This weekly recap political documentary series is no bomb – but tonight, it gets to discuss one. It’s another dynamic, explosive week of Washington headlines for The Circus to summarize, and explore behind the scenes – but what week, since this excellent Showtime series began last year, hasn’t been?

2017

Apr

THE LEFTOVERS By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Carrie Coon, soon to be seen as one of the protagonists in the new incarnation of FX’s Fargo, returns here for Season 3 of The Leftovers, playing Nora, the girlfriend of Kevin (Justin Theroux) – who may just turn out to be the savior in this strange religious parable. The Sudden Departure, a mysterious event in which 140 million people in the world instantly and inexplicably disappeared, is now almost seven years hence, as this new season jumps forward four years in

2017

Apr

GUERRILLA By David Bianculli

MINISERIES PREMIERE: This new six-part miniseries is a Showtime co-production with a British production company, and tells a story of activism and radicalism in 1971 London. Frieda Pinto stars as Jas, an Indian immigrant pulled into the riptide of terrorism – with the energy and conviction of such iconic Seventies militant activists as, say, Patty Hearst or Angela Davis. This miniseries comes from John Ridley, who’s also the creator of ABC’s American Crime. For a full review, s

2017

Apr

AMERICAN CRIME By David Bianculli

Speaking of John Ridley and American Crime: promos for tonight’s episode promise something truly unsettling and memorable for a prime-time TV series. And since American Crime, this season as always, has been compelling on a weekly basis already (Felicity Huffman, this year, has been especially captivating), the promo’s promise is intriguing bait indeed.

2017

Apr

FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN By David Bianculli

Last week, Jessica Lange’s Joan Crawford showed up at the Louisiana hotel that was the home base for her next film with Susan Sarandon’s Bette Davis, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte, only to call the director’s hotel room and hear Bette’s laughing voice in the background. This week, more indignities follow… enough so that, as we know from history, Bette Davis remains as the star of Sweet Charlotte, while Crawford does not.

2017

Apr

GIRLS By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: When this series began in 2012, Lena Dunham’s Hannah, an aspiring writer, declared herself to her parents as “the voice of her generation,” then walked it back a bit to amend it as, maybe, “a voice of a generation.” Dunham and girls started as the latter, and has successfully become the former. Last week, it stuck its four primary women characters in a bathroom for what may or may not have been their last group argument. Tonight, Girls presents its fi

2017

Apr

VEEP By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: How in the world will the writers of this political satire outdo and out-imagine what has happened in and around the Beltway lately in real life, as the show presents its Season 6 premiere? It’s not an enviable job, but I sure hope they succeed in making it funnier, as well as more laughable. Julia-Louis Dreyfus stars as Selina, who is now not only a former vice president, but a former president as well… For a full review, see Ed Bark's Uncle Barky's Bytes.

2017

Apr

LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

Good luck summarizing this week, John Oliver.

2017

Apr

SHOWTIME’S ‘GUERRILLA’ EXPLORES SEVENTIES BLACK RADICALISM THROUGH A UNIVERSAL LENS By David Hinckley

Showtime’s new limited series Guerrilla tells an important story imperfectly...

2017

Apr

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS By David Bianculli

This 1956 Cecil B. DeMille epic is an Easter weekend tradition on ABC – and here it comes again, with Charlton Heston as Moses, Yul Brynner as Rameses, and Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora. (So that’s where the name of that beauty products store comes from…)

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