We all know television’s shopping cart is overflowing with guilty pleasures, so don’t think twice about throwing ABC’s summer soap Grand Hotel into the basket...

2019

Jun

NO NEW HEIGHTS BUT A STEADY CLIMB IN SHOWTIME'S 'CITY ON A HILL' By Ed Bark

A showy command performance by Kevin Bacon won’t be taking City on a Hill to new heights. It’s enough, however, to give Showtime another Ray Donovan in terms of watchable, serviceable, jut-jawed crime hours...

2019

Jun

2019 FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FRANCE By David Bianculli

I apologize for not listing, in Best Bets, the previous game featuring the U.S. women’s soccer team at this year’s World Cup. What can I say? I dropped the ball – and I shouldn’t have been holding it in the first place, because I’m no goalie. In that first match, the U.S. squad beat Thailand like it was a scrimmage, winning by an absurdly dominant 13-0. Some say the Americans piled on; others say not to keep playing, and celebrating, would have insulted the other te

2019

Jun

2019 U.S. OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

The final day of this year’s U.S. Open, from Pebble Beach, begins with Gary Woodland (pictured) holding on to his lead, but only barely. After three days of play, he’s still atop the leader board, but by only one stroke. He’s at 11 under par, with Justin Rose right behind at 10 under. Other players not far behind include Brooks Koepka, who with a victory would match a feat accomplished by only one other golfer in history by winning his third straight U.S. Open, starting the day

2019

Jun

LUTHER By David Bianculli

The current season of Luther keeps getting better – and bloodier. And Alice (Ruth Wilson), as expected, is right in the middle of things. The plot thickens. So does the blood-spatter pattern.

2019

Jun

THE GOOD FIGHT By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Well, it’s the series premiere on CBS, anyway. This series, an excellent spinoff of the also excellent CBS series The Good Wife, began not on the CBS broadcast network, but on its streaming sister site CBS All Access, which also offers new iterations of Star Trek and The Twilight Zone. But you have to pay for them – while, if you wait long enough, apparently, you might get them for free via CBS, as with tonight’s first two episodes of Season 1 of The Good Fight

2019

Jun

BIG LITTLE LIES By David Bianculli

Season 2 of Big Little Lies continues, with Celeste (Nicole Kidman) trying to maintain and strengthen her relationship with her sons after the death of their father – but with his visiting mother, played by Meryl Streep, upsetting that family dynamic in several different ways.

2019

Jun

CITY ON A HILL By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Kevin Bacon stars in this new Showtime crime series, which numbers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon among its executive producers, and claims quality TV pioneer Tom Fontana as its showrunner. For my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, visit the Fresh Air website. And for reviews here on TVWW, see Ed Bark's Uncle Barky's Bytes and David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

2019

Jun

LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

Because every week he’s on TV, I’m recommending him. Neither he nor his show has let me down yet… which is a lot more than I can say about the current events he summarizes.

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