reviews, see Eric Gould’s Col

2015

Jan

YEARS BEFORE 'PETER PAN,' ALLISON WILLIAMS SANG THE 'MAD MEN' THEME -- SORT OF By David Bianculli

Two years before Allison Williams was cast as Marnie in HBO’s Girls, and four full years before she donned green tights to star in NBC’s Peter Pan Live!, she appeared in this fluidly filmed music video...

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