I like this show, and its host, enough to keep recommending it. It reminds me a bit of David Steinberg’s recent interview series with fellow comedians, but Jeselnik is less interested in process, which is fascinating, than in anything that strikes his fancy, which is equally fascinating. Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik may have the look of Charlie Rose, but has more of the conversational feel of Howard Stern. And with these first episodes of Good Talk populated by Jesel

2019

Sep

THE I-LAND By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new Netflix limited series has a clever title – taking Apple’s ubiquitous iprefix, which already has given us such resonant TV series names as iZombie, and using it for a high-tech, computer-generated artificial environment equivalent of a deserted island. Or i-Land, get it? Sure, okay. But this story, which introduces us to 10 people who wake up on the same deserted isle with no memories, and have to work their way though a threatening,

2019

Sep

TCM SPECIAL THEME: JAMES BOND By David Bianculli

The second week of TCM’s Thursday night salute to the James Bond movies begins at 8 p.m. ET with the one film starring Sean Connery’s temporary 007 replacement, George Lazenby. He takes up the role of British secret agent James Bond in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, which is much more noteworthy for featuring the classiest “Bond girl” in the canon’s history: Diana Rigg (pictured). Other films shown tonight are 1971’s Diamond

2019

Sep

ABC NEWS DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEBATE By David Bianculli

There are two immediate differences between tonight’s ABC debate among Democratic aspirants for the 2020 presidential nomination and the debates televised previously. For one thing, the field of qualifying debaters has shrunken to 10, a number manageable enough to be contained on a single stage, as well as a single night. For another thing, it’s the first debate in which the leading candidate, Joe Biden, will be facing his closest challenger, Elizabeth Warren, on the same debate stag

2019

Sep

ON THE ROAD AGAIN, WITH KEN BURNS AND 'COUNTRY MUSIC' By Gary Edgerton

To put it succinctly, the opening of Ken Burns' new Country Music documentary series, premiering Sunday on PBS, reprises Nashville Hall of Fame songwriter Harlan Howard’s well-known description of a country song as being “three chords and the truth”...

2019

Sep

'IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS: STUYVESANT HIGH ON 9/11' ON HBO By David Hinckley

Because September 11 led us to many of the places we find ourselves today, there's value in pretty much all the reminders that come around on the anniversary each year...

2019

Sep

JAWS By David Bianculli

I’ve recommended telecasts of this 1975 Steven Spielberg film many times this summer, but now that school is back in session and summer is over, there’s still a chance to enjoy this movie classic one more time this season. And now that I’ve just recently discovered that one of my closest friends has never seen this movie, because of a fear of sharks and swimming in dangerous waters. I’m hoping he’ll read this, decide to watch at least the opening scene, and finally

2019

Sep

12 ANGRY MEN By David Bianculli

Earlier this week, I showed one of my TV History classes at Rowan University the 1954 live TV Westinghouse Studio One presentation of Reginald Rose’s 12 Angry Men, followed by the opening minutes of this 1957 film, in which Henry Fonda played the role of the persuasive juror played in the TV drama by Robert Cummings. Rose also adapted a Broadway play version of 12 Angry Men, which is revived often in New York and in local theaters – but this particular d

2019

Sep

IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS: STUYVESANT HIGH ON 9/11 By David Bianculli

Filmmaker Amy Schatz has carved a specialized documentary career out of seeing dramatic, newsworthy, historical events through the eyes of young people, in such emotional, informative and inspiring programs as Song of Parkland andThe Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm. Tonight, on the 18thanniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, she directs and produces a new documentary, focusing on students at Stuyvesant, the specialized high school located only blocks from the World Trade Center. Stud

2019

Sep

'AMERICA'S GOT TALENT': IT'S A SEASON FOR PRODIGIES By Alex Strachan

America’s Got Talent has been a balm for troubled times ever since it first bowed all those years ago, but this summer, in particular, has thrown a spotlight on just how refreshing hope and optimism really are...

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