USA is promoting this particular episode as one that will stun the Mr. Robot fan universe, and is being presented without commercial interruption. Given that the hero of this story has been targeted by one of his own, in a conspiracy with his own alter ego, expect that whatever happens tonight, it will not be a simple plot twist.

2017

Nov

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

More Knockout Round, and more Kelly Clarkson as the guest advisor – and more of a hint about what to expect this fall, when she’ll return as a judge. Not on American Idol, mind you, which launched Clarkson to stardom – but on this series, which she reportedly considers a more fair and positive way of finding and, initially, judging talent.

2017

Nov

THIS IS US By David Bianculli

Randall is in the foster system, and Jack and Rebecca are fighting to finalize his adoption. But there are factors about which the judge expresses concern, including race. It’s how Jack and Rebecca react that will, and does, make the difference.

2017

Nov

ROLLING STONE: STORIES FROM THE EDGE By David Bianculli

Part 2. Yesterday’s Part 1 of this authorized documentary history of Rolling Stone began with the founding of the magazine in 1967 to the death of John Lennon in 1980 – a 13-year stretch covering everything from Patty Hearst and Hunter S. Thompson to Cameron Crowe and Bruce Springsteen. It’s worth watching, with some exciting film clips and memorable blasts from the past. But there’s also a notable whitewashing of certain aspects, as when Lennon famously broke with Wenner

2017

Nov

THE LONG ROAD HOME By David Bianculli

MINISERIES PREMIERE: This eight-part miniseries, based on the book by Martha Radditz, takes a Rashomon approach to a 2004 battle in Iraq, when a U.S. Army platoon suddenly found itself surrounded by well-armed insurgents in a fight for control of the Sadr City section of Baghdad. Each largely fictionalized episode is shown from the point of view of a different individual, whether a soldier, an Iraqi, or a loved one back in Fort Hood. Jason Ritter and Kate Bosworth star. For full reviews, see Ed

2017

Nov

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: This season of American Horror Story, a violent and sometimes meandering examination of murder cult mentality, concludes tonight. The series has been called Cult, and the title of tonight’s episode may say it all, at least about this season’s mixture of mayhem and flippancy: It’s titled “Charles (Manson) in Charge.”

2017

Nov

DAMNATION By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new series is set during the Dust Bowl Depression era, and has two people coming to town, on opposite sides, to steer the local population: an Iowa preacher (played by Killian Scott) urging an insurrection among the working class, and a strikebreaker (played by Logan Marshall-Green) determined to stop it. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

2017

Nov

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S THE LONG ROAD HOME IS BOTH COMMEMORATIVE AND COMPELLING By Ed Bark

For the next seven Tuesdays and extending to just six days before Christmas, the National Geographic channel will bear arms with its most ambitious, expensive and heavily promoted venture to date...

2017

Nov

THE STRUGGLES OF 1930'S IOWA LIFE ON ‘DAMNATION’ By David Hinckley

The grapes of wrath grow like kudzu on USA’s intense new drama Damnation, which premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET...

2017

Nov

STRANGER BREW By Eric Gould

With their corny lines and canned laugh tracks, ‘80s sitcoms are never far from ironic reference. For the recent premiere of the second season of Stranger Things, Jimmy Kimmel Live has chimed in and created its own mash up for that horror series since it has a fair amount of retro cliches of its own...

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