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2014
Mar
11
 
 
In this week’s new episode, Andy (Al Madrigal) asks Will (David Walton) to be the godfather to their son, Johah. And even though Will has made great role-model strides bonding with young neighbor Marcus (Benjamin Stockham), that doesn’t mean, in this instance, that where there’s a Will, there’s a way.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Mar
11
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: If I’m not mistaken, this is the first time in TV history that the founder and chairman of a network has created and directed a television series for his own network. The new network is the El Rey Network, an English-language cable and satellite network with a Latino flavor and themes. And the new show, a 10-part weekly series beginning tonight, is  From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, an expansion and retelling of the raucous 1996 vampire film directed by Rodriguez, writ
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Mar
11
 
 
This week, Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) goes on “vacation” – but, as always when he leaves town, he’s got at least one hidden agenda. In this new episode, that agenda has him visiting a gun range to confront a powerful character, played by an actor whose drawl, smirk and swagger fit right in: Eric Roberts.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Mar
11
 
 
When Kevin Spacey guested on Jimmy Kimmel after the Oscar telecast, he reminded Kimmel about the talk show host's first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Mar
10
 
 
In tonight’s episode, Chris Elliott makes a return appearance as Lily’s father. But where, on the wedding day of Barney and Robin’s wedding, is Lily (Alyson Hannigan) herself? And why is she AWOL? One question for which I have an answer: Who’s showing up playing Robin’s mother? Tracey Ullman.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Mar
10
 
 
Does mother know best? On this series, mother is Norma Bates, played by Vera Farmiga, and tonight she thinks she knows the best thing for her still-grieving son Norman – and that’s to get him to stop obsessing about his late teacher, Mrs. Watson. And how does she plan to distract her son? Mother has her ways…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Mar
10
 
 
In this second episode, we learn more about the murderer Chloe Sevigny’s Pittsburgh homicide detective is pursuing – and also learn a lot about the detective herself. Hard to say, as the respective stories unfold, which one is darker or more disturbing.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Mar
10
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This isn’t a recommendation, just a notation, because of the talent of the people behind this new series. Two of the executive producers are J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron – but with Abrams shepherding both the Star Trek and Star Wars movie franchises, and Cuaron just walking away with a Best Picture Oscar for Gravity, the level of their time and commitment to this new NBC series is a very valid question. The opening hour, about a youngster with special powers who is
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Mar
10
 
 
On tonight’s show, David Steinberg criss-crosses between conversations with comic actors from two different generations, each the veteran of an iconic TV sitcom: Dick Van Dyke, star of The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, co-star of Seinfeld.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Mar
9
 
 
MIDSEASON RETURN: This series is back with its first new episode of 2014. It’s preceded by a one-hour special, at 7 p.m. ET, summarizing the season to date, but it’s the new installment that’s worthy of note. That’s because Rebecca Mader, who played the adorable redheaded Charlotte on Lost, guest stars here in a much less adorable role. One hint: She’s got green skin and flying monkeys.