If after a few weeks of July heat you’re ready to cool off with a Christmas movie, the Canadian series Murdoch Mysteries has a candidate as inviting as a plate of tree-shaped sugar cookies...

2017

Jul

WITH ‘MIDNIGHT, TEXAS,’ NBC ADDS TO THE EERIE FILE By David Hinckley

Midnight, Texas, is an outsider’s town where you go when the rest of the world feels too complicated. Midnight, Texas is also a new NBC summer TV series where you might go if you think the rest of television is too easy to understand...

2017

Jul

TWO PRINCES, MISSING THEIR MUM, TELL HER STORY AS ONLY THEY CAN By David Hinckley

HBO won the Princess Diana anniversary sweepstakes...

2017

Jul

SHARKS SURFACE AGAIN FOR MID-SUMMER SPECIALS By David Hinckley

Pointing out that there are too many shark shows on television is like pointing out that there are too many Starbucks. And now it’s midsummer, which means it’s shark season on your TV screen...

2017

Jul

'DESCENDANTS 2': DISNEY'S NEXT CHAPTER OF HAPPILY EVIL AFTER By David Hinckley

The Descendants are back, singing and dancing and hopefully falling far from the family tree...

2017

Jul

LEARN THE HISTORY OF ‘DUNKIRK’ FROM THE BBC PRODUCTION By David Hinckley

With the acclaimed movie Dunkirk landing in theaters this week, it’s a good moment for another, earlier British perspective on that remarkable drama...

2017

Jul

FROM CHARLENE FRAZIER STILLFIELD TO MELANIE BIRD: JEAN SMART ON THE MANY CHARACTERS SHE’S BROUGHT TO LIFE By David Hinckley

Noah Hawley says one of his primary inspirations for writing the FX sci-fi series Legion was Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. But Jean Smart suggests she was more inspired by another classic rock band of that era: Blind Faith...

2017

Jul

‘WEEKEND IN HAVANA’ EXPLORES THE COMPLICATED AND BEAUTIFUL ISLAND By David Hinckley

PBS’s Weekend in Havana special makes at least two valuable points. The first, and most significant, assures viewers that Havana deserves a spot on almost everyone’s travel wish list...

2017

Jul

A NEW SEASON OF ‘SHOOTER’ ARRIVES WITH A ROAR By David Hinckley

USA’s Shooter returns with a bang. Make that many bangs. The action adventure thriller wastes no time when it returns. It does, however, waste several characters.

2017

Jul

AMC LAUNCHES AN ENTERTAINING TECH COMEDY WITH ‘LOADED’ By David Hinckley

You could look on Loaded as a good-faith attempt by AMC to make up for every dark show with which it has cost us a good night’s sleep over the last two decades...

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