Television

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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HBO's 'True Detective' Is Back With A Sinister Investigation

6:44am January 11, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Carmen Ejogo, who plays Amelia Reardon in the new season. The case is set in the 1980s, two children disappear in small-town Arkansas, in the heart of the Ozarks.

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The main cast of Kim's Convenience (from left): Simu Liu (Jung), Jean Yoon (Umma), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Appa), Andrea Bang (Janet), Andrew Phung (Kimchi), Nicole Power (Shannon Ross). Season 3 debuted on the CBC on Tuesday.

'Kim's Convenience' Is A Sitcom About Asian Immigrants — With Depth

2:32pm January 09, 2019

by Ashley Westerman

The Canadian television show, which centers on a Korean immigrant family in Toronto, is the country's first to have an all-Asian lead cast. Season 3 debuted Tuesday on the CBC.

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Lifetime's 'Surviving R. Kelly' May Prompt Legal Action Against The Singer

7:27am January 09, 2019

by Eric Deggans

The documentary Surviving R. Kelly scored record ratings for the Lifetime network, and may lead to new criminal investigations of the R&B singer's alleged abuse of women throughout his career.

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