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2019
May
5
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli
 
 
Here comes John Oliver, no holds Barred…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
5
'THE SPANISH PRINCESS,' CATHERINE OF ARAGON, ON STARZ By David Hinckley
 
 
Starz has a good batting average with historical dramas -- real, imagined or some combination of the two...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
5
GAME OF TONES By Eric Gould
 
 
You weren’t alone if you thought last Sunday’s must-see Game of Thrones episode, “Battle of Winterfell” (April 28) was so dim and dark, you thought there was something wrong with your TV...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
4
2019 KENTUCKY DERBY By David Bianculli
 
 
For this year’s Kentucky Derby, it’s smart to bet on trainer Bob Baffert. His horse, the appropriately named Game Winner, leads the field at odds of 8-1. And the next two horses considered the favorites to win, Improbable and Roadster, are given odds of 5-1 – and both of them, too, are trained by Baffert.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
4
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Before becoming a cast member of SNL in 1990 and breaking out big time with such scene-stealing bits as Opera Man and “The Chanukah Song,” one of Adam Sander’s only previous credits was as a recurring character on a handful of episodes of The Cosby Show. But SNL allowed Sandler to launch himself as a successful box-office movie star, thanks to the likes of Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer and The Waterboy. Sandler left Saturday Night Live in 1995, which means it
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
3
DEAD TO ME By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini star in this new Netflix series about women of very different temperaments who meet at a grief therapy session. What could be a predictable odd couple bonding comedy is anything but – and series creator Liz Feldman, showing off much more creativity and artistry than in her 2 Broke Girls CBS sitcom, keeps the surprises coming. The actresses are wonderful, the twists and turns excitingly unsettling. You’ll know by the end of the
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
3
EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE By David Bianculli
 
 
MOVIE PREMIERE: In 1986, good-looking young actor Mark Harmon played serial killer Ted Bundy in The Deliberate Stranger, playing off his good looks to embody a much darker personality. A third of a century later, good-looking young actor Zac Efron takes his turn at the Bundy bat, playing the serial killer in a new movie that focuses as much on Bundy’s longtime girlfriend (played by Lily Collins).
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
3
TUCA & BERTIE By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This new animated series isn’t strictly a spinoff of BoJack Horseman,  but it’s certainly from the same stable. Like that other likably oddball Netflix cartoon series, Tuca & Bertie is created by producer and artist Lisa Hanawalt, and deals with a group of talking, anxious animals. In this case, they’re female, and birds: a chirpy toucan and a more reserved song thrush.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
3
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
The attorney general showed up at the Senate hearing on Wednesday, but skipped the House hearing yesterday. Today, to talk about that and more, Bill Maher is very likely to show up for his own scheduled live appearance tonight.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
3
'DEAD TO ME,' A MULTI-LAYERED BLACK COMEDY FILLED WITH SURPRISES, DROPS ON NETFLIX By David Hinckley
 
 
If you think titling a show Dead To Me foreshadows something ominous, you’ve barely started peeling the onion with the latest from Netflix...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
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