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2020
Feb
26
THE ORIGIN STORY OF 'HUNTERS' By Mike Hughes
 
 
Imagine being Logan Lerman. He's a young actor who's done the usual young-actor roles. But he's also a film buff who admires the classics. And suddenly, at 28, he's starring with Al Pacino...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
26
FRED ASTAIRE DOUBLE FEATURE By David Bianculli
 
 
I love that TCM is on a kick lately of cleverly selected double features, showing an early and later work by the same artist. This time it’s Fred Astaire, and the double feature begins at 8 p.m. with 1936’s Swing Time, co-starring his most famous dance partner, Ginger Rogers. Then, from 1951, comes Royal Wedding, in which his dance partner is played by Jane Powell – but she’s playing his sister, not his romantic interest. And with Royal Wedding,&n
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
26
MODERN FAMILY By David Bianculli
 
 
In tonight’s episode, there’s a brief flirtation with luxury – with Alex’s new company setting her up in a high-rise, high-class apartment complex, which other members of the family are only too happy to explore.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
26
NOVA: "MYSTERIES OF SLEEP" By David Bianculli
 
 
I can’t wait to see Mysteries of Sleep, this week’s new episode of Nova. But I’m recording it, too – just in case I fall asleep during the opening credits. Check local listings.  
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
25
THE COMPLEX AND COMPLICATED 'MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL' By David Hinckley
 
 
If you made a list of the greatest jazz musicians of all time and then a list of the happiest human beings of all time, you wouldn't have to worry much about overlap...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
25
'MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL' IS THE EPIC TALE OF A MUSIC LEGEND By Mike Hughes
 
 
Rich contrasts flowed through the life and music of Miles Davis. Davis was the consummate cool-guy trumpeter, with fans ranging from Sinatra to rappers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
25
CBS NEWS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATE By David Bianculli
 
 
Last week’s Democratic primary debate featured six participants – including, for the first time, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who was all but trounced by Elizabeth Warren. Tonight’s debate is the tenth of this election cycle, live from South Carolina, and Bloomberg is back for what has to be a stronger performance, even though he’s not on the ballot in that state. And there’s a new person on stage this week: Tom Steyer, who, like Bloomberg, is spending lots
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
25
AMERICAN MASTERS: "MILES DAVIS" By David Bianculli
 
 
Ken Burns, in his Jazz miniseries, already has demonstrated how many compelling stories, as well as musical pioneers, have populated the world of jazz music. Tonight, American Masters deals with one icon in particular: Miles Davis, whose musical explorations were way ahead of their time. Decades ahead. Musically speaking, he could see for Miles and Miles… Check local listings. For full reviews, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower, and Mike Hughes' Open M
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
24
BETTER CALL SAUL By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Wasn’t last night’s first part of this show’s two-part Season 5 opener a great hour of television? (It’s a rhetorical question: Yes, it was.) And tonight’s continuation, which I’ve previewed, is just as fabulous. This is the regular time slot for Better Call Saul, starting tonight. So starting tonight, I’ll have a new TV title to dominate my Monday picks on TVWW’s YouTube feature, Best TV Tomorrow. And I even ge
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Feb
24
WAS LENNON LACY MURDERED? 'INDEPENDENT LENS' EXPLORES THE CASE WITH 'ALWAYS IN SEASON' By David Hinckley
 
 
Miscarriage of justice stories have become a television staple of late, and Jacqueline Olive's documentary Always In Season calls attention to another disturbing case...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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