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2018
Jun
3
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Ryan Murphy’s latest (and last, since he’s moving to Netflix) new series for FX, set in the 1980s, is a drama about a particular New York subculture known as competitive balls, when rival houses of showy “models” (think the inspiration for Madonna’s “Vogue” video) compete for attention, acclaim, and bragging rights. Its breakout stars, among a cast of actual transgender thespians, include Indya Moore (pictured), playing competitive &ldqu
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
3
 
 
In this series, most of the characters are both corrupt and corrupted – and in a literal, or at least computerized, sense. Season 2 is nearing its close, and some of these characters are nearing their fates. Except, in Westworld and on Westworld, what really is fate, and fated? And when is an ending, or a death, really the end?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
3
 
 
Asian Kate Dillon, as Taylor, breaks out of her quiet mode, and confronts Axe directly, in tonight’s new episode of Billions, which is built around the annual tradition of assessing, and arguing for, one’s individual worth at Axe’s company.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
3
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Brian Cox plays a billionaire mogul patriarch, and Jeremy Strong plays one of his ambitious children vying for the family fortune (and power), in this new HBO series created by Jesse Armstrong. Behind the scenes, the other talent includes such impressive names as Frank Rich and Adam McKay. On camera, the costars include Kieran Culkin and Alan Ruck.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
3
 
 
One thing to wonder about, given this week’s episode of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (pictured): If John Oliver mentions Bee and Ivanka Trump in tonight’s news recap, what words will he use to describe them?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
3
 
 
One of the oddest side effects of our increasingly fragmented society is that almost everyone sometimes gets to feel like an outsider. So it’s worth reminding ourselves that some folks are way more outside than others...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
3
 
 
FX offers a case study in counter-programming with Sunday’s premiere of Pose (9 p.m. ET) opposite Game 2 of the NBA Finals...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
3
 
 
AMC’s new series Dietland achieves the remarkable feat of not feeling like anything else currently on television. Like a diet itself, it feels valuable while sometimes seeming hard to quantify, shape and digest...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
2
 
 
This long-dormant sequel to the classic, influential 1982 Ridley Scott movie continues the story of Harrison Ford’s Rick Deckard, but only obliquely. This time, Deckard is the hunted, not the hunter – and this time, the man hunting the “blade runners,” in this continuation directed by Denis Villeneuve, is played by Ryan Gosling. Ana de Armas co-stars as his omnipresent virtual-reality companion, aptly named Joi. As the movie’s title states, this sequel takes place i
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jun
2
 
 
This is Episode 4 of this intense, searingly acted semi-autobiographical story by Edward St. Aubyn, who used his Patrick Melrose novels and alter ego to exorcise some very traumatic childhood memories and demons. Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the title role – and tonight, memories of his past, and especially of his parents (played by Hugo Weaving and Jennifer Jason Leigh), don’t get any lighter.