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AMERICAN MASTERS: "LENNONYC" By David Bianculli

PBS is repeating this 2010 documentary about John Lennon’s years in New York City tonight -and with good reason Today, October 9, marks the 80th anniversary of Lennon’s birth, in Liverpool in 1940. Check local listings.

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REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Last week, Maher took the week off. But tonight, he’s back – and boy, does he have a lot of ground to make up… tax scandals, a presidential case of COVID-19, two debates, and President Trump’s hospital stay and release.

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THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This is the official Season 28 season premiere of The Graham Norton Show, and his guests for this edition include Dolly Parton. Norton always elicits quirky, and very interesting, things from his guests, and Parton has visited his show enough times to come ready to play. And this time, she plays her fingernails – using them to tap out a handy version of the 9 to 5 theme. How talon-ted is that?

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'CONNECTING…' IS A COVID-ERA COMEDY THAT REFLECTS THE NEW WORLD WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING By David Hinckley

You knew it was only a matter of time before someone would create a sitcom that looks like a Zoom meeting...

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AI THAT'S SILLY, FOR A CHANGE, WITH 'CODE 404' By David Hinckley

There's a hint of Monty Python in the new British sitcom Code 404, and that's enough to make a marginal premise into an entertaining half-hour of television...

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SUPERNATURAL By David Bianculli

SEASON RETURN: This indefatigable CW series, which began as a WB series way, way back in 2005, had its final Season 15 run cut short, with seven episodes yet to be televised. They finally start showing up tonight, with the expanded series finale scheduled for next month. And if you don’t remember, back when the CW broadcast the previous episode of Supernatural, what the hell the Winchester brothers were up to, don’t feel bad. Neither do I. But I do remember that, in their c

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SETH MEYERS: CLOSER LOOK By David Bianculli

SPECIAL: Here’s a newly added highlight for tonight. NBC has made room for a live prime-time special: Seth Meyers: Closer Look, based on his smart and sharp topical news monologues on Late Night with Seth Meyers. And since Meyers is performing live, he will be able to react to the very latest current events, and there have been a lot of them in the last week or so alone. Revelations about President Donald Trump’s meager federal tax payments. Trump’

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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY By David Bianculli

This series is a couple of years old now, and previously was streamed exclusively on CBS All Access. But now, with the pandemic continuing and few current drama series in production, the inventory of already produced streaming shows from CBS All Access suddenly looks very attractive to CBS, the major network, as a source of programming that is “new” to most Americans, who neglected to pony up for the CBS All Access monthly fees. Tonight is the episode in which the setting of Sta

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1984: NBC AIRS THE TV MOVIE 'THE BURNING BED' By Linda Donovan

On this day in 1984, NBC aired the TV movie The Burning Bed...

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