Death, rebirth and…death?
‘Hunted’ comes to a stunning conclusion While other critics were obsessing on “Homeland,” I urged you to watch “Hunted,” an even better spy series about a troubled female heroine. After [...]
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Posted December 05, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Posted November 28, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
It’s a less-than-wonderful life
Our cynical age will never be able to turn out a convincing movie about a Christmas miracle like “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Filmmakers keep trying, though, especially in December TV [...]
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Posted November 21, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Photographing the truth
‘Witness’ follows journalists into dangerous conflicts “Rio” is the last episode in the documentary series “Witness” (Monday, 8 p.m., HBO), which follows war photographers into hotspots around the globe. Rio [...]
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Posted November 14, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Sympathy for the devils
The Rolling Stones evolve from villains in ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ With “Crossfire Hurricane” (Thursday, 8 p.m., HBO), the Rolling Stones have produced a worthy 50th-anniversary documentary. It chronicles the group’s journey [...]
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Posted November 07, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Music to get married by
‘Wedding Band’ charts the pathetic path of aging rockers “Wedding Band” (Saturday, 9 p.m., TBS) is a wonderful new comedy series that combines “Spinal Tap” and “School of Rock” in [...]
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Posted October 31, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Reality stars with calculators
‘Start-Ups: Silicon Valley’ features nerds on the move Bravo usually focuses its reality series on good-looking socialites or business people. With “Start-Ups: Silicon Valley” (Monday, 9 p.m.), the network has [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
A new kind of crazy
‘Happy Endings’ takes the sitcom to bizarre extremes I panned the pilot of “Happy Endings” last year, calling it “another would-be hip, fresh young sitcom about six friends dealing with [...]
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Posted October 17, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Spy vs. spy vs. spy
You can’t trust anyone in the brilliant thriller ‘Hunted’ Forget the overrated “Homeland.” If you’re looking for an international spy thriller on premium cable, “Hunted” (Friday, 9 p.m., Cinemax) is [...]
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Posted October 10, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Scrub up, geek out
‘Emily Owens, M.D.’ stars Mamie Gummer as insecure doctor On “Emily Owens, M.D.” (Tuesday, 8 p.m., CW), Mamie Gummer plays a young doctor just starting out at a Denver hospital. [...]
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Posted October 03, 2012in On The Tube
Masters and servants, unite!
They fight Hitler together in the new “Upstairs Downstairs” The new season of “Masterpiece Classic’s Upstairs Downstairs” (Sunday, 8 p.m., PBS) begins in 1938 with a British radio broadcaster saying, [...]
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