Last week, in an episode that didn’t have a frame showing any of the core cast members of this long-running series, just Samantha Morton’s Alpha and company, we learned (in flashback) the origins of Alpha and Beta, and also were introduced to the walking-with-walkers tribe’s newly anointed power player: young Gamma. What’s in store on tonight’s episode? Perhaps a visit to Delta House… but don’t count on it. But at least we get back to basics, and more f

2019

Oct

WATCHMEN By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Damon Lindelof has taken Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark comic series and basically pulled a Fargo. But not quite: He’s continuing and expanding the original story, but by dealing with different eras and characters. What we’re left with, at the start of this new series, is enticingly smart and visually evocative, with echoes of our own troubled times, and exciting performances by such unexpected players as Don Johnson, Jeremy Irons, Jean Smart,

2019

Oct

ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Krystal has fallen on very hard times of late, reduced to being an errand woman for the pampered top-tier ladies of FAM – but in this final episode of the season, she finds an ally, and takes a stand.

2019

Oct

'WATCHMEN' AND THE REDFORD ADMINISTRATION AT TCA By Roger Catlin

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – For a network that put the skids on its alternate history Confederate after controversy regarding racial insensitivity, HBO begins one of its most anticipated new series amid the single worst incident of racial violence in American history...

2019

Oct

LIFE AND DEATH IN THE LONG GRASS: 'PBS NATURE' TAKES VIEWERS INTO THE HEART OF THE AFRICAN WILDERNESS IN EPIC, THREE-PART MINISERIES By Alex Strachan

You can see the Okavango Delta from space. That right there gives you a sense of the sheer scale of the place...

2019

Oct

2019 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli

Yesterday, when I recorded and distributed the Best TV Tomorrow video for Saturday (now today: how time flies), and said there basically was nothing so compelling on TV that it qualified as “best,” I encouraged you to turn off the TV and go live your lives. (See my non-recommendation here.) But that was before the New York Yankees beat the Houston Astros 4-1 in last night’s Game 5. That means, instead of the Astros claiming the American League pennant and it

2019

Oct

DESPITE THE BIG NAMES INVOLVED, 'MODERN LOVE' DOESN'T CREATE MUCH AFFECTION By David Hinckley

Amazon Prime’s well-promoted new Modern Love would seem to have it all: a great cast of A-list actors, a pre-tested story niche, and the promise of snappy half-hour episodes that won’t tax the modern attention span...

2019

Oct

'MODERN LOVE' GIVES AMAZON PRIME A NEW/OLD TAKE ON WHAT STILL MAKES THE WORLD GO 'ROUND By Ed Bark

Being of a "certain age" helps if you're looking for a TV series with which to compare Amazon Prime's Modern Love...

2019

Oct

THE STORIES, AND BEHIND THE SCENES, OF 'MODERN LOVE' ON AMAZON PRIME By Mike Hughes

TV used to savor anthologies. There were high-profile, high-prestige ones...

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