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2019
Feb
25
I AM THE NIGHT By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s episode is the penultimate installment of I Am the Night, and Fauna (India Eisley) goes with Chris Pine’s reporter to Hawaii, in search of the person who may be her birth mother. And who, as a result, may be able to provide some answers, when, so far, Fauna has uncovered only questions.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
25
IT'S A HARD TRUTH AIN'T IT By David Bianculli
 
 
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: At the same time filmmaker Madeleine Sackler was directing O.G., which premiered on HBO last Saturday, she was co-directing a companion documentary filmed at the same facility used for location shooting: Pendelton Correctional Facility in Indiana. In Hard Truth, inmates in the maximum-security prison are interviewed about their stories – and their changed perspectives since being incarcerated.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
25
LEARN ABOUT THE REAL PUBLICATION: 'THE GREEN BOOK: GUIDE TO FREEDOM' ON SMITHSONIAN By David Hinckley
 
 
As if we needed further reminders that the Good Old Days of the early and mid-20th centuries weren’t so good at all for a lot of people, Smithsonian has dusted off a fascinating publication called The Green Book...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
25
'THE ENEMY WITHIN' SEEMS A LITTLE UNSURE OF ITS GOAL By David Hinckley
 
 
NBC’s new The Enemy Within clones its premise from The Blacklist then changes pretty much all the details. That helps it feel fresh. It also feels like it’s taking a bit of a gamble...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
25
ACORN DIVES INTO THE PRODUCTION POOL AND THE RESULT, 'LONDON KILLS,' IS MORE THAN WORTH IT By David Hinckley
 
 
Since the beginning of time, or at least the beginning of television, a cop drama doesn’t have to aim high to entertain. London Kills is simply a solid, fast-paced drama with stories and characters we can enjoy watching...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
25
NBC'S 'THE ENEMY WITHIN' DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF A GRIP By Ed Bark
 
 
It’s been a while, but NBC once made a nice prime-time living by mixing espionage and one-liners in quippy/trippy series such as I Spy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Now it’s all a very serious business...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
24
'WHISKEY CAVALIER' IS AN ENJOYABLE HOUR, BUT CAN IT ENDURE? By David Hinckley
 
 
ABC’s new spy series Whiskey Cavalier first struck me as James Bond on steroids, until I realized I was understating the situation. Whiskey Cavalier really is a live-action version of Archer...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
24
THE 91ST ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS By David Bianculli
 
 
After all the drama and controversy, this year’s Oscars host is… no host at all. And yet somehow, I predict, tonight’s live telecast will end up going past its allotted time anyway.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
24
THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE WILDEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH By David Bianculli
 
 
Even opposite The Oscars, The Circus is in town. And what a parade of news stories it’s been this week, for this team of political correspondents to witness and follow, and comment upon…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
24
VICTORIA ON MASTERPIECE By David Bianculli
 
 
In tonight’s new episode, the illicit romance between the upstairs married guest of Queen Victoria’s court and the queen’s handsome footman is revealed. Also, there’s a pitched political battle between two of the men in Victoria’s life, and she has to decide which of them to back. Her loyalties, especially regarding her husband, should be clear – but her real aim may be pointing at a different target entirely. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
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The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
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Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley