Season 4 of HBO’s Girls opens with a shocker of a scene. At dinner with her oft-scolding parents, Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) is giggly, even giddy. Don’t get used to it...

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Jan

HBO'S 'TOGETHERNESS' GRADUALLY LOSES ITS WAY (BUT THERE'S ALWAYS AMANDA PEET) By Ed Bark

For quite a while, HBO’s Togetherness looks as though it could be exceptional. But halfway through, in an episode subtitled “Kick the Can,” it begins to falter and lose its way...

2015

Jan

FOX'S 'EMPIRE' PROVIDES AN ALL TOO RARE CHANCE FOR A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK CAST TO BRING ON THE DRAMA By Ed Bark

Never mind all the machinations and deceptions involved in orchestrating the next big hit record on Empire. What fourth place Fox really needs is the next big hit TV series... So it’s poured on the promotion for this Lee Daniels-created saga...

2015

Jan

ABC GOES MEDIEVAL -- AND MUSICAL -- IN FUNNY, SPIRITED 'GALAVANT' By Ed Bark

Galavant, an eight-episode musical comedy with back-to-back half hours on Sundays through January, may have problems gaining ratings traction. But that won’t be for lack of trying -- or entertainment value...

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