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By Kevin McDonough
Prime Video launches the six-part basketball docuseries "One Shot: Overtime Elite," following players at a Georgia program for basketball players 16-20 years old that offers a path to professional play. Two of the players …
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9/5/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
As the calendar hits September, football enters the picture. And few corners of the sport are as passionately followed as the high school game, particularly in small towns where the Friday night matchups might be the biggest …
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9/1/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
How much choice is enough? A recent report shows that the number of viewing options has grown by nearly 40% just in the past year. Much of that comes from the growth of FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) services like Pluto, …
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9/1/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
Excess is never enough in tween romance series and fantasies. And the new series "Spellbound," streaming all 13 episodes today on Hulu, does not stint in conceptual overload.
Fresh from a small town, Cece Parker (Hailey …
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8/31/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
Talk about longevity tends to raise conflicting feelings. When told about healthy diets and life-extending tricks, some might joke that "you won't live forever, but eating a kale and tofu diet will make it feel that …
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8/30/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
TCM dedicates Tuesday's "Summer Under the Stars" schedule to Woody Strode, an athlete and actor who never became a Hollywood idol or household name.
A decathlon star for UCLA, Strode served in World War II and became one of …
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8/29/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
Adam Sandler's collaboration with Netflix continues with the movie comedy adaptation of "You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah," based on the 2005 novel by Fiona Rosenbloom.
Sandler plays the gruff father of an adolescent …
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8/25/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
The weekend before Labor Day is never exactly teeming with new offerings. The strike by Hollywood writers and actors makes the void seem more profound.
This is also usually the time of year when networks would tout the new …
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8/25/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
It's a bit much when a 30-year-old gets nostalgic. But perhaps it can be forgiven coming from a personality who essentially grew up on television.
Miley Cyrus promotes her new song "Used to Be Young" with an hour-long …
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8/24/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
Ready to bug out all over again? "Invasion" launches a second season on Apple TV+.
Ambitious in a globe-spanning fashion, "Invasion" follows overlapping plots about humans reacting to and resisting a race of ticklike …
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8/23/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
"America's Got Talent" (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) returns to live shows and will feature the performances of 55 acts chosen by its panel of judges.
While the talent showcase remains the most popular summer series for the 18th year …
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8/22/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
Prime Video introduces the limited series "Shelter." Based on the book by best-selling novelist Harlan Coben, it stars Jaden Michael as Mickey Bolitar, a smart, athletic high school student who survives a deadly car crash that …
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8/18/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
First lady Jill Biden will join celebrities Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Biel, Don Cheadle, Katie Couric, Danai Gurira, Tony Hale, Ken Jeong, Maria Menounos, Julianne Moore, Tig Notaro, Jimmy Smits, Eric Stonestreet and Justin …
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8/18/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
A variation on the Horatio Alger story set in "Florida Man" country, the offbeat comedy "Killing It" returns to Peacock. The first three episodes of the second season stream today.
Craig Robinson ("The Office," "Hot Tub Time …
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8/17/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
A goofy coming-of-age action comedy, "Miguel Wants to Fight" begins streaming on Hulu. Co-written by Shea Serrano (Freevee's "Primo"), the movie offers an amusing meditation on what it means to grow up male in a world marinated …
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8/16/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
Talk about milking a legacy. Having made the miniseries "The Offer" about the movie "The Godfather," Paramount+ now streams a TV special about a TV special, "Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback."
The film recalls how the …
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8/15/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
What if you mashed up a rom-com slightly racier than the Hallmark variety with the cloying cutesiness of "Love Actually"? You'd get something as insipid and formulaic as "Red, White & Royal Blue," streaming today on Amazon …
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8/11/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
Part comedy, part documentary and full-time gonzo expose, "Telemarketers" (10 p.m. Sunday, HBO, TV-MA) takes a three-part look at a billion-dollar scam.
Filmmaker Sam Lipman-Stern was just 14 when he was hired by a …
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8/11/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
Matthew Broderick leads a large ensemble cast in "Painkiller," the six-part Netflix series and the latest scripted effort to explore the corporate culture that led to the decision to market and manufacture Oxycontin, a highly …
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8/10/23 06:00 AM
By Kevin McDonough
Apple TV+ launches the cartoon series "Strange Planet." Based on the best-selling graphic novel and web series drawn and written by Nathan W. Pyle, "Strange" imagines a world somewhat like our own, inhabited by purple/blue …
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8/9/23 06:00 AM