SERIES PREMIERE: This 10-episode drama series comes from Alan Ball, of both American Beauty and True Blood fame, but despite an exciting cast, Here and Now starts off a lot less enjoyable than either of those. Tim Robbins stars as Greg Boatwright, an academic and once-acclaimed author going through all the motions of a midlife crisis – but at the overdue age of 60. His wife, played by Holly Hunter, is an undiluted, undeterred liberal, and they have combined to raise a family, mostly throug

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HOMELAND By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: The last two seasons of Homeland have been tough. They’ve been set in interesting cities, and had interesting antagonists, but the focus has been less on Claire Danes as bipolar world-saver Carrie than on her even more unstable counterpart, Quinn – whose fate, last season, wasn’t worse than death. It was death. But before that, the two of them managed to work together to save a presidential candidate – incoming President Elizabeth Keane (played by Elizabe

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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: The first season of the biggest draw on the CBS Access streaming site comes to an end tonight, with a cliffhanger designed to get people talking. But how many, because who’s watching? And when? Time will tell – and pretty quickly, too.

2018

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DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS FROM SHOWTIME'S 'OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT' By Ed Bark

We’re at the point where some critics are faulting Showtime’s Our Cartoon President for “humanizing” Donald Trump. Yeah, because that would be a disgrace...

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HBO'S 'HERE AND NOW' HAS A SPARK ONLY NOW AND THEN By Ed Bark

Every once in a while, a character in a TV series unintendedly speaks volumes, disparagingly or otherwise, about the TV series he or she is in...

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2018 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES By David Bianculli

Now that the opening ceremonies are over, fans of the Olympic Games have to start adjusting to how and when to watch their favorite sports. Streaming sites, most notably NBC’s Olympics site, are the places to go to find the most live coverage available, but NBC and its cable partners are spreading the wealth, with live and packaged coverage, throughout each day. On Saturday, for example, today’s TV coverage begins early, at 7 a.m. ET, on USA, with hockey. And hockey has its own subse

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2018 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES By David Bianculli

Olympic coverage today, after beginning early in the morning on USA, shifts to broadcast TV at 3 p.m. ET, when parent network NBC presents three hours of coverage. That’s followed by another three-hour block in prime time, from 8-11 p.m. ET. And finally, at late night, NBC returns at 11:30 p.m. ET with yet more coverage, this time of figure skating. Major highlights: In prime time, downhill gold medal final in men’s alpine skiing, and live coverage of team event figure skating. And t

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WONDER WOMAN By David Bianculli

This 2017 action movie made a major splash not only at the box office, but in pop culture, forever destroying the misconception that superhero movies had to be propelled by male heroes. Wonder Woman, always a popular component of the DC Comics canon, emerges here with what turns out to be the smartest and most entertaining DC-based movie in years. Take that, Batman and Superman! Gal Gadot, as Wonder Woman and her Amazonian alter ego Diana, does everything on screen with just the right amount of

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SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING By David Bianculli

The newest incarnation of a Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man, showed up in the most recent Avengers movie in a small supporting role, showing off his youthful exuberance as played by equally youthful Tom Holland. In this 2017 action movie, Spidey gets his own headlining role again – and if you think Peter Parker is being depicted on the younger side, wait until you see Marisa Tomei as Peter’s Aunt May. Other players, though, bring the weight of experience, in the examples of both

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PLANET EARTH: BLUE PLANET II By David Bianculli

Tonight’s episode of this don’t-miss nature series is called “The Big Blue,” and ventures deep into the vast expanses of open ocean – deep in both the depth and expanse of water – to capture some truly astounding creatures and footage. Tonight, there are whale sharks, and also sharks forcefully ripping apart a whale carcass, and spinner dolphins churning up the ocean until it seems to boil, and… just watch, okay? You’ll be glad you did.

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