Last week’s episode was truly creepy, bringing Norman to the delusional “realization” that it’s his mother who has been killing people on the premises and hiding the bodies and evidence. In a way, he’s right – but what he doesn’t realize is that, during his blackout periods, he is his mother. So now, Norman and his real mother, Norma, have good reason to fear one another…

2016

Mar

EVERYTHING IS COPY By David Bianculli

Nora Ephron’s son, Jacon Bernstein, wrote and directed this tribute to his late mother, so it’s a real family affair – and one thing he inherited, clearly, is his mother’s gift for candor. This comes out not only in what he films and chooses to show, but in interviews with such close friends of his mother’s as Meryl Streep, Mike Nichols, Tom Hanks, and Rob Reiner.

2016

Mar

BETTER CALL SAUL By David Bianculli

I’m actually two weeks behind on this show – no time to watch at the moment without multi-tasking, and I refuse to have my attention divided when a series is this good. But as soon as I get a chance, I’ll add this to the hours of pure viewing pleasure awaiting me when I get a break.

2016

Mar

2016 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

The majority of today’s second-round games include teams that are double-digit seeds, which means quite a few brackets have been busted already. CBS begins today’s coverage with three consecutive games, beginning at noon ET with No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 Iowa, which gives way at 2:30 p.m. ET to one of the day’s best Cinderella contests, No. 14 Stephen F. Austin against No. 6 Notre Dame. TNT begins its coverage at 6 ET with a showdown of two Cinderella teams: No. 10 Syracuse vs.

2016

Mar

THE PASSION By David Bianculli

LIVE SPECIAL: A musical drama recreating the last days of Jesus Christ on Earth, using mostly modern and rewritten songs and broadcast live from New Orleans – what could possibly go wrong? Tyler Perry narrates and hosts this TV musical special, based loosely on a Netherlands production two years ago (pictured), and the stars are Chris Daughtry as Judas and Jencarlos Canela of Telenovela as Jesus Christ, with Trisha Yearwood as Mary and Seal as Pontius Pilate. As the program progresses, and

2016

Mar

THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH By David Bianculli

It’s been such an insane political campaign for the presidency this year, I can’t stop recommending this show. It’s become too valuable a weekly recap, and too entertaining a TV program.

2016

Mar

THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli

Last week’s episode was another intense nail-biter – and things still aren’t safe. But boy, as the confrontation between the two settlements continued, the walking dead barely seem to be viable threats any more. It’s the other humans you have to fear most of all. And that, pretty much, has been the theme of this zombie apocalypse show from the start.

2016

Mar

LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

It’s been such an insane political campaign for the presidency this year, I can’t stop recommending this show. It’s become too valuable a weekly recap, and too entertaining a TV program.

2016

Mar

'FAKING IT' PRODUCER FEEDS ON FRIENDSHIPS WITH WEAK SPOTS By David Hinckley

Perhaps the most interesting argument on TV this spring unfolds between Amy and Karma, two high school best friends on MTV’s Faking It. Producer Carter Covington explains...

2016

Mar

ATO ESSANDOH ON 'VINYL' AND THE SLOW FADE OUT OF RACIAL INEQUALITY By David Hinckley

Of course racial tension is going to complicate the new HBO series Vinyl, says Ato Essandoh. If we can’t figure out the racial thing in real life, how could we possibly avoid it in a high-octane drama about the chaotic music business of the 1970s?...

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