DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: This new special looks to be the 2018 pro basketball equivalent of the NFL’s annual sidelines and super-close-up look at the Super Bowl. If so, what took them so long? And even given the (spoiler alert) sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers by the Golden State Warriors, how dramatic is the potential here… especially at the end of that crushing overtime loss, when LeBron James’ teammates basically let him down in what literally was the last minute?

2018

Jun

HUMANS By David Bianculli

This weekend, HBO’s Westworld presents its Season 2 finale, and will be gone for quite a while. Meanwhile, this third season of HUMANS, which long predated TV’s Westworld reboot with its exploration of the humanity within technology-created humanoids, is just getting into high gear. This is episode three of this show’s new season…

2018

Jun

DRUNK HISTORY By David Bianculli

MIDSEASON RETURN: This goofy but reliably entertaining, and sometimes even instructive, Comedy Central series (which also perfectly describes The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, by the way) returns for a midseason run – starting by narratives, recounted by a slurring Randall Park and others, focusing on WWII. Spoiler Alert: Except on The Man in the High Castle, the Allies win.

2018

Jun

GENIUS: "PICASSO" By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: This is episode 10 of the second season of Genius, which means we are about to see the last of this show’s recreations of Pablo Picasso, both young and old.

2018

Jun

OWN'S 'LOVE IS_' SERVES UP ROMANCE FROM A DISTANCE AND WITH SPICE By Ed Bark

Spanning 30 years and drawn from the real-life romance of the principal executive producers, Love Is __ gives Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network what looks to be a durable drama with a sweet/spicy sauce...

2018

Jun

DIETLAND By David Bianculli

Last week’s third episode of Dietland, while still very, very early in the narrative voyage for this series, established without question just how weird, unpredictable and provocative it was willing to be. The series caught and held my interest, initially, because of the hilariously icy portrayal by The Good Wife favorite Julianna Margulies as a Devil Wears Prada-type fashion media editrix. But it’s the journey of the show’s eager-to-change protagonist, Joy Nash’s Plum, t

2018

Jun

2018 MTV MOVIE AND TV AWARDS By David Bianculli

SPECIAL: Taped Saturday night at Santa Monica, this year’s MTV Movie and Awards Show is hosted by Tiffany Haddish (pictured), with musical performances by, among others, such pairings as Nick Jonas and Mustard (I merely report; these acts name themselves) and Chloe x Halle (ditto). Chris Pratt is given a special award because, well, the latest Jurassic Park movie is imminent – and I list this fluffy, meaningless MTV special at all because I find it instructive to note which TV

2018

Jun

POV: "QUEST" By David Bianculli

Tonight marks the TV premiere of Quest, the 2017 documentary by Jonathan Olshefski about a North Philadelphia family, shot over a decade that included and outlasted the years of the Obama administration. The passage of time, and the quiet, unobtrusive focus of the camera’s focus, takes Quest and Christine’a Rainey and family on a voyage neither they nor the viewer could have predicted. Quest is a program likely to make you laugh and gasp, smile and cry – and ponder long after y

2018

Jun

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP By David Bianculli

Fox gets to televise one game today before shifting its focus to U.S. Open golf. At 8 a.m. ET, Costa Rica faces Serbia in a Group E contest. Then Fox Sports 1 takes over for the day’s remaining, and more high-profile, two games. In the first, Group F leaders Germany and Mexico duel at 11 a.m. ET. Following that, the leaders of Group E, Brazil and Switzerland, take to the pitch, and attack and defend one another.

2018

Jun

2018 U.S. OPEN MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP By David Bianculli

The course this year at Shinnecock Hills has proven so unforgiving that not only Tiger Woods, but Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy, failed to make the cut for weekend play. Dustin Johnson, the world’s top-ranked golfer, led the field for the first half of the tournament – but, as always with pro golfers who take and maintain an early lead, the equally tricky part is to finish with the lead still intact. If that’s going to happen, it’ll be during today’s final round.

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