DAVID BIANCULLI

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2019
Jun
16
 
 
Season 2 of Big Little Lies continues, with Celeste (Nicole Kidman) trying to maintain and strengthen her relationship with her sons after the death of their father – but with his visiting mother, played by Meryl Streep, upsetting that family dynamic in several different ways.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
16
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Kevin Bacon stars in this new Showtime crime series, which numbers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon among its executive producers, and claims quality TV pioneer Tom Fontana as its showrunner. For my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, visit the Fresh Air website. And for reviews here on TVWW, see Ed Bark's Uncle Barky's Bytes and David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
16
 
 
Because every week he’s on TV, I’m recommending him. Neither he nor his show has let me down yet… which is a lot more than I can say about the current events he summarizes.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
16
 
 
Way before Beverly Hills, 90210 or Gossip Girl, screwed-up teenagers were providing reliably fertile ground for television shows. Euphoria takes the concept to a new level...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
16
 
 
A passing reference leaves its mark in Episode 3 of HBO’s aggressively graphic Euphoria...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
16
 
 
It takes just over 34 minutes for City on a Hill, a new drama revolving around the criminal justice system in Boston in the early 1990s, to reach the words “Whitey Bulger.” ...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
15
 
 
Strolling through the summer TV line-up can feel like a trip to a perverse flea market...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
15
 
 
The trouble with English cops – at least, the TV ones – is they're so unrelentingly cooperative...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
15
 
 
It’s Day 3 at Pebble Beach, where there are plenty of stories, and players to root for, after two days of play. The leader going into the weekend is Gary Woodland, a U.S. player atop the field with a two-day score of nine under par. Tiger Woods, who missed the weekend cut for the PGA Tournament after winning the Masters, is nine strokes back, at even par. And Brooks Koepka, who won this year’s PGA by a wide margin, is five strokes behind the lead with a score of four under par. If Ko
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
14
 
 
James Corden is one of the all-time great live show hosts, and last Sunday’s Tony Awards (June 8th) was no exception. During a commercial break he looked for a willing audience member to quickly perform his now well-known karaoke segments...