Television

Jessica Walter, Will Arnett and Jeffrey Tambor in Arrested Development.

Arts

Under The Skin: Why That 'Arrested Development' Interview Is So Bad

12:32pm May 24, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Actor Jeffrey Tambor told a story about yelling at his colleague, Jessica Walter. And in a controversial interview, several of his castmates tried to dismiss it, with disastrous results.

ABC's Roseanne reboot stars (left to right) Laurie Metcalf, Ames McNamara, Jayden Rey, AliciaGoranson, Emma Kenney, Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Michael Fishman and SaraGilbert.

'Roseanne' Reboot Wraps A Bait-And-Switch First Season

3:07pm May 23, 2018

by Eric Deggans

The reboot's premiere whipped up a media frenzy when its main character returned as a passionate Trump supporter. But this season didn't embrace Trump's ideology the way some thought it might.

Nicola Walker plays Hannah Stern, a high-billing divorce lawyer, on the British series, The Split.

Arts

'The Split' Explores The Price And Permutations Of Breaking Up

3:08pm May 22, 2018

by John Powers

Sundance TV's new six-part series centers on a family of high-billing divorce lawyers whose own private lives are as messy as the cases they're handling.

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Donald Glover, performing as Childish Gambino on Saturday Night Live May 5, 2018.

Music & Culture

This Season's 'SNL' Musical Guests, Cruelly Ranked

4:58pm May 21, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

With the 2017-18 season of Saturday Night Live now a wrap, we consider all 21 musical guests from this year — from worst to best. Apologies in advance to Sam Smith.

Arts

'Rocky And Bullwinkle' Reboot Is Good — Just Not As Great As The Original

1:58pm May 21, 2018

by David Bianculli

Critic David Bianculli describes Amazon's Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle as a slightly more stylized — though ultimately "hit and miss" — version of the classic cartoon.

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Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Arts

Saving 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Was Business, But The Love Of It Is Real

5:00am May 21, 2018

by Linda Holmes

The roller-coaster experience of watching Fox's cop comedy knocked off and then revived had a lot to do with boring business concepts. But the people who love it desperately have good reasons.

Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr., Alec Baldwin as President Trump, Robert De Niro as Robert Mueller, Alex Moffat as Eric Trump, Heidi Gardner plays a waitress, Kate McKinnon as Rudy Giuliani, and Ben Stiller as Michael Cohen, during the Cold Open on SNL Satu

Tina Fey Hosts Star-Studded 'SNL' Season 43 Finale

7:52am May 20, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

The season ender of Saturday Night Live opened Trump style with a nod to the finale of The Sopranos. It was Fey's sixth time hosting the show and the musical guest was Nicki Minaj.

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle ride a horse-drawn carriage, after their wedding ceremony at St. George's Chapel.

Against The Odds, A Royal Wedding Worth Watching

7:23pm May 19, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Normally, royal weddings are like the Oscars: a lot of pomp, but no real surprises. But when Prince Harry married Meghan Markle, the TV audience sat up and took notice.

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Arts

HBO's Heavy-Handed 'Fahrenheit 451' Lacks The Poetry Of Ray Bradbury's Original

2:21pm May 18, 2018

by David Bianculli

Critic Dave Bianculli says that the new TV movie "dilutes and deflates" the 1953 novel it draws from. Viewers should "skip the movie, and go back and read Bradbury's book."

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Erasing Himself From The Narrative: Fireman Guy Montag (Michael B. Jordan) contemplates conflagration in the HBO movie Fahrenheit 451.

Arts

HBO's 'Fahrenheit 451' Is Halting, Never Catches Fire

5:00am May 18, 2018

by Glen Weldon

Director/co-writer Ramin Bahrani makes changes big and small to Ray Bradbury's dystopian tale. They help it resonate with our current moment — but make it even more bluntly polemical.