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2018
Aug
13
 
 
The title of tonight’s episode is “Breathe,” and it indeed gives breathing room to all its primary characters – the ones who have survived to date, that is. Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy, who was mostly silent and somber until the closing moments of last week’s season premiere, comes out of his shell and hits the road in search of a new job, employing his gift of gab to gain new employment.  It’s a job that’s outside the law, or at least not a job for
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
13
 
 
Part 1 of 2. Thomas Erdbrink, longtime Tehran bureau chief of The New York Times, produced this two-part look at life inside Iran, which uses his insider connections to give us a very nuanced look at Iran and Iranians in 2018. For starters, Erdbrink married an Iranian woman, and they still live in that country. For a full review, see Alex Strachan's TV That Matters. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
13
 
 
Instagram is sweeping the nation and the older folks who have been fighting ideological wars all their lives complain that young people don’t care, that they only want to party...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
12
 
 
Two of last year’s very best first-year drama series, HBO’s The Deuce and Epix’s Get Shorty, received total bypasses from Emmy voters last month...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
12
 
 
Even by the standards of a Zombie Apocalypse, things feel uncomfortably out of sync when Fear the Walking Dead returns Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on AMC...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
12
 
 
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — You’d hardly know these days that the TV Critics Association (TCA) and its press tours were built around what was once known as the Big Three networks...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
12
 
 
No matter what happens, today’s finish at the 2018 PGA Championship – the event’s 100th – is bound to be memorable. The leader after Day 3, former PGA champion Brooks Koepka (pictured), sits alone at 12-under par, but there are plenty of gifted golfers within striking distance. Former Masters champion Adam Scott, who shot yesterday’s best round, is only two strokes behind at 10-under par, and Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm and Gary Woodland are tied at 9-under. Then, just
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
12
 
 
Tonight’s new installment of The 2000s is about the presidential election. And if you’ve reached major exhaustion saturation levels by watching TV news and opinion items about that topic, just remember. This isn’t about the presidential election of 2016, when Democrat Hillary Clinton lost to Republican Donald Trump. It’s about the election of 2008, when, just on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton lost to Barack Obama.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
12
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Give full credit to Ray Romano. Since closing up shop on the very popular and high-profile CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, he’s gone far and wide in search of roles that shatter what could have been a trap of stereotyping. And in those roles, most of them a sly mixture of comedy and drama, he’s been believable, endearing and impressive, even when the roles themselves are much less than noble. Think of the range: He played a divorced father in TNT’s Men of a
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Aug
12
 
 
Part 6. Previous episodes of Sharp Objects have allowed us, very (and sometimes frustratingly) slowly, to get inside Camille, to learn about her past and her pain. But now we’ve finally been given a glimpse of her outside – and the intricate self-tattooing mutilation of her own skin reveals just how much pain she’s carrying, and bottling up. Revealing that vulnerability, when she sleeps with someone, leads to other complications and revelations – and outside the bed and b