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2015
Sep
13
MASTERPIECE: "ARTHUR & GEORGE" By David Bianculli
 
 
Part 2 of 3. This stylish miniseries, based on a true account in the life of Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, casts Doc Martin star Martin Clunes as Holmes, who’s investigating the cold case of a Scottish-Indian lawyer, played by Arsher Ali, who was convicted, and served time, for a series of crimes Doyle suspects he didn’t commit. Charles Edwards from Downton Abbey plays Alfred Wood, Doyle’s personal assistant, who, like Watson to Holmes, is there to help, and t
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Sep
13
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL By David Bianculli
 
 
NBC already presented its season-opening game on Thursday, but this is the first Sunday Night Football broadcast to be played this year on an actual Sunday. It’s Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants, a game that has the Cowboys favored overwhelmingly, but Eli Manning providing continued marquee value, and a bit of unpredictability, on the New York side.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Sep
13
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli
 
 
After taking a week off for Labor Day weekend, this top-rated new cable series is back – and since this is the first of the shows AMC didn’t provide to critics for preview, I don’t know what happens next. All I know is, I want to watch.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Sep
13
RAY DONOVAN By David Bianculli
 
 
In tonight’s episode, Person of Interest co-star Sarah Shahi, guest stars, playing an Armenian pop star. While that may be surprising in itself (Armenia has pop stars?), it’s especially notable because it allows Shahi to share scenes not only with Ray Donovan titular star Liev Schreiber, but with Ray’s assistant Lena, played by Katherine Moenning, who starred with Shahi on a previous Showtime series, The L Word.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Sep
13
PROJECT GREENLIGHT By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES RETURN: This illuminating reality series on creative filmmaking premiered in 2001, ran for a few seasons, then became dormant – until now, when HBO picked it up for a new run. In the original series, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were the big names attached to selecting filmmakers to make their first movies, with a documentary crew capturing the behind-the-scenes process, problems, and occasional solutions. A lot of the day-to-day producing work, overseeing the new talent, went to Chri
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Sep
13
DOLL & EM By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: The first season of Doll & Em was all about the power struggles, and shifts, between actress Emily Mortimer and best friend Dolly Wells – who play exaggerated versions of themselves. For this second season, the two TV characters, like their real-life creators, have decided to collaborate, isolating themselves in a lighthouse to write a play, which they rush right to Broadway to try and sell as first-time playwrights. And if it seems obvious where this season is going,
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Sep
12
THE STAND By David Bianculli
 
 
For the next three weeks, El Rey is devoting its Saturday afternoons to wall-to-wall showings of Stephen King TV miniseries...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Sep
12
NICHOLS MINI-MARATHON By David Bianculli
 
 
How and where do you get getTV? Here’s the getTV streaming website, for details – and here’s why you should make the effort...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Sep
12
U.S. OPEN TENNIS WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP By David Bianculli
 
 
Wow. In yesterday’s women’s semifinals, which took place Friday because they’d been postponed by rain Thursday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Sep
12
DOCTOR WHO: THE FINEST By David Bianculli
 
 
Two more indispensible modern Doctor Who episodes are shown tonight...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
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Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley