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2019
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Bosch, one of the two or three best cop shows on TV, returns Friday for its fifth season on Amazon Prime...
 
 
 
  
 
 
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SEASON PREMIERE: Season 5 of Bosch arrives today on Amazon, with Titus Welliver continuing his portrayal of generally dour detective Harry Bosch. If you though that finally solving the cold case of his murdered mother would allow him to put the past to rest, think again. There are other cold cases buried back there – and they’re almost as haunting. For a full review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
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SERIES PREMIERE: Chris Lilley, the chameleonic writer-actor from Summer Heights High and Angry Boys, once again shows up with a sketch series in which he plays a variety of outrageous roles opposite less flamboyant co-stars. One of his six characters this time around is a lesbian dog psychic (based on the first two episodes, I’m pretty sure it’s she, not the bitches, who are lesbians). Another is… well, tune in for a sample, if you’re interested. I’m very impressed
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
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SPECIAL PREMIERE: It’s time for another set of colorized I Love Lucy specials, shown by CBS in prime time for the first time. I used to hate colorization back in the very old days – but back then, it all looked hopelessly tacky. Today’s computer programs make it much more watchable – and when I teach classic TV to my students at Rowan University, the chance to see anything that isn’t in black & white qualifies as a real treat.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
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Tonight’s new episode makes room, on Graham’s couch, for actors from both The Avengers and Game of Thrones. What a super-show!
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
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2019
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SEASON FINALE: This is the Season 2 finale of this latest Star Trek spinoff, and it manages, after a very frenetic and time-hopping hour, to spin off into yet another direction – while also setting the overall arc of this canon into a recognizable direction, Enterprise-wise, and even making the younger Spock a bit more… familiar. And Michael’s apocalyptic vision? After two seasons, it finally makes sense.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Apr
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I admit it: The longer The Act goes on, the more I’m unnerved by Joey King’s performance as the infirm daughter in this fact-based Hulu miniseries, and this is episode six. As the mother, Patricia Arquette has the showier role, all frazzles and freakouts – but King, as the drama has proceeded and her character’s independence and sexuality have awakened, has gotten to play shades that you seldom see on television, of both hidden desire and seething resentment.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
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SPECIAL PREMIERE: Beyoncé has done it again. She’s not only released a dynamic new set of music and dance, but done so in stealth fashion – revealing, on literally the day of this new Netflix special’s release, that it’s also being accompanied by a companion live album. Homecoming is a documentary account of the preparation and rehearsals for, as well as the performance of, her dynamic, historically and emotionally resonant stage concert recounting the musical lega
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
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SPECIAL PREMIERE: I’d be more enthused about this PBS program if James Burke hadn’t done it before, and so, so much better, in another series presented by PBS back in the 1970s. That series was called Connections, and I still treasure it, watch it – and, occasionally, teach it to my TV students. But some of the ideas here didn’t even exist then, so here comes Breakthrough. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower. Check local listings.