Television

Festival attendees wound up dragging their luggage to tents — and that's only one of the indignities documented in the Netflix film Fyre.

Fighting 'Fyre' With 'Fyre Fraud': Two Documentaries About The Same Disaster

8:04am January 18, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Netflix and Hulu both have documentaries about the fiasco of Fyre Festival available this week. Both are serviceable, but there are some differences, and some ethical questions about both.

I Try To Do Everything They Throw At Me, 'Shameless' Star William H. Macy Says

5:22am January 18, 2019

David Greene talks to William H. Macy about playing the degenerate father on the award-winning dark comedy Shameless. The show, which follows a working-class family in Chicago, is in its 9th season.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Dominic Cummings, the top strategist for Britain's "Leave" campaign in the HBO film Brexit.

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Breezy And Irreverent 'Brexit' Captures Big Truths About Today's Politics

4:59pm January 17, 2019

by John Powers

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the top strategist for Britain's "Leave" campaign in a new HBO film that offers a jaunty — if incomplete — take on the U.K.'s pending departure from the EU.

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TV Review: 'Star Trek: Discovery' Begins Its 2nd Season

6:57am January 17, 2019

by Eric Deggans

Star Trek: Discovery starts a new season Thursday on CBS All Access, which is trying to build a new version of the franchise for an all-access world — hoping its reinvention will draw in subscribers.

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Johnny (Eugene Levy) and Moira (Catherine O'Hara) get some things to crow about in season 5 of Schitt's Creek.

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'Schitt's Creek' Flows Smoothly Into Season 5

11:29am January 16, 2019

by Glen Weldon

The characters have grown, their relationships — to each other, and to viewers — have deepened, the writing's sharp and the actors are having a ball. Dive in.

Jeanine Mason as Liz and Nathan Parsons as Max in the CW's Roswell, New Mexico.

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Everyone Is A Traveler As The CW Returns To 'Roswell, New Mexico'

12:02pm January 15, 2019

by Linda Holmes

In a reboot of the late-'90s drama, three secret space aliens struggle to hide their secret in a town trained to look for them. And believe it or not, it's a solid show.

"I'll just ... I'll just wait here, shall I?": On The Passage, evil Tim Fanning (Jamie McShane) can't help but look bored as he bides his time. And bides, and bides and bides.

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'The Passage' Keeps Its Viral Vamps Waiting In The Wings, For Now

1:38pm January 14, 2019

by Glen Weldon

This FOX series based on the Justin Cronin trilogy combines the pulpiest elements of science-gone-awry thrillers with shlocky creature-features, but — early on at least — skimps on the fun.

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'True Detective' Regains Its Footing In A Meditative 3rd Season

1:24pm January 11, 2019

by Soraya Nadia McDonald

Mahershala Ali is a small-town cop grappling with the disappearance of two high-school students — while also dealing with his own isolation — in the new season of the HBO series.

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'Fresh Air' Marks The 20th Anniversary Of The Premiere Of 'The Sopranos'

1:24pm January 11, 2019

by Terry Gross

Critic David Bianculli offers an appreciation of the influential HBO drama. Plus, we listen back to archival interviews with series creator David Chase and Edie Falco, who played Carmela Soprano.

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Actor and comedian Kevin Hart speaks onstage at the Academy Awards in 2016. Hart was slated to host the 2019 Oscars but withdrew after he was criticized for controversial jokes he made in 2010.

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Kevin Hart Says Comedy's Full Of 'Flawed But Funny' People, Himself Included

11:26am January 11, 2019

by Terry Gross

Hart reflects on the controversial jokes from his past that led him to step down from hosting the Oscars. "Sometimes to grow as a comedian, you got to go through the stupid part," he says.

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