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2018
Oct
5
 
 
If you need a little more blood and gore in your TV life, but don’t have time to watch all of American Horror Story, Hulu has an alternative...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
5
 
 
Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle returns Friday after a long hiatus, and it’s as dense as ever. Also, it’s as good as ever...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
5
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: This is Season 3 of Amazon’s ambitious adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel, and this year, the show’s alternative history drama is all over the map. Literally. Japan has achieved parity with Germany, the other victor in this reality-warping outcome to WWII, by developing a more powerful bomb. The Nazis have used firing squads, torture and propaganda to further their message and aims in this dour season opener – and in the program, a solo child’s voice
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
5
 
 
There’s quite a crew for tonight’s show, which arrives after quite a week in Washington. Doris Kearns Goodwin provides some long-range historical perspective, former Florida Rep. David Jolly provides some insider insights, journalist Soledad O’Brien and commentator Andrew Sullivan weigh in on the week’s events – and Jeff Bridges gets us all to chill a little. Which we need, sorely…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
5
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Graham Norton is back – and to start his new season, he’s got not only the new star of Doctor Who (Jodie Whittaker, the first female Doctor, who bows Sunday on BBC America and worldwide), but the two stars of the newest incarnation of A Star Is Born: Bradley Cooper and. Lady Gaga. Oh, and Ryan Gosling. Oh, and Rod Stewart…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
4
 
 
SHORT SUBJECT PREMIERE: First CBS launched the latest iteration of the 50-year-old Star Trek franchise, a year ago, by presenting its premiere episode of Star Trek: Discovery on the broadcast network before relegating all remaining episodes of the series on its pay-to-watch streaming site, CBS All Access. Now it’s doubling down on that “you get what you pay for” approach, offering even more new Star Trek adventures solely to its streaming site subscribers. Star Trek: Short Trek
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
4
 
 
For this new, end-of-the-line season of The Big Bang Theory, my favorite plot thread so far is the blossoming flirtation between comic-store owner Stuart (Kevin Sussman) and his enamored, equally geeky employee Denise (Lauren Lapkus). The male-female interactions on this series have always been its sweet spot, and this new variation on the very familiar theme is proving to be no exception.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
4
 
 
Last week’s Season 3 premiere was a clever, charming hour of comedy, and one that allowed star Ted Danson to play five roles – including (Cheers!) a bartender – while once again hitting reset on this show’s premise, plots and characters. This sitcom is so wildly unpredictable, and so novel in its approach, that it’s evolved into one of the best comedies on broadcast TV right now. Wait, that’s not enough praise. Make that: one of the best shows on broadcast TV
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
4
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Last year, this long-dormant sitcom returned to TV along with another long-dormant former hit sitcom, ABC’s Roseanne. That series is returning this season, but under a new name and without its former star, whose tweets and other behavior led to her dismissal from her own show. The stars of Will & Grace engaged in no such extracurricular controversies – and, thus, return for Season 2 tonight without incident, and with a new roster of guest stars lined up for year
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Oct
4
 
 
Last week’s Season 11 premiere, rebooting the series after a 20-year resting period, established that Candice Bergen’s Murphy Brown had come out of retirement to accept a new job as host of a cable news morning show. This week, Murphy dives back into the fray of covering the current White House administration by attending a White House press briefing – and getting there, in part, by wearing a disguise. And by confronting, through use of carefully edited news clips, White House