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2020
Nov
17
 
 
Memo to TV viewers: The broadcast networks are still in business...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
17
 
 
David E. Kelley is finally back where he started – writing and producing for a broadcast network...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
16
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: This warmhearted, heart-titled CBS comedy returns for Season 2. There are lots of comic possibilities and comedic chemistry in this show as it begins a new season. What’s more in doubt, this year, is whether the broadcast networks can manage to launch a fall season, in the midst of a pandemic, that viewers care about – or even notice. And right now, that’s an open question.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
16
 
 
For example: This Fox series, which premiered recently and is based on a series from New Zealand, has built into a clever little series, and an especially welcome TV showcase for Kim Cattrall, as the resourceful matriarch of a family of televangelists. But who’s aware? And who’s watching? Not enough people, apparently. Fox recently announced it was cancelling Filthy Rich at the end of this season. So its long-term prospects? This sitcom hasn’t got a prayer.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
16
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Ruth Wilson returns for, and is central to, Season 2 of His Dark Materials, and that’s reason enough to tune in. But this fantasy series, which HBO hoped would satisfy an appetite developed from the Harry Potter books and films, and from Game of Thrones, doesn’t satisfy in the same way. At least not yet. But Ruth Wilson? Always.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
16
 
 
This day in 1966 marked the debut of Evening Primrose, the only original musical written by Stephen Sondheim for television...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
15
 
 
On this day in 1989, Time Warner introduced cable's first all-comedy channel, simply called The Comedy Channel...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
15
 
 
In a perfect world, America's president would not be a performer, and the presidency would not be a role...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
15
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: For this new Season 4 of The Crown, Olivia Coleman continues (for now) in the role of Queen Elizabeth II, but there are some dazzling new players this season, and they establish themselves almost immediately. Emma Corrin shows up as Lady Di, and Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher… and they’re both wonderful, instantly.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
15
 
 
Still new. And still, after all these decades, invaluable. Tonight: an interview with Barack Obama.