Ghostly shadows flicker across the screen. Colors flow and merge while, in another, later time, a small girl wakes in hospital from a coma. Malala Yousafzai, now a teenager, remembers having terrible dreams, she tells us in a slow, halting voiceover...

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Feb

11.22.63 By David Bianculli

Episode number three of this Stephen King series, or miniseries, is unspooled today, as Hulu hangs on to its experimental model of presenting one installment each Monday rather than dropping the entire season at once. Previous episodes, if you need to catch up, are available (as is this new one) at the Hulu website. James Franco as a man who travels back in time hoping to prevent the John F. Kennedy assassination.

2016

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GOTHAM By David Bianculli

MIDSEASON RETURN: Penguin is incarcerated for the murder of Galavan, but that doesn’t mean there’s one less bad guy on the streets of Gotham. There’s a new villain in town, and it looks like, very soon, he’ll be going by the familiar name of Mr. Freeze.

2016

Feb

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

CYCLE PREMIERE: Go-around number 10 of The Voice begins, and this time the blonde on the judging team is Christina Aguilera. She sits in one of the red chairs, as Pharrell, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine nestle into the others. These initial rounds of The Voice are the show’s best, invariably – so if you still enjoy this show and these hosts, now is the time to tune in.

2016

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HE NAMED ME MALALA By David Bianculli

Malala Yousafzai, whom you probably remember doing the rounds on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s shows, and charming them both, is profiled in this 2015 documentary, which explains how – and, more inspirationally, why – this young woman became a Nobel Peace Prize winner and an international activist. For a full review, see Alex Strachan’s TV That Matters.

2016

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MAVIS! By David Bianculli

This 2015 documentary, with its healthy doses of musical clips, presents a biography of soul singer and sometimes activist Mavis Staples, and her musical family, the Staple Singers.

2016

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BETTER CALL SAUL By David Bianculli

I’ve had such a packed week, I haven’t found the time yet to see last week’s episode of my favorite TV show of the moment, Better Call Saul. So don’t expect info on the latest, because I don’t know it…

2016

Feb

SMITHSONIAN RECALLS THE TURBULENT TIME AARON BROKE RUTH'S HOME RUN RECORD By David Hinckley

Hank Aaron, who bats leadoff in the Smithsonian Channel’s new Major League Legends series that starts Monday, was baseball’s quiet man. It was the world around him that got noisy...

2016

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THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH By David Bianculli

For three weeks now, I’ve pointed out that what’s happened in presidential politics has been so bizarre, you need to watch this weekly wrap-up. Make it four weeks, because this week, with the latest Republican debate, was the oddest one yet.

2016

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88TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS By David Bianculli

Chris Rock is the host, racial imbalance of nominees is the charge – and whatever happens, this year’s Oscars will be severely dissected. Watch tonight, and be ready to join the conversation tomorrow.

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