Perhaps, after a full day of NCAA games, the last thing you want to watch on TV is even more Baskets. But this is different. And tonight’s new Baskets is built around a family yard sale. Sounds like a great place to pick up some cheap used French clown costumes…

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THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY By David Bianculli

This 1963 movie, part of tonight’s TCM dive into the Walt Disney studio archives, came out when I had just turned 10 years old. I remember not only watching and loving it at the time, marveling at the story of a cat and two dogs traveling across the country to reunite with their owners, but being astounded once I found out it was based on a true story. I haven’t seen the film in more than 50 years, but I’ll be watching tonight. The grown-up critic in me may notice how manipulat

2017

Mar

COLBERT PLAYS MADDOW, AND GOES LONG. VERY LONG. By Eric Gould

Whether you thought Rachel Maddow’s drop of Donald Trump 2005 IRS return on Tuesday night was a big scoop or a big fizzle, the one thing that we can maybe all agree on...

2017

Mar

SURVIVOR: GAME CHANGERS By David Bianculli

The latest cycle of Survivor, featuring past players returning for a second go-round, began last week. This week, the action gets really exciting, in a single-elimination contest requiring impressive displays of skill, strategy, and perseverance – but that’s during the NCAA tournament, which starts tomorrow.

2017

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STAR By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Star was given an early second-season renewal last month, so we know this freshman series – well, freshwomen series, mostly – will return. So whatever cliffhanger it provides to end tonight’s episode, that question will not go unresolved. Eventually.

2017

Mar

LEGION By David Bianculli

It’s chapter six of Legion, and if you haven’t watched every episode, you have little chance of understanding, at this point, what’s going on. And even if you have seen all five episodes thus far, you might be hard-pressed to connect all the dots. But the closer you watch, the more breathtaking this series is. Clarity, for now, can wait…

2017

Mar

FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE By David Bianculli

Sundays belong to John Oliver, Saturdays to SNL, Fridays to Bill Maher – and Wednesdays, if you want a show that’s paying a lot of attention to both politics and comedy, another rich oasis to visit is this one and Samantha Bee.

2017

Mar

OUR TRUTHS MAY BE OUT THERE AND, ACCORDING TO TV, IT’S PROBABLY A GOOD THING By David Hinckley

On the delicate matter of having every minute of our private lives monitored by cameras and computers these days, it could be fairly said we’re sending at least one mixed signal...

2017

Mar

SURVEILLANCE IS HEATING UP By Eric Gould

Here’s Stephen Colbert’s latest riff on Kellyanne Conway’s recent claim that the government can eavesdrop on you through your microwave oven. Turns out that the little kitchen helpers also make great Late Show studio TV cameras, and have one other amazing capability...

2017

Mar

‘HAP AND LEONARD’ BACK FOR SEASON 2 WITH ADDITIONAL DELIGHTFUL CHARACTERS By David Hinckley

Sundance’s Hap and Leonard returns for a second season Wednesday and provides more reasons this series should not be flying under the radar...

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