Category Archives: Winter Press Tour 2016

History is being told again tonight through television — not through a documentary process but through a film version. The filters of the present day, from race relations to intransigent Senate forces to a Supreme Court vacancy all help to make “Confirmation” (HBO, 8 p.m.), an almost too straightforward retelling of the case against Clarence [...]

One of the most interesting things about Anderson Cooper is not that he’s gay or began his TV career hosting reality competitions like “The Mole,” but his lineage. He’s the son of Gloria Vanderbilt, the storied woman of wealth and glamor and some tragedy. It’s not something that he brings up or talks about. More [...]

Nostalgia colors so much of what one consumed growing up, one has to consider whether any of it was really any good. I can make a case that “Green Acres” and “Get Smart” still hold up. But “My Three Sons”? Maybe not. For whatever reason, there is a great fondness for the 80s sitcom, “Full [...]

Like Woody Allen and others before him, Paul Rust seems to have devised a show in which he gets the beautiful woman. Yet in the charming new “Love” (Netflix, streaming) that starts today, its not that easy. For one thing, Gillian Jacobs, the object of desire in “Community,” is more of a piece of work. [...]

Craig Ferguson got so interested in American history when he became a citizen that his new show is all about it. “Join or Die with Craig Ferguson” (History, 11 p.m.) is a panel discussion show that is about history the way “Real Time with Bill Maher” is about current events. There’s an expert, a couple of [...]