SERIES PREMIERE: A trio of talents makes this new ABC series worth sampling, and hoping it delivers on its initial premise and promise. Connie Britton plays a country music star whose trajectory is waning, Hayden Panettiere plays a younger singer whose star is rising, and, behind the scenes, T Bone Burnett – who guided the soundtracks for O Brother Where Art Thou? and Crazy Heart – oversees the music. So expect good acting, good music – and, with Thelma & Louise writer Call

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ABC'S 'NASHVILLE' STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT By Ed Bark

Nashville has Emmy caliber performances from its two leads and an authenticity that won't quit. Singing its praises is a no-brainer...

2012

Oct

PBS STREAMS 'DEATH AND THE CIVIL WAR' By David Bianculli

In Death and the Civil War, Ric Burns finds a new story to tell about the Civil War — one that encompasses both the unprecedented scope of that war’s destruction and the equally unprecedented availability of battlefield photography to document the losses...

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2012 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli

Two Game 3 contests are played tonight, and both of them are potential sweeps. First up is Cincinnati vs. San Francisco, where the Reds already enjoy a 2-0 lead over the Giants. Next, at 9 p.m. ET, is Detroit vs. Oakland, where the Tigers have a 2-0 advantage over the Athletics.

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RAISING HOPE By David Bianculli

A social worker visits the Chance home – and, by chance, interprets their everyday shenanigans as elderly abuse inflicted upon poor Maw Maw (Cloris Leachman). The social worker is played by Jenny Slate, a former repertory member, though only briefly, of Saturday Night Live.

2012

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DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG By David Bianculli

On July 15, 2008, I filed a TVWW blog about another blog – Joss Whedon’s made-for-the-Internet Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, produced during that year’s writers’ strike. My opinion, expressed in Bianculli’s Blog, was a rave then. And it’s a rave now, four years later, as Dr. Horrible, starring Neil Patrick Harris, finally gets its prime-time broadcast network premiere, with all three parts presented in a concise one-hour format on the CW. Don’t m

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FRONTLINE: "THE CHOICE" By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: It’s Season 31 for this indispensable PBS nonfiction series, and it begins with one of the regular highlights of every election season: The Choice, in which the presidential candidates are profiled in a more measured, thoughtful and impressive way than most other broadcast biographies. This year, of course, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama get the Choice treatment, and it’s one of my choices for tonight’s recommended viewing. Check local listings.

2012

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SONS OF ANARCHY By David Bianculli

The last few weeks on this show have been so unsettling, there’s been no time to point out some of the smaller but still noteworthy occurrences – such as the recent guest role by Ashley Tisdale, of High School Musical fame, as the very uncharacteristic role of young prostitute Emma Jean, who was hired by Clay (Ron Perlman) and beaten by a jealous Gemma (Katey Sagal). Tonight, Gemma’s son, Jax (Charlie Hunnam), thinks seriously about expanding the Sons into its own prostitution

2012

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1990: AUSTRALIA'S 'BANGKOK HILTON' DEBUTS IN US By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1990, TBS debuted Part 1 of the celebrated Australian miniseries, Bangkok Hilton...

2012

Oct

THE CW INTRODUCES PRIMETIME'S NEWEST ACTION HERO By Ed Bark

Arrow may not be a-point-ment television. But for starters at least, it's a sharper little tale than expected...

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