The final day of competition features more of the gorgeous conditions that have led to such stellar play and low scores for most of this tournament. Yesterday, Branden Grace from South Africa surged through round three with a record eight-under-par 62, an average of a birdie almost every other hole. (It’s also the first 62 recorded in men’s major championship history.) But even that effort pales to Jordan Spieth’s overall dominance at this year’s British Open. Grace begin

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SHARK WEEK 2017 By David Bianculli

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the TV set: Yes, it’s summer, and Shark Week again, on the Discovery Channel. All this week, the network is filling the water, and its air, with documentaries about sharks – some serious, others about as fanciful as a Sharknado Syfy telemovie. Tonight’s lineup, for example, begins at 7 p.m. ET with Great White Serial Killer Lives, followed by Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White at 8 ET (relax: the illustration is Ph

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THE NINETIES By David Bianculli

Tonight’s installment of The Nineties is “Can We All Get Along?,” and is about racially charged news events of that decade – including Rodney King and the L.A. riots, the O.J. Simpson murder trial, and the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings.

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GAME OF THRONES By David Bianculli

Last week’s opener, like most season openers on this show, reset the stage, and the chess board, and put pieces in motion towards one another. Tonight, expect some alliances you’ve never seen before, and some characters and actors sharing the scene for the first time. It’s getting to be unavoidable, and it’s eagerly anticipated.

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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN By David Bianculli

I’ll say two things about last week’s Twin Peaks. No, I’ll say three, because the continually amassing violence against women – pointed out so presciently by Ed Bark in his season-opening Twin Peaks: The Return review in his Uncle Barky’s Bytes column – shows no signs of abating. That’s a definite issue, as is, by now, the way-too-slow transformation of Dale Cooper back into the character we knew and loved. (Will he ever come back whole?) But here are th

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REMEMBER ME By David Bianculli

Part 2: This three-part miniseries continues, with Michael Palin’s Tom missing and unaccounted for, as investigators try to sort out the bodies, and mysteries, left behind in his wake. Last week’s opener shifted strongly into paranormal territory – and tonight’s installment has its scares of frights, and apparent ghosts, as well. Check local listings.

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INSECURE By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Issa Rae, the star and co-creator of this smartly self-aware sitcom, has not only made a worthy spiritual successor to HBO’s Girls – young women, as friends, trying to cope with life and love in the big city – but done it with two significant tweaks. The city is L.A., not New York, and Issa and her girls are black, not white. Do those changes make a difference? When the writing and acting is in such good hands, absolutely – and here comes Season 2.

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'MIDNIGHT, TEXAS' IS ANOTHER SUPERNATURAL SPIN FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'TRUE BLOOD' By Ed Bark

HBO’s True Blood has bled out, but the author whose books inspired it has gotten another network to bite with her latest other-worldly mash-up...

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SHARKS SURFACE AGAIN FOR MID-SUMMER SPECIALS By David Hinckley

Pointing out that there are too many shark shows on television is like pointing out that there are too many Starbucks. And now it’s midsummer, which means it’s shark season on your TV screen...

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HOW A BAREFOOT CONTESSA WELCOMED BEN MANKIEWICZ TO TCM By David Bianculli

Monday, July 24, is Ava Gardner Day on Turner Classic Movies... TCM host Ben Mankiewicz, in this special video, credits with leading to his job at the network. Sort of...

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