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2015
Jan
12
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: So many good programs were shown on TV last night, it’s likely that this one, which ran at 10:30 p.m. ET, was one you missed. So here it is again, repeated a day later in an earlier time slot, to make it easier for you. For a full review, see Bianculli’s Blog. And to hear or read my review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, visit the Fresh Air website.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jan
12
 
 
Spike Lee is executive producer of this documentary, in which the filmmaker examines the story of a Texas teen whose circumstances led him down the path to become a young bank robber. The twist here is that the young man, Darius Clark Monroe, is also the filmmaker – now an adult, and looking back on his own teen life and, sometimes, very bad choices. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jan
12
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This new 10-episode series comes from author R.L. Stine, who’s come up with a premise, starring Victoria Justice (veteran of Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101 and Victorious) as a young woman who’s a very gifted hacker, that’s part Veronica Mars, part Stalker – with some of the better qualities from the former, and some of the violent excesses and logical lapses of the latter. But for MTV, it’s almost literally a dramatic step forward: Justice’s Li
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jan
12
 
 

PASADENA, CA – James Corden, 36, appointed the next host of CBS’s The Late Late Show, appeared Monday for his inaugural Television Critics Association press conference – and made a strong first impression…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jan
11
 
 

PASADENA, CA – AMC’s portion of the Television Critics Association press tour was highlighted by salutes to its first, and next, hot TV series: Mad Men and Better Call Saul…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jan
11
 
 
Season 4 of HBO’s Girls opens with a shocker of a scene. At dinner with her oft-scolding parents, Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) is giggly, even giddy. Don’t get used to it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jan
11
 
 
For the Dallas Cowboys, it’s the first postseason visit to Lambeau Field since the infamous Ice Bowl of 1967 (pictured), the NFC title game in which the weather at kickoff was minus 13 degrees, with a wind chill factor of 48 below. Today’s game, by contrast, is expected to begin at 20 degrees – a relatively balmy 12 degrees below freezing.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jan
11
 
 
What a matchup: The Denver Broncos are led by QB Peyton Manning, and today they face his former team, the Indianapolis Colts, who are led by gifted young Andrew Luck.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jan
11
 
 
Once this limited-run comedy series premiered last week, ABC began promoting it, proudly, as “The #1 New Comedy of the Year.” That sounds impressive, yes. But Galavant premiered on January 4, and in the days before and the week after, there have been no other comedies to premiere thus far in 2015. So basically, Galavant is, to date, the only new comedy of the year – so ABC’s promo, while technically accurate, is more than a little disingenuous. But tonight, here are two m
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jan
11
 
 
These awards are, in a word, meaningless. But this live telecast is not, because the cohosts, once again, are Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler. You go, girls!