#Worth Watching: ‘Windsors’ on CNN, ‘Power Book II: Ghost,’ CBS Sports ‘Portraits in Black’

#Worth Watching: ‘Windsors’ on CNN, ‘Power Book II: Ghost,’ CBS Sports ‘Portraits in Black’

“#Worth Watching: ‘Windsors’ on CNN, ‘Power Book II: Ghost,’ CBS Sports ‘Portraits in Black’” A selective critical checklist of notable weekend TV: The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty (Sunday, 9/8c, CNN): Oft-delayed by current events during a turbulent summer of unrest and pandemic, the final two episodes of the royal chronicle are finally scheduled to…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Raised by Wolves,’ New Zealand Mystery in ‘The Sounds,’ ‘A.P. Bio’ Back in Session

#Worth Watching: ‘Raised by Wolves,’ New Zealand Mystery in ‘The Sounds,’ ‘A.P. Bio’ Back in Session

“#Worth Watching: ‘Raised by Wolves,’ New Zealand Mystery in ‘The Sounds,’ ‘A.P. Bio’ Back in Session” A selective critical checklist of notable Thursday TV: Raised by Wolves (streaming on HBO Max): Casting a mythic spell, director (of the first two episodes) and executive producer Ridley Scott’s (Alien, Blade Runner) fascinating sci-fi fable is wonderfully strange…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Tough as Nails’ Finale, ‘Chef’s Table’ Goes BBQ, Fosse-Mania on TCM

#Worth Watching: ‘Tough as Nails’ Finale, ‘Chef’s Table’ Goes BBQ, Fosse-Mania on TCM

“#Worth Watching: ‘Tough as Nails’ Finale, ‘Chef’s Table’ Goes BBQ, Fosse-Mania on TCM” A selective critical checklist of notable Wednesday TV: Tough as Nails (9/8c, CBS): The team competition ended last week in a nail-biter of a finish, requiring a grueling tie-breaker involving saws and axes. In the down-and-dirty reality competition’s two-hour season finale —…

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#Ask Matt: ‘Eco-Challenge,’ Fall TV MIA, ‘NOS4A2,’ Comedy Central Rebranding & More

#Ask Matt: ‘Eco-Challenge,’ Fall TV MIA, ‘NOS4A2,’ Comedy Central Rebranding & More

“#Ask Matt: ‘Eco-Challenge,’ Fall TV MIA, ‘NOS4A2,’ Comedy Central Rebranding & More” Welcome to the Q&A with TV critic—also known to some TV fans as their “TV therapist”—Matt Roush, who’ll try to address whatever you love, loathe, are confused or frustrated or thrilled by in today’s vast TV landscape. (We know background music is too…

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#Worth Watching: A Canadian ‘Transplant’ for NBC, TCM Celebrates Women in Film, Stand-Up in Two Languages

#Worth Watching: A Canadian ‘Transplant’ for NBC, TCM Celebrates Women in Film, Stand-Up in Two Languages

“#Worth Watching: A Canadian ‘Transplant’ for NBC, TCM Celebrates Women in Film, Stand-Up in Two Languages” Fabrice Gaetan/Sphere Media/NBC Transplant A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV: Transplant (10/9c, NBC): Imagine that: a new scripted drama on broadcast network TV. We won’t see new episodes of NBC’s New Amsterdam until 2021, but in the…

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#Worth Watching: The Queen’s Royal Life, Celebrating Planet Earth, Cooking Takeout Favorites With Amy

#Worth Watching: The Queen’s Royal Life, Celebrating Planet Earth, Cooking Takeout Favorites With Amy

“#Worth Watching: The Queen’s Royal Life, Celebrating Planet Earth, Cooking Takeout Favorites With Amy” A selective critical checklist of notable Monday TV: Being the Queen (9/8c, National Geographic): No, this is not another RuPaul’s Drag Race spinoff. A new documentary borrows from more than 100 rare and candid audio interviews with friends, family and palace…

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#Worth Watching: ‘Love Fraud,’ MTV Video Music Awards, ‘Lovecraft’s Haunted House

#Worth Watching: ‘Love Fraud,’ MTV Video Music Awards, ‘Lovecraft’s Haunted House

“#Worth Watching: ‘Love Fraud,’ MTV Video Music Awards, ‘Lovecraft’s Haunted House” A selective critical checklist of notable Sunday TV: Love Fraud (Sunday, 9/8c, Showtime): Dirty John, step aside. This juicy four-part true-crime docuseries follows a notorious Don Juan con artist who loved ’em and left ’em, sometimes after marrying them, leaving a string of broken…

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