SPECIAL PREMIERE: This special salute to legendary guitarist and electric guitar inventor Les Paul was 11 years in the making – or, at least, 11 years in the incubating. The concert part of it was recorded on Les Paul’s 90th birthday in 2006, at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, with such powerhouse guitarists as Buddy Guy, Slash, and Edgar Winter taking part. Also, there are interviews with Les Paul himself, recorded shortly before his death in 2009, at age 94. With luck, this

2017

Jun

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN By David Bianculli

This is Episode 7 of the reboot of Twin Peaks – about time for something to happen, don’t you think? Last week, the biggest revelation was that Laura Dern has been cast as Diane (pictured), the heretofore never-before-seen woman to whom Kyle McLachlan’s Agent Cooper, in the old Twin Peaks, used to dictate notes about fir trees, cherry pie, and chocolate bunnies.

2017

Jun

AMERICAN GODS By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Last week, American Gods took an interesting detour that devoted the entire hour to a lengthy flashback explaining the relationships and pasts of two characters. Tonight, we return to the “present” story line in full, meet some new characters (including one god played by Kristin Chewoweth), and, no doubt, end with one hell, and one heaven, of a cliffhanger.

2017

Jun

SILICON VALLEY By David Bianculli

This penultimate episode of the season also is the penultimate Silicon Valley appearance by T.J. Miller, whose HBO special premiered last night – and who is leaving the show after next week’s season finale.

2017

Jun

VEEP By David Bianculli

This very, very funny comedy, having its best season yet, continues to surprise, and delight. Last week it had great fun making room for a guest appearance by Jean Smart ([pictured). And this week, it focuses on Anna Chlumsky (pictured) and other members of its own regular supporting cast – where the talent is as hilarious as it is deep.

2017

Jun

LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

Again, what a week. Again, I can’t wait for Oliver not only to explain it all, but to make light of it – because light, these days, is a treasured commodity.

2017

Jun

'GRANTCHESTER' RETURNS TO PBS WITH A NEW ADDITION By David Hinckley

The new season of PBS’s delightful murder mystery Grantchester starts off by replenishing a bit of Grantchester’s population. The third season, which premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. ET, starts with a birth rather than a death...

2017

Jun

INFERNO By David Bianculli

This 2016 thriller is the latest entry in the adaptations of Dan Brown’s popular, puzzle-filled dramas, launched with The Da Vinci Code and starring Tom Hanks as crafty symbologist Robert Langdon. Once again, Ron Howard directs, and the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose screen credits include adaptations of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, Brown’s Angels & Demons, and, currently, the classic Universal horror movie The Mummy. But this latest Brown story has Langdon suffer

2017

Jun

THE ESSENTIALS: PHILIP MARLOWE By David Bianculli

Alec Baldwin has been in charge of TCM’s Saturday night movie showcase, The Essentials, this season, and tonight he winds up an entertaining stretch in which his guest co-host is David Letterman. This evening’s salute is to the Raymond Chandler film noir classic detective character, Philip Marlowe, and it’s a well-chosen triple feature. First up, at 8 p.m. ET: 1946’s The Big Sleep, with Humphrey Bogart as gumshoe Marlowe, and young Lauren Bacall positively bursting off th

2017

Jun

TURN: WASHINGTON'S SPIES By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This fourth and final season of Turn: Washington’s Spies begins tonight, getting to the end of its revolutionary story – and I mean that literally. Ian Kahn stars as Gen. George Washington.

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