Last week’s premiere episode established the characters and premise. Tonight, the department-store vision of Jeremy Piven’s Mr. Selfridge, an American rake and entrepreneur in London, begins to take shape more fully. And as his vision comes to the fore, so do the issues with his many women – who are the true reason to watch, and enjoy, this new drama about 1900s London. Check local listings.

2013

Apr

MAD MEN By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Season 6 begins tonight with a two-hour premiere, and there’s a lot to say about it. AMC and series creator Matthew Weiner, though, have asked for reviewers to be especially circumspect, so let’s just say it’s nice that Mad Men is back, and, by the time the two-hour premiere is over, you’ll be happy to have begun spending time with these characters again. What characters, and what time, I won’t say. For more details, vague and otherwise, see Eric Go

2013

Apr

GAME OF THRONES By David Bianculli

The story line involving Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), and her quest to claim the throne, is my favorite from the early episodes of Season 3. But tonight, I have a soft spot for the first appearance by Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Redwyne (pictured). For my money, Diana Rigg should be the woman on the Iron Throne. She rules.

2013

Apr

HOUSE OF LIES By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: This has been a tough season for Marty (Don Cheadle) and his cohorts, and tonight’s season finale may be the toughest plot of them all. There’s a concern, or at least a rumor, that Jeannie (Kristen Bell) is about to betray Marty and his team, just when things at work are at their most volatile.

2013

Apr

NCAA 2013 MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

This year’s tournament delivered plenty of shocking moments and high drama even before Kevin Ware’s stunning, emotional injury in last weekend’s Louisville-Duke game. Now that story, as it continues tonight, is the biggest story of the tournament. Louisville, inspired by Ware’s words of encouragement after breaking his leg during a routine play, went on to beat Duke, and is the only remaining No. 1 seed in the Final Four. Normally, you’d tend to root for the underdo

2013

Apr

DOCTOR WHO By David Bianculli

Last week’s midseason premiere episode was so smart, so effortlessly clever, that it bodes very well for this series as it gears up for its astounding golden anniversary. Not 50 episodes, mind you – but 50 years since the November 1963 premiere of Doctor Who. Tonight’s episode, the first official adventure with Jenna-Louise Coleman as the Doctor’s new companion, is titled “The Rings of Akhaten,” and concerns a little girl with a problem, with the good Doctor t

2013

Apr

ORPHAN BLACK By David Bianculli

This is the second episode of this series, which establishes what was hinted at, but never made overtly clear, in the show’s impressive pilot. The young woman at the center of this series has been cloned, or is a clone, or both – which allows series star Tatiana Maslany to play more versions of herself than Toni Collette got to play in The United States of Tara. And so far, I like every one of her.

2013

Apr

DARK SHADOWS By David Bianculli

This 2012 Tim Burton version of the classic TV gothic soap opera isn’t as satisfying, or as well-written, as it should have been. But there are enough quirky performances to make it enjoyable, starting with Johnny Depp as a bemused, time-transplanted Barnabas Collins. Eva Green, going blonde after terrorizing Arthur and Merlin as the brunette sorceress in TV’s Camelot, plays another malevolent spell-caster here, and she’s fun to watch. So are Chloe Grace Moretz, Michelle Pfeiff

2013

Apr

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

Justin Timberlake, whenever he shows up to host SNL, can be counted on to deliver the goods, give 100 percent, and provide an installment not only worth watching, but worth recording and keeping. Someone else who deserves that sort of respect and anticipation, even if only after one turn as guest host, is Melissa McCarthy, who returns for her second stint tonight. Lorne Michaels would be smart to book her annually until she reaches that vaulted “Five-timers” club, and gets the same o

2013

Apr

'MAD MEN' SEASON 6: THE PRETTY AND THE PROFANE By Eric Gould

AMC's Mad Men continues to mine the mod-pop sensibility of the Sixties, and wraps it around some seriously troubled people trying to navigate some enormous changes...

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