DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

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2017
Dec
29
 
 
I only ran into Bob Hope once, but from that brief encounter, I fully believe a central premise of PBS’s American Masters special on this comedy virtuoso...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Dec
29
 
 
One of the great quartets in TV sitcom history just lost its raspy alto...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Dec
29
 
 
We all know TV shows where any character, no matter how likable or central to the storyline, could be whacked as quickly as you can say “Red wedding!” or “Lucille!”...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Dec
26
 
 
PBS’s new documentary Secrets of Spanish Florida tells a fascinating story and makes a compelling case for serious revision of America’s colonial history...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Dec
22
 
 
When most people think of Britain in 1965, they think of rock ‘n’ roll bands, trendy clothes, and Swinging London...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Dec
22
 
 
If you’re feeling holiday overload and were just thinking you could use an hour of pure silly fun about astrophysics, PBS grants your wish with Eric Idle’s The Entire Universe...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Dec
18
 
 
If you want to be depressed in a million ways, to flip the sentiment of a popular holiday song, watch Gunpowder, HBO’s new miniseries on one of history’s biggest foiled insurrection plots...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Dec
18
 
 
The French mystery L'Accident may remind some viewers of Broadchurch, because there are stretches when the villain seems to be the picturesque coastal village where the story is set...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Dec
17
 
 
Don’t blink or you could miss the whole fourth season of PBS’s Last Tango in Halifax...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Dec
15
 
 
I admit it: Back in the day, I was a sucker for Jean-Claude Van Damme movies. I make no excuses. I just was...