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2019
Jul
16
THE LION KING: CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT? By David Bianculli
 
 
In this prime-time special, Disney-owned ABC says it’s celebrating the golden anniversary of The Lion King, the animated movie that was a large part of Disney’s cartoon movie resurgence. And, of course, the long-running, still-running Broadway musical it spawned. But also, this special makes quite a point of sneak-peeking and promoting the new photorealistic, computer-generated movie version of The Lion King, which hits theaters Thursday. My alternate title for to
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jul
16
MOON MOVIE FESTIVAL By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s treats on TCM’s “Out of This World” Tuesdays festival in July are a bunch of moon movies. At 8 p.m. ET, 1950’s Destination Moon starts things off, and other lunar movies are in orbit all night long, up to and including the 5:30 a.m. ET showing of the first sci-fi and moon exploration movie ever made, George Melies’ 1902 silent classic, A Trip to the Moon (pictured). Other moon trips in the lineup tonight include 1958’s 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jul
16
CBS NEWS REPORT: MAN ON THE MOON By David Bianculli
 
 
Speaking of lunar exploration, CBS tonight has a one-hour special devoted to the real deal: a look back at Apollo 11, which launched 50 years ago tonight, and succeeded in landing a man on the moon four days later. This special includes lots of vintage coverage, especially that anchored by Walter Cronkite, who basically owned the story on broadcast TV back in 1969.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jul
15
ACORN DROPS SEASON 2 OF 'LONDON KILLS' By David Hinckley
 
 
At a time when U.S. television has been taking a small breather, Acorn steps in with new episodes of the breezy police procedural London Kills...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jul
15
KINKY BOOTS By David Bianculli
 
 
SPECIAL PREMIERE: Today the streaming service BroadwayHD unveils a new offering: the London West End production of the musical Kinky Boots, starring Matt Henry as Lola and Killian Donnelly as Charlie.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jul
15
YEARS AND YEARS By David Bianculli
 
 
This is episode four of Russell T. Davies’ amazingly inventive look into our possible near future – and because this miniseries already premiered in its native England, we know to tread lightly tonight. Previous episodes have focused as much on the political and the technology as anything else, but tonight it all gets very personal. Imagine if This Is Us didn’t have flashbacks, but instead had flash-forwards, yet still had you invested greatly in the lives of its cent
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jul
15
GROUNDHOG DAY By David Bianculli
 
 
You’ve read my Best Bets recommending this 1993 Bill Murray comedy many times before. Or have you?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jul
15
LEGION By David Bianculli
 
 
FX and series creator Noah Hawley have taken to describing episodes in this final season of Legion in much the same cryptic, concise manner in which David Lynch described his revival series of Twin Peaks, with single-phrase capsule descriptions that revealed virtually nothing. FX’s summary for tonight’s new Legion episode is: “Time is preyed upon.” And that’s it. Well, I’ve seen the episode in advance, and… FX and Hawley ar
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jul
14
A REFRESHING LOOK AT STARTING OUT IN NEW YORK ON 'SWEETBITTER' By David Hinckley
 
 
Meet the new Tess, not the same as the old Tess...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jul
14
A NEW VICAR JOINS 'GRANTCHESTER' ON PBS By David Hinckley
 
 
Not to get all melodramatic or anything, but Grantchester opens Season 4 with life-threatening major surgery...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
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The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
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Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley