Brian Lowry

‘Star Wars Rebels’ adds Princess Leia to Its teeming universe

June 12, 2018 at 8:10 a.m.

"Star Wars Rebels" is, admittedly, a relatively small blip in the franchise's wider universe. Yet the program's Jan. 20 mid-season return nevertheless reinforces a sense that when it comes to...

‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ review: Super-team needs to find the right balance

June 11, 2018 at 12:48 p.m.

Representing an ambitious and potentially risky expansion of the synergistic DC-CW-Warner Bros. TV connection, "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" not only assembles a super-team but casts it into an elaborate time-spanning...

Legal commentator Nancy Grace appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at the NBC Studios on July 15, 2011 in Burbank, California.

Nancy Grace declares war on ‘Making a Murderer’

June 9, 2018 at 8:02 a.m.

Nancy Grace is angry - or make that angrier than usual - over "Making a Murderer," the 10-part Netflix documentary series, which left a clear impression that Steven Avery had...

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in 2013. The actors team up again in a reboot of "The X-Files."

‘The X-Files’ review: A joyless, missed opportunity

June 11, 2018 at 12:40 p.m.

There are always elements of crass commercialism baked into the DNA of revivals -- nobody dusts off "Full House" for the high art of it -- but perhaps an even...

Regina King as Terri Lacroix and André Benjamin as Michael Lacroix on the second season of ABC's "American Crime."

‘American Crime’ shifts to class, schools in stellar second season

June 11, 2018 at 12:51 p.m.

"American Crime," in hindsight, was a less-than-ideal title -- and something of a misnomer -- for John Ridley's bracing ABC franchise, making it sound too much like FX's upcoming "American...

Laura Carmichael plays Lady Edith Crawley on PBS' "Downton Abbey," which returns for its last season on Sunday.

‘Downton Abbey’ review: Sentimental final season starts slow, but deepens

June 16, 2018 at 1:44 p.m.

The final season of "Downton Abbey" starts slowly, even by the show's stately standards. Gradually, though, the plots deepens, building toward addressing long-festering issues, set against the backdrop of the...

Alyvia Alyn Lind as Dolly Parton, Jennifer Nettles as Avie Lee Parton, Rick Schroder as Lee Parton in NBC's "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors."

‘Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors’ is a movie like mama used to make

December 18, 2018 at 12:35 a.m.

Horning in on Hallmark Channel's territory, "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is a TV movie like mama used to make - a relentlessly faith-based holiday confection geared toward an...

Are ‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘Leftovers’ risking viewer loyalty with cliffhangers?

June 16, 2018 at 3:44 p.m.

Forgive loyal TV viewers lately if they're beginning to feel like Charlie Brown, with writers of their favorite series playing the role of Lucy, tantalizingly dangling a football in front...

Nick Gehlfuss plays the chief ER resident on NBC's new "Chicago Med."

‘Chicago Med’ review: No reason to bet against mundane drama

June 16, 2018 at 4:41 p.m.

NBC and Dick Wolf are certainly giving Chicago's Big Shoulders a workout, adding a third by-the-numbers procedural to what's being dubbed a "trilogy," one loosely connected, inasmuch as what happens...

Melissa Benoist plays the title role in "Supergirl."

‘Supergirl’ review: Reason to believe this ‘girl’ can fly

June 16, 2018 at 6:56 p.m.

"Supergirl" is a very good, polished pilot, which, in TV terms, might be one of the least interesting questions hovering around this latest DC Comics adaptation from producers Greg Berlanti...

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