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2020
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SERIES PREMIERE: This new sci-fi drama series comes from creator Andrew Hinderacker, a staff writer on the original incarnation of Showtime’s Penny Dreadful, and its executive producers include Jason Katims (of TV’s Friday Night Lights and Parenthood fame) and Edward Zwick (TV’s My So-Called Life, thirtysomething and the movie Glory). Another executive producer is Million Dollar Baby and Boys Don’t Cry star
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
4
 
 
MOVIE PREMIERE: The title of Charlie Kaufman’s new movie, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, comes from the quietly spoken first line of narration, emanating from the character of the young woman played by Jessie Buckley. She’s agreed to go on a trip with her new boyfriend Jake, played by Jesse Plemons, to introduce her to his parents, played by David Thewlis and Toni Collette. It’s a powerhouse cast – Buckley is a standout in the upcoming season of FX’s
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
4
 
 
In October 1964, just eight months after The Beatles invaded America on The Ed Sullivan Show, a live stage show was organized in Santa Monica, CA, that was sort of a prototypical rock festival, gathering veterans and newcomers from various branches of rock, pop and soul. It was called the Teenage American Music International show – and was billed, in advance (see poster), as the First Annual T.A.M.I. show. Which isn’t correct, technically, because you ca
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
4
 
 
Regular real-life Moms are used to taking heat when they miss dinner because they had to work late at the job. Emma Green has them beat...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
4
 
 
In the heated debate over Breonna Taylor's death, David James is in a unique position. The argument has multiple sides – police, politicians, Blacks, and officials. He happens to fit all of those categories...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
4
 
 
On this day in 1992, three major broadcast networks — NBC, CBS and PBS — banded together to present the documentary Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
3
 
 
On this day in 1951, CBS premiered the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
3
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: To me, Patton Oswalt, as the beleaguered high school principal dealing with the mostly unprincipled advanced placement biology teacher played by Glenn Howerton, is the reason to watch this comedy. A.P. Bio began on NBC, but moves beginning today, with its Season 3 launch, on NBCUniversal’s new streaming platform, Peacock. So if you liked A.P. Bio on NBC, well, now you’ll only get what you pay for.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
3
 
 
I’ve made it no secret that this 1999 movie, a love letter to Star Trek and its fandom, has a warm place in my heart. Tim Allen stars as the William Shatner-ish star of a Star Trek-ish sci-fi series, who gets whisked away, along with his other TV “shipmates,” on a real-life adventure in outer space, with the world at risk and only the show’s loyal fans in place as a possible lifeline. The supporting cast – Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
3
 
 
I agree: Cancel Culture has gone too far. I don't mean boycotts and shutdowns and shaming or firing people for saying the wrong thing. Though there are certainly places where it's gone too far...