SEASON PREMIERE: This is the Season 8 opener of The Real Housewives of Orange County, the grandmother of this particular strain of Housewives reality shows – and yet I can honestly say I’m just as enthusiastic about this series now as I was when it began. And for tonight’s season opener, Bravo offers us glimpses of Tamra Barney’s bachelorette party. No longer does the phrase “Barney and friends” mean, on TV, we’re about to see a purple dinosaur. Just wat

2013

Apr

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW By David Bianculli

Three hours of Monday Night Raw in prime time? Somehow, that doesn’t seem like enough. The Rock is back as a guest fighter, promoting his upcoming pay-per-view WrestleMania bout against John Cena. How 'bout that! And if you think tonight’s three-hour installment serves only as a 180-minute commercial for a subscription TV event, well then, you’re just not getting in the WWE spirit. This series isn’t hitting rock bottom. It’s a hit with the Rock, bottom line.

2013

Apr

L.A. SHRINKS By David Bianculli

I missed this new Bravo series when it premiered last month, because I presumed it was a sober documentary about the 2010 census, suggesting that Los Angeles was losing population compared to a decade ago. But I was wrong. L.A. Shrinks turns out to be new Bravo reality show, following the private practices, and private lives, of three “high-end” therapists (including Venus Nicolino, pictured) treating patients in the City of Angels. Wow! Who wouldn’t want to see a show about th

2013

Apr

HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO By David Bianculli

TLC presents two episodes of this “moppet beauty pageant contestant” reality-show series tonight in prime time. They aren’t new episodes – but does anyone tune in to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo to learn anything new? Or learn anything, period? But this show is worth championing, I feel, because of its subtle insights. Like, for example, how it helps, on occasion, to superimpose even English-speaking, U.S.-born natives with subtitles.

2013

Apr

IT'S PAT By David Bianculli

In terms of film comedy, you could draw a straight line from Charles Chaplin as the Little Tramp to Julia Sweeney as Pat, the person of unidentified gender, in this 1994 movie. I don’t know why you’d want to, or what it might mean – but you could. Everyone knows that every Saturday Night Live sketch should be turned into a full-length movie… just ask Will Ferrell, who starred with Chris Kattan as the Bubati Brothers in that 1998 big-screen comedy film, A Night at th

2013

Apr

AND THE PEABODY AWARDS GO TO... By Noel Holston

The 2012 programs picked for Peabody recognition included everything from a documentary about Tibetan nomads to HBO's Girls...

2013

Mar

CALL THE MIDWIFE By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Season 2 of this stellar series, with its generous doses of both humor and drama, gets underway today. If you’re a Downton Abbey fan and want more of that sort of thing, here you go. For a full review, see Eric Gould’s Cold Light Reader. Check local listings.

2013

Mar

THE GOOD WIFE By David Bianculli

What a strong season this show is having. And what great use of its guest stars. Matthew Perry was wonderful last week, as a rival candidate on the painful end of Peter’s fist – and this week. Dylan Baker returns as creepy killer Colin Sweeney, who has a new wife (played by Morena Baccarin of Homeland) – and, once again, Alicia (Julianna Margulies) as his often flustered counsel.

2013

Mar

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: "MR. SELFRIDGE" By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Jeremy Piven goes from modern L.A. in Entourage to turn-of-the-century London (the 20th century, that is) in this new series from Andrew Davies, who gave us those tasty adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, Little Dorrit and so much more. Piven is at this show’s center, as an American businessman who goes to London to revamp and all but invent the modern department store. But it’s the women around him who rule, and demand the most attention, starting with Zoe Tapper as

2013

Mar

THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Last week’s episode was another stunner, managing to serve up a surprise – and a major dramatic moment – that caught even the most ready-for-anything fans by surprise. And we don’t even have time to shake that off, because tonight’s episode has Rick and company squaring off against the Governor in the battle that’s been brewing all season. Expect a high death count, and not just among the already dead.

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