SPECIAL: Kevin Spacey is this year’s Tony Awards host – and though that means we won’t see the high-energy musical antics of past hosts Neil Patrick Harris or James Corden, don’t sell Spacey short. He can sing, he’s got excellent comic timing, and he’s a wicked impressionist – so in addition to what he’s done this century to bolster British theater, he belongs here as another potentially playful master of ceremonies.

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2017 STANLEY CUP FINALS By David Bianculli

The Pittsburgh Penguins are ahead in this series 3-2, and the Nashville Predators, in tonight’s Game 6, will either lose the Finals or force a winner-take-all Game 7.

2017

Jun

CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This is more an observation than a recommendation. ABC is going game show overboard, beginning with the Season 3 premiere of this game show reboot, which tonight pits friends and family of Kelly Clarkson against friends and family of Amy Schumer. After that one-hour game show, it’s the premiere of Steven Harvey’s Funderdome, followed by the Season 2 premiere of the reboot of The $100,000 Pyramid.

2017

Jun

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN By David Bianculli

It’s now Episode 6 of this decades-later relaunch. Is it too soon to expect that the plot begins to move forward – or that Agent Cooper returns to his old self? As is, his new selves are either maddeningly passive or disturbingly misogynistic.

2017

Jun

AMERICAN GODS By David Bianculli

And we’re almost near the end of Season 1 of this series, and it, too, is still all prologue, with elements of the warring god “teams” yet to even choose sides, much less play ball. But last week, at least, there was the death of one god, Corbin Bernsen’s gun-loving Vulcan – but on this show, death, as we’ve seen already, isn’t necessarily the end of any character’s story.

2017

Jun

THE ACCOUNTANT By David Bianculli

Ben Affleck has the title role in this 2016 action thriller, playing a character who speaks softly and carries a heavy slide rule. This movie is notable, at least, for its unusual supporting cast, which includes Anna Kendrick, Jeffrey Tambor, John Lithgow, Jean Smart, and J.K. Simmons.

2017

Jun

DANNY COLLINS By David Bianculli

Here’s another example, like the new Showtime series I’m Dying Up Here (about L.A. standup comedy in the 1970s), of Hollywood fictionalizing a story that arguably would be much better if retold as it happened. Al Pacino plays the fictional title character, a long-time journeyman musician who discovers, 40 years later, that John Lennon had sent him a personal letter, with a home phone number and an offer to converse, that the lesser-known artist had never received. In real life, the m

2017

Jun

DOCTOR WHO By David Bianculli

In addition to creating the character of Tarzan the Ape Man, author Edgar Rice Burroughs also wrote a famous series of sci-fi novels starting with The Princess of Mars, written in 1912. More than a century later, Doctor Who plays with that idea, and even a vintage time period, with tonight’s episode, called “The Empress of Mars.” And not only does the titular heroine get a promotion, but the time period gets a reboot – because the Doctor and his companions not only revisi

2017

Jun

ORPHAN BLACK By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This final season of Orphan Black begins powerfully, and emotionally, in ways that I don’t want to even hint at revealing. But I will say this: I’ve previewed the first three episodes of this last go-round for this series, and Tatiana Maslany, playing so many complicated roles, continues to knock me out with her versatility. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

2017

Jun

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli

For a couple weeks now, Graham Norton has compiled a couch full of guests who have not, as a collective, been exciting enough to single out for special viewing effort. But tonight is different: In addition to the other guests, tonight’s Graham Norton Show makes room for two powerful screen icons. One is Tom Cruise, who’s been a member of Hollywood royalty since the 1980s. The other is a brand new icon: Gal Gadot (pictured), whose movie Wonder Woman just opened with a big enough box o

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