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2020
Oct
16
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
Among tonight’s guests: Ewan McGregor and a pre-recorded, socially distanced Miley Cyrus.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
16
AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR 'WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME' By David Hinckley
 
 
At a moment when we're watching a real-life discussion in the U.S. Senate of "what the Constitution means to me," a rather different approach to that subject pops up...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
16
2001: 'SMALLVILLE' SHOWCASES SUPERMAN'S EARLY YEARS By TV WW
 
 
This day in 2001 marked the series premiere of Smallville, which chronicled the life of a young Clark Kent in the years before he adopted his alter ego, Superman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
1951: 'I LOVE LUCY' BEGINS ITS RUN ON CBS By TV WW
 
 
This day in 1951 marked the start of one of television's most popular and enduring television shows, I Love Lucy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
ODE TO 'HARTSFIELD'S LANDING' — 'WEST WING' EPISODE TO BE REENACTED THURSDAY ON HBO MAX By Alex Strachan
 
 
First off, don't call it a reunion episode. Surviving cast members of The West Wing reunite Thursday for a theatrical stage reenactment of the 2002 West Wing episode Hartsfield's Landing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
THE STORY OF THE GRUESOME CRIMES OF A U.K. SERIAL KILLER ON 'DES' By David Hinckley
 
 
Dennis Andrew Nilsen, who murdered at least 15 men in Britain between 1978 and 1983, stands out even in the netherworld of serial killers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: While CBS is replaying Season 1 of this Star Trek spinoff series, CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery, on the parent network during this pandemic, the Discovery series, on CBS All Access, was far enough in production to have banked a season in advance. So beginning today on CBS All Access, Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery returns with new weekly episodes, featuring new adventures in the Mirror universe, with Sonequa Martin-Green, as
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
2020 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli
 
 
Until yesterday, the American League Championship Series was entertainingly one-sided (well, entertainingly if you’re rooting, as I am, against the caught-cheating, legacy-tarnishing Houston Astros). The Tampa Bay Rays won the first three games in this best-of-seven series – but yesterday, the Astros took Game 4, giving the Rays a 3-1 series lead as they head into today’s Game 5, played at 5 p.m. ET and televised on TBS. If the Rays win, that team heads ton the World Series &nd
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE: A SPECIAL EDITION OF “20/20” By David Bianculli
 
 
SPECIAL: Tonight was supposed to be the second presidential debate of 2020, but President Trump refused to abide by the safety protocols dictated by the debate organizers, so the second debate was canceled – though what once was the third one, scheduled for next Thursday, Oct. 22, remains on the books. (For now.) But instead, the presidential candidates tonight will answer a question very few people ever thought to ask: What if they gave a presidential debate and only one person came? That
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Oct
15
DECISION 2020: TRUMP TOWN HALL By David Bianculli
 
 
SPECIAL: On NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC, Donald Trump holds court with a town hall event of his own – televised live from an outdoor event at Miami’s Perez Art Museum, moderated by Savannah Guthrie. His event will be spread across three NBC networks, not just one – and because Trump is, by definition and design, more unpredictable and outrageous on live TV, he’s quite likely to walk away boasting of a ratings victory against his presidential rival. If Trump wins the ratings batt
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley