Last week, Showtime premiered the first two episodes of this new animated series, casting Donald Trump as Our Cartoon President. (Not, by itself, a political statement – or is it?) Tonight is episode three, and it’s largely about another President: former President Barack Obama.

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Feb

BEING THERE By David Bianculli

When you start compiling a list of the best movies ever made about politics, it’s easy to forget about this 1979 fable of power and perception. But it’s also wrong, because this film, adapted by Jerzy Kosinski from his own novella, is as shrewd about the ways of Washington as its central character, played flawlessly by Peter Sellers, is simple. And Being There, directed by Hal Ashby, is simply masterful. And it’s shown tonight by TCM as part of its “31 Days of Oscar&rdquo

2018

Feb

VICTORIA ON MASTERPIECE By David Bianculli

Technically, tonight’s episode is the season finale – but there’s one more episode to come, next week, which was presented in the U.K. as a standalone Christmas episode, as is their wont over there. Doctor Who is another example of a series that generates a Christmas Day special episode each year of late. Anyway, tonight’s episode has enough drama for a season finale, with a royal child near death, an adult character experiencing death, and more than one romance torn apar

2018

Feb

HERE AND NOW By David Bianculli

Tonight’s second episode of Here and Now is called “Eleven Eleven,” and culminates in an epiphany of sorts as Tim Robbins’ Greg Boatwright, like one of his children, begins seeing, and being affected by, the mysteriously repeating appearances of that so-called “angel number.” Is it a sign from above or beyond? Or just a convenience store that opens late?

2018

Feb

HOMELAND By David Bianculli

Last week’s season premiere ended with a shocker that basically cast members of our own military as Russian-style assassins, willing and able to use exotic toxic poisons to eliminate political enemies on contact – or with contact. So what happens now, to Carrie and others, if they dare resist this Deep State resistance? Claire Danes stars.

2018

Feb

LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Season 5 of John Oliver’s show begins tonight. I expect nothing less than brilliance, and outrage. But, given the news of the week he’s forced to recount and examine, will there be any actual laughs? And if so, how?

2018

Feb

CHRIS ROCK: TAMBORINE By David Bianculli

This comedy standup special, the first in a decade for Chris Rock, is available any time. It premiered earlier in the week, dropped by surprise without advance fanfare like a sassy serving of Beyoncé’s Lemonade – or, more recently, a Super Bowl-night stealth release of The Cloverfield Paradox. But it’s so good, I wanted to draw attention to it anyway, and this is my first chance. (Hey, I’ve been busy. If you want a refund of your annual TVWW subscription, just ask

2018

Feb

2018 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES By David Bianculli

You’ve got the drill by now, right? About an hour after NBC’s late-night coverage ends for the night, sister network NBCSN begins a new day of round-the-clock televising of Olympic events, with USA Network and CNBC also showing up during the day until and/or after NBC returns in the afternoon and evening – and with NBC’s Olympics website offering live coverage throughout. All that said, my own choice for today’s Olympics highlight, on all these cable outlets, is typ

2018

Feb

2018 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES By David Bianculli

On NBC tonight, the major scheduled live coverage is in men’s skiing, with the first run of men’s giant slalom in prime time during the 8 -11 p.m. ET block, and the final run set to be televised live during NBC’s late-night coverage, beginning at 11:30 p.m. ET.

2018

Feb

PLANET EARTH: BLUE PLANET II By David Bianculli

Tonight’s installment, no less breathtaking than the ones before it in this fabulous series, is called “Green Seas.” It explores the patches of water where algae and seaweed and living reefs give way to an amazing abundance of life. Watch for sea otters. And moulted crabs. And Technicolor cuttlefish (pictured). And so, so much more…

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