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2018
Jul
23
FORGET ‘THE WALKING DEAD,’ THE WALKING GEARS MIGHT BE TV’S NEXT WAVE By Eric Gould
 
 
AMC might have seen the future, and it might be in the adult drama between us and our androids, rather than in zombie body counts...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
22
CELEBRATING 'TED WILLIAMS: THE GREATEST HITTER WHO EVER LIVED' ON PBS By Gary Edgerton
 
 
I was too young for Ted Williams to be a personal hero of mine growing up in Massachusetts. He was already at the end of his legendary career...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
22
2018 U.S. OPEN MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL By David Bianculli
 
 
Jordan Spieth is one of three players tied for the lead as the 2018 British Open begins its fourth and final day at Carnoustie in Scotland – and because of the time difference, televised coverage of that final day begins very early in the States – at 7 a.m. ET on NBC, and running until it’s over. The three leaders begin the day at 9 below par, with one player two strokes behind, another three strokes behind, and then, at 5 below par and only four strokes off the lead, seven pla
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
22
KILLING EVE MARATHON By David Bianculli
 
 
All episodes of Season 1 of Killing Eve are repeated in sequence, and in a mayhem-filled marathon, today by BBC America, beginning at 7 a.m. ET. And all episodes contain bonus extended footage, so it’s even more of a Killing. Sandra Oh, who got nominated for an Emmy, stars as an intelligence agent chasing a global assassin. Jodie Comer, who co-stars as said assassin, was not nominated – but should have been.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
22
LEONARD BERNSTEIN TRIBUTE: "OMNIBUS" By David Bianculli
 
 
TCM continues and concludes its salute to composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein tonight, honoring the 100th anniversary of his birth, and each day of the salute has been even more exciting than the one before it. Friday we got some of the films for which Bernstein composed the music, including the classic West Side Story. Yesterday we got a sampling of episodes, from the first and tenth seasons, of CBS’s New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts, which suckered me in for an al
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
22
SHARP OBJECTS By David Bianculli
 
 
Part 3. In tonight’s episode, “Fix,” several of this show’s mysteries are explained – but they have less to do with the disappearances and murders of young girls than about the recent and distant past of Amy Adams’ haunted newspaper reporter. And the more we learn, the more we not only understand, but empathize…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
22
POSE By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Tonight’s eighth episode, the final one of the season for Pose, is called “Mother of the Year.” And we know, based on their competitive behaviors thus far, which of these gala-hosting mothers remain in prime contention…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
21
2018 BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP By David Bianculli
 
 
NBC provides lots of third-round coverage of today’s British Open, which includes the familiar Open sight of absurdly imposing pot bunkers. And in addition to the sand traps, it also includes the unfamiliar sight, at least of late, of Tiger Woods in weekend play (he tees off about 8 a.m. ET). He made the cut – although the world’s two highest-ranked golfers, Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas, did not.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
21
AMERICAN GODS MARATHON By David Bianculli
 
 
The entire first season of American Gods is repeated today, in a Saturday marathon, by Starz. This TV adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel includes memorable appearances by Gillian Anderson – who, like Season 1 showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, will not be returning for Season 2, which Starz already has committed to presenting. The former X-Files star, in Season 1, plays a chameleonic modern goddess named Media – as opposed to Medea – whose alter-ego appearances includ
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jul
21
LEONARD BERNSTEIN TRIBUTE: "NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS" By David Bianculli
 
 
This weekend, TCM celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, with a tribute that should have your DVRs humming in overdrive. Last night, TCM presented movies featuring some of Bernstein’s most beloved film scores, including music for the big-screen versions of West Side Story and On the Town. That would be an expected approach from a network called Turner Classic Movies – but today and tomorrow, the treats, very rarely shown by anyone, are taken from televisi
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
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