SERIES PREMIERE: In this new Masterpiece import, Hugh Laurie stars as an amoral British politician who rises to power, then uses and abuses it horridly. I love Hugh Laurie – but the idea of sitting through this plot line, right now, is something you may have more affinity and patience for than I do. Check local listings.

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THE UNDOING By David Bianculli

This is Episode 2 of this new HBO miniseries from David E. Kelley, which stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant as a married New York couple who seem very successful in their careers, and equally happy in their home life. But little of that is what it seems – and I hope you recorded, and have held on to, Episode 1, because by the time Episode 2 is over, you’re probably going to want to go back and re-watch Episode 1… because everything you saw last week means something entirely di

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FARGO By David Bianculli

I have to admit (or at least I will) that I’m two weeks behind on Fargo this season, so I don’t know exactly what’s supposed to happen tonight. That’s because I love Fargo so much, it’s one of those special shows I set aside to watch without multitasking… when I can devote full attention and enjoy as a treat. And the past few weeks, those “treat” hours have been awful hard to come by…

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THE COMEDY STORE By David Bianculli

MINISERIES FINALE: This documentary series ends tonight, with an episode that brings the story of The Comedy Store, and co-founded Mitzi Shore, full circle… and provides some laughs along the way. Mike Binder, as the writer-director who pulled this all together, has done an excellent job pulling all this individual, chaotic stories and comedians into a coherent whole. Marc Maron, for example…

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LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

The last Last Week Tonight before the election? If there are three must-see politically associated TV programs to watch tonight, this surely is one of them.

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1999: 'THE EARLY SHOW' BEGINS ON CBS By TV WW

On this day in 1999, Bryant Gumbel moved to CBS to co-anchor, with Jane Clayson, that network's newest morning show, The Early Show...

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2010: AMC'S 'WALKING DEAD' STARTS WALKING By David Bianculli

On this day in 2010, AMC used the occasion of Halloween night to unveil The Walking Dead, its new drama series about a world suddenly overrun by zombies...

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DARK SHADOWS MARATHON By David Bianculli

Dan Curtis’ gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows, began airing on ABC in 1966, with a live TV approach whose low production values and performance levels often were as frightening as the vampires and werewolves. But a supernatural soap? Curtis was on to something, and once the show started playing with different time lines and doppelgangers, you could really sink your teeth into it. So this weekend’s Decades marathon picks up the action, and the daily soap series, at M

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DR. STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB By David Bianculli

Still brilliant. In 1964, Stanley Kubrick and Terry Southern took on the Cold War and its attendant hawkishness, insanity, and paranoia – and won. This movie wasn't a bomb. It was the bomb.

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