Here’s a repeat of last Tuesday’s premiere episode of NBC’s new prime-time variety series, starring Maya Rudolph and Martin Short. It’s well worth watching if you didn’t see it, especially the musical number by Miley Cyrus and the film short, shown in our Video Worth Watching, in which Short slips back into his Jiminy Glick fat suit to interview Larry David. I’ve never heard Larry David laugh so loudly.

2016

Jun

HOT IN TV BECAUSE OF 'FARGO,' HAWLEY NOW HOT IN BOOKS AND MOVIES By David Hinckley

Noah Hawley was already a successful writer before Fargo. Now he’s a really really successful writer. We’re talking books, TV shows and movies here...

2016

Jun

WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLAE FACTORY By David Bianculli

This is always fun: The original 1971 version of the Roald Dahl children’s fantasy, starring Gene Wilder as the titular treat-maker, remains as colorful and clever as ever. And just as memorable: “I want it now, daddy!” was one of several catch phrases from this film to make it into my family’s everyday vocabulary. Sometimes as a joke. Sometimes not.

2016

Jun

CAROL BURNETT'S FAVORITE SKETCHES By David Bianculli

And how is this not an entertaining TV experience? Carol Burnett selects and introduces her favorite sketches from The Carol Burnett Show, one of the best variety shows ever made. And yes, both the Tim Conway-Harvey Korman “Dentist” sketch, and Burnett’s own parody of Gone with the Wind (pictured), are in here. Check local listings.

2016

Jun

OUTCAST By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Here’s another very dark series based on an equally dark graphic novel. Robert Kirkman, whose The Walking Dead postapocalyptic vision remains powerful and influential many years into its run (or, I guess, its walk), is the co-creator of this new series also. Based on his Outcast comic book co-created with Paul Azaceta, Outcast is a sort of weekly version of The Exorcist, starring Patrick Fugit as Kyle, a West Virginia man with a tragic past, and the residual skill of recog

2016

Jun

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

This week’s guests include Neil deGrasse Tyson and Eddie Huang.

2016

Jun

COMEDY BANG! BANG! By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: I love the weird fact that “Weird Al” Yankovic has become this show’s new one-man-bandleader – but the first show of the season, featuring Kevin Bacon, sure doesn’t bring a lot of comedy, much less bang bang, to the proceedings. Two new episodes are shown back to back. I saw only the first, so maybe the second is better.

2016

Jun

2016 NBA FINALS By David Bianculli

Game 1. After all the playoffs, injuries, subplots and surprises, this year’s NBA Finals will feature the same two teams as last year: the defending champions the Golden State Warriors, with Stephan Curry, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, with LeBron James. Both superstars have won NBA Finals before, but James has yet to help win one for his original NBA team. Curry, on he other hand, has played the type of three-point offense, full-court defense that has transformed the modern game. Good dram

2016

Jun

ROOTS By David Bianculli

MINISERIES CONCLUSION: Part 4 of 4. The retelling of Alex Haley’s family saga concludes tonight, with an episode that follows yet another generation – and does so with Chicken George (Regé-Jean Page) returning from England to try and find his family. For reviews, hear my report for NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross on the Fresh Air website, and read our TVWW contributors’ reviews on Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes and David Hinckley’s All Along the W

2016

Jun

THE EIGHTIES By David Bianculli

Let’s try one more time: Supposedly, tonight’s new installment of The Eighties is about the AIDS crisis. But this time around, CNN’s look at a particular decade has been a slippery show to wrangle, with all its pre-emptions and substitutions thus far. Last week’s episode was indeed the one promised in listings, so maybe lightning will strike, or fail to strike, two times in a row.

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