Chris D’Elia was funny as anyone with a script could have been as Whitney Cummings’ comic foil on Whitney, and as unwatchable as everyone else on the subsequent sitcom Undateable. Here, he appears in a new standup comedy solo special, which is built around the idea that he’s really not all that special – and neither is almost anybody else.

2017

Jun

THE STORY OF CHINA By David Bianculli

In tonight’s episode of this PBS documentary, the eras covered include not only what’s considered the golden age of Chinese history, but also the famous Ming dynasty. Check local listings.

2017

Jun

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: For seven years now, this series has teased viewers about the identity of the mysterious troublemaker known as “A,” whose antics have bedeviled the gossipy clique of friends in a small Pennsylvania town. Tonight, in the finale, the identity of “A” will be revealed. So if you care, you should watch.

2017

Jun

IZOMBIE By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Part 2 of 2. Last week’s episode, the first part of this season’s two-part finale, was heavy on the comedy, as Liv (Rose McIver) had to fight disturbing visions, and sexually aggressive urges, after sampling the brains of a promiscuous former girlfriend of Ravi’s (Rahul Kohli). The comedy is sure to continue tonight – but in this last hour of the season, so is the ongoing story line about Seattle’s geometrically growing zombie population.

2017

Jun

TALES By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: As TV experiments go, this one deserves credit, at least, for originality, and maybe even for audacity. Tales is a new BET anthology series, but each episode gets its inspiration from a familiar rap song – starting tonight with N.W.A.’s familiar, and still topical, decades-old anthem, whose three-word title is, to exercise a little self-censorship, “F--- tha Police.”

2017

Jun

KEVIN CAN WAIT By David Bianculli

At the end of its recently completed freshman season, Kevin Can Wait made room for Leah Remini, who played series star Kevin James’ TV wife on his previous King of Queens sitcom, as a special guest star. She played a police officer who once partnered with Kevin on a case, and needed his help to close the case at last. That two-part season finale proved so popular, Remini and her character are coming back next season, for good – while Erinn Hayes, who co-starred as Kevin’s wife

2017

Jun

PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES By David Bianculli

This is the final Monday of TCM’s month-long salute to Audrey Hepburn, and the night begins with this frothy but fun 1964 comedy about Hollywood writer’s block. William Holden plays a screenwriter who’s been procrastinating for months about an impending deadline, and has to produce a script in one final frenetic weekend in Paris. So he hires a temp secretary, played by Audrey Hepburn, who jump-starts his creativity by agreeing to embody his imaginings and fantasies as he conjur

2017

Jun

P.O.V.: "DALYA'S OTHER COUNTRY" By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: The valuable documentary series P.O.V. begins Season 30 tonight – quite an impressive achievement – and starts off with a season opener including Dalya’s Other Country, a study of a Syrian refugee who, with her mother, left Syria and the wartime travails there to begin a new life in the United States, specifically Los Angeles. High school is tough enough for most kids under regular circumstances, so imagine what Dalya is facing. Check local listings.

2017

Jun

FUNNY FACE By David Bianculli

In this 1957 movie musical, Audrey Hepburn plays a bookworm who is photographed at a bookstore – and quickly becomes an international fashion icon. Fred Astaire co-stars – and with Hepburn as the face in question, this central plot twist becomes a lot less twisted... and is a lot more believable.

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