SERIES FINALE: Tonight’s episode is not only the conclusion of this third season of Broadchurch, it’s the conclusion of the series in its entirety. And when it began this season, Broadchurch boasted one cast member who had played Doctor Who, the excellent David Tennant. Now it can boast two, sort of, because Jodie Whittaker will take on the role soon.

2017

Aug

VIVA LAS VEGAS! By David Bianculli

In recognition of the 40th anniversary of his death, TCM celebrates Elvis Presley day all day today, The highlight of the schedule is this 1964 musical, in which he cavorts, musically and otherwise, with the equally sexy supernova Ann-Margret.

2017

Aug

NBC'S ‘MARLON’ BRINGS ON TOO MUCH MARLON By Ed Bark

The rest of the cast oftentimes might just as well be cardboard cutouts. NBC’s Marlon, getting a belated late summer launch, is very much a vehicle for star and co-executive producer Marlon Wayans...

2017

Aug

EPIX DESERVES TO COME UP BIG WITH ‘GET SHORTY’ By Ed Bark

Epix’s spanking new Get Shorty series comes from good bloodlines and has ample bloodletting amid its hard and soft toss one-liners...

2017

Aug

TRADING PLACES By David Bianculli

I’m used to dull TV days during the summer, especially in August – but today may well be the dullest day of the year, with next to nothing to recommend, much less watch. In such cases, it’s best to scour the listings to find some entertaining old movies. I’ve found two, and this is one of them. From 1983, directed by John Landis and showcasing some photogenic Philadelphia locations, this comedy was part of the pop-culture trifecta vaulting a young Eddie Murphy to stardom

2017

Aug

MISERY By David Bianculli

Here’s another entertaining movie worth seeking out on a slow TV day. From 1990, director Rob Reiner worked with the great screenwriter William Goldman to present a stellar adaptation of the Stephen King story. James Caan plays a writer who is aided, then virtually imprisoned, by an unhinged fan – played, in a star-making, Oscar-winning turn, by Kathy Bates.

2017

Aug

AMERICA'S GOT TALENT By David Bianculli

If you’re at all curious about the talented that’s been assembled on this show this season, now’s the time to dive in. This is the first live show, with a dozen of the 36 remaining acts performing in hopes of advancing to the next round. Tyra Banks hosts.

2017

Aug

MANHUNT: UNABOMBER By David Bianculli

Part 4. Give Discovery some props here. Two weeks ago, it presented the premiere of its first major scripted dramatic series – and surprised almost everyone by how good it was, and remains. Tonight is the fourth installment of this eight-part miniseries, which stars Paul Bettany as the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, and Sam Worthington as FBI profiler James Fitzgerald. And, because of half-hearted scheduling from other networks, Discovery can claim to be presenting the best first-run offering o

2017

Aug

HUNTING THE KGB KILLERS By David Bianculli

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: This documentary is so engrossing, and so fascinating a forensic mystery, that it’s a very good bet it’ll be turned into a movie, or made-for-TV movie, before too long. But truth, in this case, isn’t only stranger than fiction – it’s bound to be more fascinating. This is the story of how former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, living in London in exile, died suddenly in 2006 by very strange circumstances. So strange that, according to the New

2017

Aug

HOOTEN AND THE LADY By David Bianculli

Hunting the KGB Killers isn’t the only Russian-related TV offering today. On this lighthearted summer import drama, the adventurers this week head to Moscow. My advice: Watch out for polonium.

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