SPECIAL: This one-hour “Election Special” gives this this show’s writers and stars a chance to weigh in with their opinions and observations a month before the election. But can they possibly have anticipated the events of this week?

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THE WALKING DEAD: THE WORLD BEYOND By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new series is yet another Walking Dead spinoff. They’ve done one set before the events of The Walking Dead, and this one appears to be set in the time after – which sort of makes this a series with its own prequel and sequel, which is kind of what Better Call Saul is pulling off, teamed with Breaking Bad.

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FIRST LADIES By David Bianculli

NONFICTION MINISERIES PREMIERE: This new documentary series looks at different first ladies in presidential history – starting, tonight, with Michelle Obama.

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FARGO By David Bianculli

What a wonderful series this is. And tonight, it goes in some very unexpected directions…

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THE COMEDY STORE By David Bianculli

NONFICTION MINISERIES PREMIERE: This documentary series is two years shy of the golden anniversary of the Comedy Story on the Sunset Strip – but it’s worth celebrating anyway, especially in the hands of Mike Binder. His interviews with the likes of David Letterman and Michael Keaton are valuably candid and casual, and lead to some new, true insights about comedy and comedians. For my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, visit the Fresh Air websit

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When I want to distract myself from thinking about President Trump testing positive for COVID-19, I just start thinking about those other poor patients at the hospital where Trump is being treated – and how they have to endure all the endless car horn honks and chants from people on both sides of the political divide. And then I think about what John Oliver might say about it…

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1957: 'LEAVE IT TO BEAVER' MAKES ITS DEBUT By TV WW

On this day in 1957, one of television's most iconic family sitcoms, Leave It to Beaver, made its debut...

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1960: CBS INTRODUCED 'THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW' By TV WW

On this day in 1960, CBS introduced The Andy Griffith Show...

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CHEERS MARATHON By David Bianculli

Cheers premiered in 1982, lasted for 11 years, and launched a spinoff series, Frasier, starring Kelsey Grammer, that lasted just as long. The expanded 1993 Cheers finale remains one of highest-rated sitcom episode of all time – not as popular as the finale of M*A*S*H, but what is? (Answer: nothing.) This Decades weekend marathon of Cheers begins with Season 8, the Kirstie Alley years as Rebecca, and samples episodes of the series up t

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Chris Rock, currently starring on FX in Fargo, returns to his old SNL roots to host this venerable NBC show’s Season 46 premiere. And the guests include another SNL veteran, Maya Rudolph, as well as a veteran from another sketch comedy TV series, Jim Carrey of Fox’s In Living Color. Carrey and Rudolph have been drafted to play the latest SNL incarnations of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris – a new gig for him, a repr

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