At the end of last week’s installment, Patton Oswalt had encouraged his wife, Michelle McNamara, to hunker down, isolate herself over a holiday weekend, and get to the finish line on her manuscript about the still-unsolved rape and murder cases of a serial predator. But a suddenly unearthed treasure trove of new material changes things, including her publisher’s deadline – yet doesn’t make anything any easier for her.

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LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

Is it true? Is John Oliver back with a new show? I never believe anything scheduled on TV, these days, until I see it. And even then, sometimes, if I’m watching a news channel, I’m still in a state of disbelief. But please come back, John. You’re sorely needed. Make me laugh. Make me understand. And do both, as usual, at the same time…

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WADES INTO SHARKFEST WATERS By Mike Hughes

Sharks are ready to gobble up our TV time again. It will be three weeks of SHARKFEST on National Geographic, starting Sunday, July 19...

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EARLY EDITION MARATHON By David Bianculli

Here’s a show that hasn’t been televised or circulated hardly at all since its original run on CBS – though it ran for four years (1996-2000), and starred a then-unknown actor who would soon become a beloved TV star thanks to Friday Night Lights. Its star is Kyle Chandler, and the premise of Early Edition, in those mostly pre-Internet days, was that the main character, Chandler’s Gary Hobson, would pick up the daily newspaper delivered to his doorstep,

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DO THE RIGHT THING By David Bianculli

In 1989, Spike Lee made an audacious and impressive splash as the director, writer and co-star of Do the Right Thing, his (literally) incendiary character study of racial tensions in Brooklyn. More than 30 years later, Do the Right Thing remains intensely and unfortunately relevant – right down to the choke hold. And what performances: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee co-star, and future stars John Turturro and Giancarlo Esposito are here too, along with Danny Aiello.

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HARRIET By David Bianculli

Even with some Academy Award nominations to its credit, this movie didn’t make enough of a splash when it was released last year, but that just makes it even more of a treat during these stay-at-home pandemic weekends. (Which are different from the weekdays how, at this point?) Anyway, this is the dramatized story of Harriet Tubman, who went from being a slave herself to helping hundreds of other slaves make their way to freedom. And what a cast: In addition to Cynthia Erivo from HBO&rsquo

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THE MALTESE FALCON By David Bianculli

Brad Bird, director of both Ratatouille and Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol, has displayed terrific taste since guest programming TCM’s “The Essentials” showcase of classic films. Since he began presenting and discussing films in May with TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz, Bird’s roster of movies has included Singin’ in the Rain, The Searchers, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Music Man, A Har

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1987: 'KAREN'S SONG' PREMIERES ON FOX By TV WW

This day marked the premiere of the Fox sitcom, Karen's Song, starring Patty Duke...

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1983: 'CHIPS' TAKES ITS FINAL RIDE ON NBC By TV WW

On this day in 1983, the NBC police drama aired its last original episode...

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WE ARE FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME By David Bianculli

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: For those who saw last year’s reunion performances of the improv hip-hop group Freestyle Love Supreme, and are expecting this new Hulu special to be a TV account of that limited-run celebration at the Greenwich House Theatre, We Are Freestyle Love Supreme is that, but less – and also more. It contains snippets from that reunion show, but it’s not a complete account. It does, however, take you backstage as well, showing the buildup to the 2019 per

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