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2016
Jun
28
 
 
Betty White, who was a panelist on this game show during its salad days half a century ago, reclaims her seat, at least for tonight’s installment. To tell the truth, I think that’s pretty impressive. And here she is, on the original Truth, 50 years ago this year…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
28
 
 
New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb presents this study of a police department that is determined to repair its fractured relationship with the community. In this case, it’s Newark, NJ, and this new documentary looks at the city’s history, as well as the efforts to start anew. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
27
 
 
Star Trek has been much in the news of late. The biggest disturbance in the force that is Star Trek fandom, though, was Star Trek studio and rights-holders CBS and Paramount Pictures issuing an official set of legal guidelines...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
27
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: British stars discuss the particular travails of being… British. And this was before Brexit. Guests include James Corden, now ensconced on this side of the pond as host of The Late Late Show on CBS. Available as a streaming series on the Acorn TV website.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
27
 
 
Josh Fox, the filmmaker behind Gasland, visits a dozen different countries to learn how their resilient citizens have responded to climate change that has had a significant, if not devastating, local effect.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
27
 
 
In episode three, new political voices begin to seize power – powered by brain-altering, and brain-eating, alien bugs that have bored into the ears and skulls of beltway power brokers. Here’s a summer series, a scripted fantasy, that has people acting strangely, and against their own best interests. And when it’s over, you can watch more of the same, on the late news.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
27
 
 
SEASON FINALE: In tonight’s Season 3 finale, this Revolutionary War spy series makes room for a brand new character – one who already is the focus of the hottest hit on Broadway. It’s Alexander Hamilton, making his first star TURN here, as played by Sean Haggerty, visiting Ian Kahn's Gen. George Washington.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
27
 
 
We’ve seen, by now, how Bill Maher, John Oliver and others have reacted to Brexit week. Now, tonight, we can see Samantha Bee’s take on it…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
26
 
 
PBS has hit the right note by bringing back Dancing on the Edge, a BBC series that first aired in the U.S. on Starz in 2013...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
26
 
 
Showtime’s new dramedy Roadies isn’t unlike a rock concert. If the sound feels right and you’re having a good time, you don’t worry whether each note is perfect...