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2017
Jul
12
50 YEARS OF HITCHCOCK By David Bianculli
 
 
TCM’s absurdly rich and complete salute to Alfred Hitchcock continues, as it will every Wednesday and Friday night this month, with another night of Hitch films. We’re up to the wartime movies now – at least counting from the perspective of Hitchcock’s native England, where the country was at war beginning in 1939 – and the evening starts with 1940’s classic Rebecca at 8 p.m. ET. After that, it’s the same year’s Foreign Correspondent (10:30 p.m. ET
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
12
SALVATION By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This latest CBS summer sci-fi diversion is another in the sub-genre of asteroids on a collision course with Earth. An MIT grad student (Charlie Howe, pictured) discovers that a giant asteroid is heading our way, and due to collide in six months. It’s a fact the government already knows, but, while trying to come up with a planet-saving solution, tries to downplay as fake news. The real news here is that six months is much longer than this summer series is scheduled to run,
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
12
THE CARMICHAEL SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
There are only a few first-run episodes left before this NBC sitcom is pulled from the schedule for good, so enjoy while you can. Tonight’s episode, as usual for this Jarrod Carmichael sitcom, focuses on another prominent social issue. This time it’s alcohol, and the title is “Intervention.”
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
12
SUITS By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Suits returns tonight for Season 7, with Mike (Patrick J. Adams) finally certified to practice law, and once again practicing alongside Harvey (Gabriel Macht). Last season ended with Donna (Sarah Rafferty, pictured) demanding, “I want more” – and whether that means more commitment from Harvey or more involvement in the firm, chances are she’ll get her wish. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
12
BROADCHURCH By David Bianculli
 
 
In tonight’s new episode, sexual assault victim Trish (Julie Hesmondhalgh) may or may not have  something to hide, but she has someone to hide from (pictured) – her soon-to-be-ex-husband Ian (Charlie Higson).
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
11
‘THE BOLD TYPE’ MIGHT RING A BELL By David Hinckley
 
 
Freeform’s new drama The Bold Type tells a lively girl-bonding story that could stand to be just a little bolder itself...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
11
FANCY-FREE FREEFORM FEMINISM IN ‘THE BOLD TYPE’ By Ed Bark
 
 
The women -- and men -- of Freeform cable’s The Bold Type are uniformly equipped with sculpted bods, great looking wardrobes, and gorgeous good looks...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
11
2017 BASEBALL ALL-STAR GAME By David Bianculli
 
 
Let’s hear it for the “old guys.” In tonight’s Baseball All-Star Game, the starting pitcher for the National League is Max Scherzer, whose stat of a 10-5 midseason record and 2.10 ERA is less impressive, to me, than the fact that he’s about to turn 33 – making him the oldest player to start in tonight’s game. Not just the oldest pitcher. The oldest player. But tonight’s game showcases other ages, too, from all-round talent Bryce Harper to amazing r
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
11
THE BOLD TYPE By David Bianculli
 
 
Just as Cruel Intentions was a young and modern take on Les Liaisons Dangereuses, this new Freeform series, basically, is a young and modern take on The Devil Wears Prada. It’s based, loosely, on another matriarch at another fashion magazine – former Cosmopolitan editor in chief Joanna Coles – but with its interns and intrigue, its fashion and its tension, it’s basically another glossy, sexy take on The Devil Wears Prada. (Presumably, it’s a lot more restrained than
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jul
11
THE DEFIANT ONES By David Bianculli
 
 
Part 3 of 4. This joint biography, and lionization, of Dr. Dre  and Jimmy Iovine continues.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley