Both these American League teams played aggressively and impressively all year, winning more games during the regular season and fighting their way through a challenging postseason without ever giving up. And now, those two teams, the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals, face one another and battle for the AL pennant – starting with this Game 1, televised by Fox, live from Kansas City.

2015

Oct

TRUTH BE TOLD By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Imagine me as the Robot from Lost in Space, waving my arms while trying to steer you away from this horrible NBC sitcom: “Warning! Warning! Danger! Danger!” It’s not just that it’s not funny. It’s also repugnant, especially in the age-inappropriate lines of dialogue it gives to a little girl. You’ll know what I mean if you watch – but you shouldn’t. For what other TVWW critics have to say about Truth Be Told, visit our TV Worth Wat

2015

Oct

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: "SHOW BOAT" By David Bianculli

This New York Philharmonic production of the classic Oscar Hammerstein-Jerome Kern Broadway musical is semi-staged, which means minimal scenery, less ornate costumes and a cast assembled just for a few nights of performances. This means, though, that you can get quite a cast for a limited commitment, and this one includes Vanessa Williams, Julian Ovendon from Downton Abbey, Norm Lewis, Lauren Worsham and Fred Willard. It also includes numbers rarely performed on stage, including songs adde

2015

Oct

STILL ALICE By David Bianculli

Julianne Moore is remarkable in this 2014 story about a professor who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. It shows the effects of the disease from her point of view as well as that of her family – and though it’s ultimately uplifting and thoroughly informative and empathic, it’s nonetheless occasionally uncomfortable to watch – especially if you have a loved one who is going through a similar type of mental erosion. Moore’s portrayal is so subtl

2015

Oct

THE KNICK By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Clive Owen and the rest of the cast, portraying pioneering, often troubled caregivers at the Knickerbocker Hospital in turn-of-the-century New York, are back for a second season of intense surgery – and inventive direction, thanks to having Steven Soderbergh at the helm.

2015

Oct

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

The top-of-the-show guest is worth the price of admission tonight. Fresh from his strong appearance at Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate, making a return visit to Real Time, it’s… Bernie Sanders!

2015

Oct

A FLASHBACK INTERVIEW: REDFORD FILM TESTS 'TRUTH' OF FIRING OF RATHER, MAPES By Ed Bark

Note to readers: The feature film Truth, starring Robert Redford as Dan Rather and Cate Blanchett as CBS News producer Mary Mapes, opens on Friday, Oct. 16. It’s based on Mapes’ 2005 book, Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power...

2015

Oct

ROB LOWE FINDS 'THE GRINDER' ANYTHING BUT A GRIND By David Hinckley

While Rob Lowe’s character in the new Fox sitcom The Grinder may be more than slightly delusional, Lowe says his own life as he has passed the age of 50 has become, well, rather grounded...

2015

Oct

HEROES REBORN By David Bianculli

I’ve all but given up on this reboot, because it makes little sense, and even less compelling drama and characters. Tonight is the last shot for Heroes Reborn to impress, or it becomes Heroes Dead to Me.

2015

Oct

BONES By David Bianculli

Well, that didn’t take long. Only a few episodes into its new season, and Bones tonight finds a way not only to reunite Booth and Brennan, but to get them back to work – at the old workplace. In other words, their status has reverted to quo.

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