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2020
Feb
6
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Michael Schur’s The Good Place ended last Thursday – superbly – but NBC isn’t depriving us of him completely on Thursday nights. Tonight, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which Schur co-created with Daniel J. Goor, presents its Season 7 premiere on NBC. And it returns with a slight shakeup: Captain Holt, played to dry perfection by Andre Braugher, is back on the street, demoted from captain to patrolman. The last time Braugher played a cop on the s
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
 
 
The second day of CNN’s New Hampshire town halls, featuring one-hour visits with Democratic candidates vying for a spot in the 2020 presidential race, begins at 8 p.m. ET with Bernie Sanders, followed by Pete Buttigieg at 9 p.m. ET, Amy Klobuchar at 10 p.m. ET, and Deval Patrick at 11 p.m. ET.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Edie Falco goes from cable TV to broadcast, starring as an LAPD police chief in this new cop series from Paul Attanasio. She’s great, but the scripts of the opening shows are not quite up to her level. Even so, Tommy is a series that’s noteworthy for more than one reason. For my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, listen to today’s show, or visit the Fresh Air website afterward. And for reviews on TV Worth Watchi
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Rosario Dawson stars in this new series, a collaboration between Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot) and Andy the Greenwald. She plays an investigator returning to her small town after the mysterious and brutal death of her younger sister. It’s based on a novel by Ross Thomas, and is presented as a 10-part self-contained serialized story –  the first of a projected series anthology with a new story each year, akin to Fargo. For a full review, see Dav
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
6
 
 
Let's get this out of the way right up front: USA's new anthology drama, Briarpatch, is going to remind many folks of Fargo, and in making that association, they will not be wrong...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
5
 
 
Dan Schneider's story was never going to have a happy ending. His son Danny had been murdered on a late-night run to buy drugs, and that was never going to change...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
5
 
 
Sometime this afternoon, the U.SA. Senate will vote on whether to impeach President Donald Trump, who already has been impeached by the House of Representatives. Will the Senate break from its pattern of voting mostly along party lines, and hold the President accountable for his actions? No. But it’s history in the making anyway, so watch it where you can find it. The expected acquittal is expected to take place at 4 p.m. ET. Then watch to see if the proposal for officially censuring Presi
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
5
 
 
When this movie came out in 1969, it was rated X. Later on, without removing anything from the film, it was rated R. Times changed. Movies did, too. But this movie, with great and brave performances from both Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, has remained the same: a fabulous, vulnerable, heartbreaking character study. Harry Nilsson’s recording of Fred Neil’s “Everybody’s Talking” became a hit song from the movie – although Nilsson’s own composition, &ldquo
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
5
 
 
Postponed last week because of the impeachment hearings, CNN’s latest series of Town Hall presentations begins at 8 p.m. ET tonight with former Vice President Joe Biden, holding court in New Hampshire, off his less than dominant, still-being-counted finish in the Iowa caucus. Following Biden, from the same venue: Senator Elizabeth Warren at 9 ET, Andrew Yang at 10, and Tom Steyer at 11.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
4
 
 
This is scheduled to be the second day of remarks from senators – the same day as the State of the Union Address, so senators have an especially long day today. As do political junkies, if they watch everything… while still waiting for caucus results from Iowa, which hadn’t come in as of this morning.