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2016
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The judges have nothing to do with tonight’s elimination, which is decided purely by national vote tally. Viewers, therefore, might, like the judge, be more impressed than I was by, say, Miley Cyrus “mini-me” Darby Walker singing “You Don’t Own Me,” spending more time on her makeup and bell-bottom outfit than her emotional honesty, and Aaron Gibson singing “Hurt” with more emotional honesty than vocal prowess. Those song choices, and performances,
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
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Part 2 of 2. This new four-hour documentary series from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. concludes tonight, looking at the evolution of “black America” in the nearly 50 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Gates and company should plan on a sequel, because the story of American race, and racism, isn’t quite over yet. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
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This is the third episode of this all-over-the-map series, which has taken on the flavor of an It Takes a Thief-style caper series (like Robert Wagner in that classic 1960s spy series, Michelle Dockery (last seen as Lady Mary from Downton Abbey) plays a renegade thief forced into service by someone threatening them with a return to prison if they don’t steal and con for them. So far, the appeal of this series is in watching Dockery play such a polar opposite role from her period performanc
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
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Part 7. Well, I’m glad there’s a second week of this documentary series, because tonight’s episode is devoted to a very intriguing subject: the evolution of videos and the birth of MTV. For a full TV review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
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Parts 3 and 4. Alia Shawkat from Arrested Development continues as the star of this new TBS series, which is unspooled in late night on TBS, two episodes each evening, all this week. She’s still in search of her missing friend Chantal, and has brought several people along on her quest to locate her. So far, there’s not much meat to this comedy series, and not even much comedy. But it clearly has a direction, so for now, I’m willing to follow along. For a full review, see David
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
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Ellen DeGeneres envisions a new service which will be the perfect antacid for all that ills at the Thanksgiving table after an unprecedented and divided presidential season. It’s an app called Mobile Moderator...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
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TBS’s new offbeat comedy Search Party starts with the bad news and then starts getting better...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
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The live shows have gone well so far in this final round – for both the singers and the judges, who are similarly constrained to perform well under pressure, with no retakes.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
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Produced in association with the Boston Globe, this new documentary hones in on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing – but stresses the aftermath, both of the pursuit of the terrorists and the recovery efforts of the survivors.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
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Episode 2. This new series from Ron Howard and company is part documentary, but also a big part scripted fictional story – science fiction in the most precise sense, telling a feasible story about a “future mission” to Mars. For a full review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower.