• Feuding ‘American Chopper’ Teutuls build first bike together since 2008

    Feuding ‘American Chopper’ Teutuls build first bike together since 2008

    Famously feuding “American Chopper” stars Paul Teutul Sr. and Jr. have reunited to build their first bike together in over a decade. Their rocky road to an on-air reconciliation is captured in a new “American Chopper” special airing Tuesday, June 9 on Discovery Channel at 9 p.m. In the two-hour telecast, they return to where …
  • ‘Lenox Hill’ docu-series captures hospital heroes before the coronavirus

    ‘Lenox Hill’ docu-series captures hospital heroes before the coronavirus

    Hospitals have always been filled with heroes, even before the COVID-19 pandemic set in. A new docu-series on Netflix, “Lenox Hill,” serves as a timely reminder with its compelling look at the pre-coronavirus work done behind the walls of that titular New York hospital system. The show, which premieres June 10, was filmed over about …
  • Celebrity medium Thomas John dishes on new CBS show and naysayers

    Celebrity medium Thomas John dishes on new CBS show and naysayers

    Thomas John, who bills himself as a psychic medium, is getting his closeup in a new series. “The Thomas John Experience,” premiering Thursday on CBS All Access, follows John (born Thomas John Flanagan) as he travels around the country, meets strangers and puts them “in touch” with deceases loved ones. “The show is really about …
  • Mark Ruffalo is brilliant in HBO drama ‘I Know This Much Is True’

    Mark Ruffalo is brilliant in HBO drama ‘I Know This Much Is True’

    “I Know This Much Is True” is that rare TV series that resonates deeply and viscerally — thanks to its emotional, thought-provoking themes and a bravura performance from star Mark Ruffalo. The HBO drama is adapted from Wally Lamb’s 1998 bestseller, which took a long and winding two-decade road to the small screen in telling …
  • Carol Burnett takes a deep dive into her classic CBS variety show

    Carol Burnett takes a deep dive into her classic CBS variety show

    “The Carol Burnett Show” is making its streaming debut. Starting Monday, all eleven seasons of the fabled comedy/variety show, which aired on CBS (1967-1978), will stream on shoutfactorytv.com, Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV and Android apps. Fronted by Burnett, the series featured a stellar ensemble cast — Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway and Lyle …
  • Worldwide soccer scandal satirized in Amazon’s ‘El Presidente’

    Worldwide soccer scandal satirized in Amazon’s ‘El Presidente’

    The new Amazon series “El Presidente,” premiering Friday, lays bare the 2015 FIFA soccer scandal that exposed the international organization’s wide-ranging corruption, resulting in the ouster of its president, Sepp Blatter, and the arrests of top-tier members — including US officials. The gripping eight-episode series, created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Armando Bo (“Birdman”), tells a tale …
  • Cush Jumbo exits ‘The Good Fight’ ahead of Season 5

    Cush Jumbo exits ‘The Good Fight’ ahead of Season 5

    “The Good Fight” is losing one of its most formidable legal pugilists. Cush Jumbo, who originated the role of attorney Luca Quinn on “The Good Wife” before segueing to the CBS All Access spinoff upon its launch in 2017, is departing the series ahead of the recently-ordered Season 5. The current COVID-19 crisis — which …
  • Rachael Ray is doing the only live cooking show on daytime TV

    Rachael Ray is doing the only live cooking show on daytime TV

    Rachael Ray says that producing live cooking segments for her daytime talk show during the pandemic, from her home in upstate New York, has worked better than she expected. “The only transition was to let people into this space,” says Ray, 51. “This is my home, and over the years Food Network and other media …
  • How a serial cougher scandalized the UK version of ‘Millionaire’

    How a serial cougher scandalized the UK version of ‘Millionaire’

    Here’s one Charles and Diana scandal you’ve probably never heard about. The three-part series “Quiz,” premiering Sunday (10 p.m. on AMC), chronicles the real-life cheating incident that nearly destroyed Britain’s version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” in 2001 — when Major Charles Ingram (Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”) and his wife, Diana (Sian Clifford, “Fleabag”), …
  • HBO Max pushes ‘Legendary’ status with streaming premiere

    HBO Max pushes ‘Legendary’ status with streaming premiere

    HBO Max is pushing for a legendary launch. The new service, preparing to duke it out in the streaming wars, premieres Wednesday with thousands of hours of established TV shows and movies in the mix. Reality series such as “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” contrast with otherworldly content like “Westworld,” and celluloid genres span from movie …