In this game, it’s the Houston Texans (10-7) facing the dominant New England Patriots (14-2). The key to the game? Patriots QB Tom Brady. If the Texans can’t stop and hurry him, this game’s over before it starts.
Not a recommendation: It’s more sleight of hand, and slight plot and characterization, in this sequel to the movie about a band of sneaky magicians. If you saw the first Now You See Me, maybe, for the sequel, now you don’t.
This is the cable premiere of the 2016 movie in which George Clooney stars as an on-air TV personality targeted in a live hostage situation on television. Julia Roberts plays a quick-thinking, quicker-talking producer hoping to contain the volatile situation.
Felicity Jones, star of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, is the guest host of this new edition, and Sturgill Simpson is the musical guest. And while I realize Alec Baldwin won’t be available every week to portray Donald Trump, this week would seem to be an especially fortuitous installment for him to come play.
David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and is an occasional substitute host for that show. He's also an author and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His 2009 Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', has been purchased for film rights. His latest, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific, is an effusive guidebook that plots the path from the 1950s’ Golden Age to today’s era of quality TV.