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2019
Feb
16
 
 
Tonight on Dynasties, it’s a group of animals that always brings out feelings of identification in nature documentaries: the loyal, loving, intensely dedicated family of arctic creatures known as the “Emperor Penguins” – the title of tonight’s episode. And remember: each new episode of Dynasties, in addition to premiering in the U.S. on BBC America, is simulcast by AMC, IFC and Sundance. Also remember: a group of penguins in the water is called a raft, while a group
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
16
 
 
Tonight’s guest host: Don Cheadle. Tonight’s musical guest: Gary Clark Jr.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
15
 
 
Proven Innocent plays like a hybrid between a conventional legal procedural and the short-form crime series that has become such a big part of contemporary TV...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
15
 
 
Weirdness that’s cutting-edge cool on the pages of a graphic novel or comic book can get flattened out on a TV screen, as the frustrating TV adaption of Preacher has proven...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
15
 
 
The benign egotism of Frasier Crane made Kelsey Grammer a TV superstar -- and he’s lately confirming that a reboot is getting closer to being a reality. But in the interim...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
15
 
 
DOCUMENTARY SERIES PREMIERE: This new four-part documentary is about the headline-grabbing case of John Wayne Bobbitt and his wife Lorena, who ended up being charged with crimes against each other in separate 1993 trials. He was charged with marital sexual assault, and she was charged with her allegedly retaliatory, and startlingly violent, act of “malicious wounding,” in which she severed his penis. It was a lurid case, covered with tabloid intensity by newspapers and TV alike &ndas
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
15
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This four-part Netflix series from Larry Charles is played only partly for laughs. Yes, it concerns a search for, and exploration of, humor – but under distressed and distressing circumstances, from war-torn Iraq and female-suppressing Saudi Arabia to African-American comics right here at home. And Charles, as a comedy curator, is impressively and inarguably qualified, and could almost be considered the T-Bone Burnett of comedy. His credits, working with other gifted and d
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
15
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: It’s been almost two decades since the first X-Men movie reignited the mutants-with-superpowers comic-book movie trend – and it’s taken that long for me to reach saturation levels. The Umbrella Academy, based on a graphic novel, is the latest TV series, this one for Netflix, about young people with latent superhuman abilities, coalescing as a group force to offset those who are hunting them and wish them harm. This basic premise has resulted in several strong c
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
15
 
 
SPECIAL: This is the second consecutive year that AARP the Magazine is bestowing awards, shown on PBS’s Great Performances, of “Movies for Grownups” – serious honors for (mostly) serious movies. Since this is the second year for this particular awards show event, it can now officially, and accurately, be considered an annual event. And tonight, the Career Achievement Award goes to… Shirley MacLaine. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Feb
15
 
 
Tonight’s scheduled lineup to dissect the week – and what a week it’s been, again – includes Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, musician John Legend, conservative columnist David Frum and political strategist Paul Begala, who’s funny enough to give Maher a run for his money, and his punch lines.