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Memorial Day is a time to kick back, relax and enjoy the sunshine. And with vacations nixed this year, it also means spending some quality time with your couch — and with your TV. Luckily, there’s no shortage of broadcast, cable and streaming offerings from which to choose, from heartwarming family-friendly shows to true crime. …
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Marcia Gay Harden had some interpretive freedom regarding Mathilde, the strong-willed innkeeper she plays in “Barkskins,” Nat Geo’s new historical drama set in 1690s New France. The Monday-night series, co-starring David Thewlis (“Big Mouth,” “Fargo”), is based on Annie Proulx’s 2016 novel and is set in Wobik, a small settlement in what’s now the Canadian …
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Producer/director Paul Feig is a bona-fide starmaker. His hit 2011 movie “Bridesmaids” launched Melissa McCarthy into the stratosphere; his cult TV series, “Freaks and Geeks” (1999-2000), was a major early stepping stone for Hollywood A-listers Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Busy Phillips and Linda Cardellini. Feig’s latest series, “Love Life” (premiering May 27 on …
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Michelle Obama’s former hair stylist, Johnny Wright, is teaming up with Tamar Braxton “To Catch a Beautician” on VH1. In the series, premiering Monday (9 p.m.), clients confront the stylist who botched their hair. Wright then steps in and runs the beautician through a “hair boot camp,” giving them pointers from his years of experience …
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Rob McElhenney wasn’t going to let a global pandemic stop him from making his Apple+ workplace comedy series “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet.” The show, which follows a zany team of engineers and creatives at a video game studio, has a special episode premiering Friday called “Mythic Quest: Quarantine.” “The motivation was simple — ‘How do …
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Is your coronavirus quarantine driving you kooky? Try sheltering in place “At Home With Amy Sedaris.” The wild satire of a homemaking show — starring comedian and consummate crafter Amy Sedaris as a deluded domestic diva with a dark side — kicks off its third season at 10 p.m. Wednesday on TruTV. And Sedaris, 59, …
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With summer vacations on hold thanks to the pandemic, everyone is watching more TV than ever. Luckily, there’s a slew of new shows coming to keep up with the demand. Plus, there are two new streaming platforms coming — HBO Max launches May 27, while NBC’s Peacock debuts July 15. From pulpy true-crime dramas to …
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There’s a reason, beyond its catchy title, that “Dead Still” has quickly gained a foothold in the crowded TV universe. The Acorn TV series, starring Michael Smiley as a “post-mortem photographer” in 19th century Dublin, plays as a darkly comic (with touches of slapstick) crime thriller that offers a fascinating look into a weird Victorian-era …
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The psychological melodrama “Penance” is, by turns, creepy, silly, predictable and overwrought — and would fit snugly into Lifetime’s over-the-top “women-in-jeopardy” lineup. The three-part series, premiering Thursday on Sundance Now, first aired in March on England’s Channel 5 network. So it’s got a leg up on its American genre counterpart, since the Brits also seem …
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It’s an election year, so naturally “The Politician” is coming back for another campaign. Season 2 of the Ryan Murphy-produced satire will premiere Friday, June 19, on Netflix, TVLine has learned. The sophomore season picks up after a time jump teased in the Season 1 finale, with former high schooler Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) now …
Memorial Day is a time to kick back, relax and enjoy the sunshine. And with vacations nixed this year, it also means spending some quality time with your couch — and with your TV. Luckily, there’s no shortage of broadcast, cable and streaming offerings from which to choose, from heartwarming family-friendly shows to true crime. …
