Last week’s Season 2 premiere certainly hit the ground running, cleared the decks, and reshuffled all the players. It’s as though all the families of Game of Thrones pledged new allegiances – and from now on, we see whether those decisions were good ones.

2019

Aug

CITY ON A HILL By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: I expected that this series would be telling a self-contained, one-season story – but once Kevin Bacon, as Jackie, took revenge on his daughter’s attacker by shooting him in the face, it made sense that we were in this drama for the long haul. What a good show – and what a string of strong performances.

2019

Aug

THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: John Goodman and Danny McBride in a comedy about televangelists? Sounds like the answer to an irreverent TV viewer’s prayer… And we've got it covered here at TVWW. See Ed Bark, David Hinckley, Roger Catlin, and Mike Hughes.

2019

Aug

LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

There’s a reason John Oliver keeps winning Emmys. He’s not only one of the hardest-working comics on TV – he’s one of the smartest-thinking. He would know, for example, that “hardest-thinking” is not exactly one of the best words.

2019

Aug

HBO'S 'THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES': PREACH YOUR VIEWERS WELL By Ed Bark

Creator/executive producer Danny McBride takes his usual approach with his latest HBO series. Following the paths of Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals, McBride’s The Righteous Gemstones is coarse, irreverent, sometimes excessive and completely unconcerned about whether you’re offended or not...

2019

Aug

LET'S HOPE 'THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES' IS MORE PARODY THAN REALITY By David Hinckley

Televangelists might look like easy marks for satirists. They are not. Like soap operas, televangelists go so far over the top they almost preempt satire...

2019

Aug

THE MULE By David Bianculli

Inspired by a true story, this 2018 Clint Eastwood movie (which he directs as well as stars in) tells of a 90-year-old man who becomes a drug mule crossing the border with illegal substances – at first unwittingly, then willingly, with his advanced age providing the perfect cover. Bradley Cooper plays the agent eventually on his tail, and Eastwood’s real-life daughter, Alison Eastwood, is one of his other co-stars.

2019

Aug

WILD SINGAPORE By David Bianculli

David Attenborough narrates this continuing series, which is all I need to continue recommending it. Tonight’s installment focuses on rare, treasured creatures – and boy, in TV terms, Attenborough certainly qualifies as one of those. He's been doing nature documentaries for TV since the 1950s, and is now 93 years old – two years older than Clint Eastwood’s character in The Mule.

2019

Aug

MEGACHURCH AND MONEY ON 'THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES' By Mike Hughes

Danny McBride has spent large chunks of the past decade as HBO's counterpoint. Other shows, from Sopranos to Game of Thrones, had epic scopes. His focused on one angry guy...

2019

Aug

'THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES' VISITED TCA TO DISCUSS THEIR HBO SERIES By Roger Catlin

From his brash Kenny Powers in Eastbound & Down to his sinister Neal Gamby in Vice Principals, Danny McBride knows how to create a singular, self-serving, short-tempered, ego-driven character for HBO comedies. His latest character continues that tradition...

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