CYCLE FINALE: Tonight marks the end of Cycle 31 for this long-running reality competition series. And 15 years after it started, its finale formula remains the same: a two-hour final elimination, and confrontation with previous players, followed by a live reveal of the winner, and a recap hosted by Jeff Probst. Tonight is the conclusion of Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance, but for Survivor itself, it’s amazingly close to Thirty-Second Chance.

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CHILDHOOD'S END By David Bianculli

MINISERIES CONCLUSION: Whether or not you’ve been captivated by this multi-generational science-fiction story based on Arthur C. Clarke’s classic, one thing’s for sure: Tonight, indeed, is Childhood’s end.

2015

Dec

NASHVILLE By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode is the third Nashville special to follow the real-life cast members of this show as they embark on a concert tour. Don’t look for the top female headliners this year, but the participants do include Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack, Charles Esten, Sam Palladio, Aubrey Peeples and Lennon and Maisy Stella. And these concert specials have proven quite popular in the past, so it’s not surprising they’ve become an annual Nashville tradition (the picture here is fro

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AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL By David Bianculli

Last week’s episode title was “She Wants Revenge.” This week’s is “She Gets Revenge.” And at this point, though we still don’t know who “She” is, once again there are plenty of possibilities…

2015

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JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE By David Bianculli

In October, Donald Trump was scheduled to appear as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live, but canceled at the last minute. Tonight, in the wake of last night’s latest Republican presidential debate, Trump again is scheduled to appear.

2015

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A LONG TIME AGO, FROM A TALK SHOW FAR, FAR AWAY By David Bianculli

With the new Star Wars hitting theaters (perhaps you’ve heard?), there’s no better time to revisit what I consider the funniest Star Wars lampoon of all time, hands down. Or paws down, since it involves Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the acerbic canine puppet alter ego of comedian and writer Robert Smigel. In May 2002, upon the release of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones...

2015

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'FARGO' CREATOR LOOKS BACK ON SEASON 2- AND AHEAD TO SEASON 3 By David Hinckley

...Fargo’s TV creator/author Noah Hawley told TV writers Tuesday, a few hours after the acclaimed Season 2 ended, that Season 3 mostly likely won’t start filming until next November, with a projected airdate of spring 2017. Plenty of time for ice fishing, eh?...

2015

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PROHIBITION By David Bianculli

Part 1. Ken Burns’ illuminating 2011 study of the relationship between society and alcohol is a sobering one – at least in the respect that our policies and attitudes on this subject have been both wildly inconsistent and depressingly familiar. Comparing the temperance movement and the repeal of Prohibition to today’s drug wars and sporadic legalization of marijuana is an even more obvious leap today than when this documentary premiered a few years ago. It’s repeated in w

2015

Dec

NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: I’ve loved what Linda Ellerbee has done on television ever since she was one of the hosts of NBC News Overnight – and that’s so long ago, it was before I became a TV critic. But once I did become a TV critic, in the mid-Seventies, I’ve raved about just about everything she’s done. She’s found ways to be smart, funny and different while gravitating to, and surviving and thriving in, TV’s fringe areas of late night and children’s cable

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