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2021
Jan
14
1952: NBC INTRODUCES 'A NEW KIND OF TELEVISION' By David Bianculli
 
 
Today in 1952, NBC introduced the Today show, with host Dave Garroway...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
14
MR. MAYOR By David Bianculli
 
 
Once again, I’m so glad this new NBC series is here. And hey, any comedy series that starts out making fun of Fresh Air can’t be all bad. And watch, tonight, for co-star Holly Hunter, having a blast as Ted Danson’s co-opted former adversary. I don’t think she’d had this much fun, or been this funny, since working with James L. Brooks on Broadcast News or the Coen Brothers in Raising Arizona and O Brother, Where Art Thou?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
13
1996: AMC INTRODUCES ITS FIRST SCRIPTED SERIES, 'REMEMBER WENN' By TV WW
 
 
This day in 1996 marked the debut of AMC's first scripted series, Remember WENN...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
13
2021 PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS By David Bianculli
 
 
It was one week ago today when viewers were tuned in to catch the late-breaking returns in the second of two special election Senate races in Georgia, and to watch Congress certify the electoral college votes awarding the presidency to Joe Biden. And while Democrats ended up winning the Senate by taking both runoff races, and while Congress eventually certified Biden as the winner, something else happened last Wednesday. Something major. Something unthinkable. Something horrid. And because Presi
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
13
CALL YOUR MOTHER By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: In this new ABC sitcom, Kyra Sedgwick plays an empty nest mom who decides to fly across the country to hover over her grown kids and help raise their respective families. Clearly a pre-pandemic concept, this sitcom also is so old-fashioned that it’s shot multi-camera in front of a studio audience, the I Love Lucy / Mom way. More than that, it's ABC’s only new midseason entry that’s scripted, rather than a reality, competition, game or quiz show. So th
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
13
'CALL YOUR MOTHER' OR SHE'LL STAR IN A SITCOM By David Hinckley
 
 
If Alison Janney's Mom leaves you hungry for more incredibly annoying and yet somehow ultimately endearing mothers, then Call Your Mother should satisfy your appetite...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
13
'NIGHT STALKER: HUNT FOR A SERIAL KILLER' REMINDS US ABOUT THE VICTIMS By David Hinckley
 
 
It's hard to describe the apprehension of a serial killer as a "happy" ending, particularly when you have just been escorted through a litany of his serial crimes...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
12
ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST By David Bianculli
 
 
If you avoided this series last season, and even avoided last week’s Season 2 premiere, it may be because the premise sounded just too weird or cute: a young woman awakens from a brain scan to discover she can intermittently see and hear the inner emotions of people around her, as conveyed in song and dance. Or you may have just thought there’s nothing worth watching on the commercial broadcast networks any more. Either way, in this case, you’re wrong – and I urge you to
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
12
THIS IS US By David Bianculli
 
 
There’s a significant flashback reveal in tonight’s episode – one that explains how Randall, one member of this show’s extended family, came to be in the same maternity ward as the others. For fans, it’s a long-awaited, key part of the backstory.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
12
PRODIGAL SON By David Bianculli
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Season 2 of this Fox series finds a way to give more freedom, and thus more menace, to the serial murderer played by Michael Sheen. Prodigal Son frequently not only stretches credibility, but snaps it – yet Sheen is such a riveting actor, he’s reason enough to keep watching. He’s killer.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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