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2019
Dec
5
EVIL By David Bianculli
 
 
This is part two of the episode about the exorcism that has thrown the entire team into disarray – and maybe even danger, and not only of disbanding.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
5
TCM TURNS ITS ATTENTION TO CLASSIC TELEVISION AGAIN, BRILLIANTLY By David Bianculli
 
 

TCM has no problem establishing itself as the best movie network. But every once in a while, it branches out into what might as well be called Turner Classic Television, by unearthing a long-lost TV treasure. Here comes another one…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
4
FOX'S 'THE MOODYS' SERVES UP A CHRISTMAS OF DISCOMFORT AND JOY By Ed Bark
 
 
Put caustic Denis Leary amid holiday surroundings, and you won’t come away with any Hallmark goo on you. Well, maybe just a little...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
4
A RARE OCCURRENCE – WORTHY NEW TV IN DECEMBER By Mike Hughes
 
 
Each December, our TV expectations become lower or looser...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
4
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS By David Bianculli
 
 
The latest round of hearings, this time before the Judiciary Committee, take place today, beginning at 10 a.m. ET on all the usual broadcast and cable news outlets.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
4
THE MOODYS By David Bianculli
 
 
MINISERIES PREMIERE: Denis Leary returns to TV, playing the patriarch of a dysfunctional family reuniting for the holidays. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Fox has scheduled the three parts of this comedy miniseries awkwardly: It starts tonight, then concludes next Monday and Tuesday. But co-stars include Elizabeth Perkins as his wife and Jay Baruchel as one of their children, so it’s worth seeking out, and sampling. For full reviews, see Ed Bark's Uncle Barky's Bytes, and
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
4
TRADING PLACES By David Bianculli
 
 
Two great 1983 movies are shown tonight, on different networks. This one, featuring a breakout performance by Eddie Murphy, is a boisterous holiday comedy, set in Philadelphia, in which a couple of bored tycoons change the lives of two people (played by Murphy and Dan Aykroyd) on a bet. Funny, funny film – and Jamie Lee Curtis, as a hooker on both sides oif the scam, is a riot, too.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
4
WARGAMES By David Bianculli
 
 
Another 1983 movie: This one shows its age more, because its state-of-the-art computer graphics, of both Matthew Broderick’s dial-up modem setup and the Pentagon’s war room, are almost comically dated. But Matthew Broderick is as good here, in a way, as he was as Ferris Bueller.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
4
HOLIDAYS AND FAMILY DYSFUNCTION ISN'T A NEW IDEA, BUT 'THE MOODYS' MAKE IT ENJOYABLE TO WATCH By David Hinckley
 
 
The Moodys, a holiday-themed show that launches this week on Fox, might be described as a sitcom miniseries. And it kind of works...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Dec
4
FROM NEW ZEALAND, AND ON SUNDANCE NOW, A MYSTERY SERIES WITH A TWIST By David Hinckley
 
 
Detective Sgt. Jessica Savage knows all about playing hurt...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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