Showtime’s ‘Fourth Estate,’ HBO’s ‘The Tale,’ Finales of ‘Killing Eve’ and ‘Good Fight’
A selective critical checklist of notable weekend TV:
The Fourth Estate (Sunday, 8/7c, Showtime): A fascinating docu-series from filmmaker Liz Garbus takes a fly-on-the-wall approach to observing investigative reporters and editors of The New York Times as they cover a new and unusually combative presidency. Watch as real news (not “fake”) gets made, following every twist and tweet.
The Tale (Saturday, 10/9c, HBO): A deeply personal exorcism of repressed trauma, this stark movie is writer-director Jennifer Fox’s brave dramatization of her own story. Laura Dern stars as the adult Jennifer, whose discovery of a short story written when she was 13 (Isabelle Nélisse) triggers buried memories of abuse by a respected coach (Jason Ritter, playing against type).
Killing Eve (8/7c, BBC America): The thrillingly entertaining spy drama finishes its freshman run with another confrontation between MI6 agent Eve (Sandra Oh) and the increasingly desperate international assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer). The episode is titled “God, I’m Tired,” though fans are anything but — and we can’t wait for the second season.
The Good Fight (streaming on CBS All Access): The second season of the brilliant Good Wife spinoff ends with Diane’s (Christine Baranski) world rocked yet again when the FBI questions her as part of a background check on her husband, Kurt (Gary Cole). In the bigger picture, Chicago’s mayor consults Adrian (Delroy Lindo) and Julius (Michael Boatman) about the city’s “Kill All Lawyers” epidemic.
Inside Weekend TV: PBS’s annual National Memorial Day Concert (Sunday, 8/7c, check local listings at pbs.org) marks the holiday’s 150th anniversary. Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise host, with performers and readers including West Wing veterans Allison Janney and Mary McCormack, plus Graham Greene, Nashville’s Charles Esten and Smash’s Megan Hilty… Animal Planet kicks off its latest “Monster Week” with the 100th episode of Finding Bigfoot (Sunday, 8/7c)… Her notoriety rising since her controversial set at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Michelle Wolf gets a weekly comedy platform on Netflix with a topical variety/sketch show, The Break with Michelle Wolf (streaming Sunday).
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With all the season (and series) finales...I'm looking for new shows to try...
Does anyone here watch Naked and Afraid XL (Discovery)…
It seems to resemble Survivor...without the million $'s...(and without the clothes)...
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Watched just one episode, meh, not my cup o'tea.
Have you watched the new "Lost in Space"? I was surprised how much I liked it, great cast and excellent special effects, a fun ride.
If you can stand another great visually stunning series I would recommend (if you haven't watch it already) "Hannibal" it had 3 great seasons, a revival with the same cast is in the talking stages.
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jless...right now...I'm spending my TV $'s on Verizon Fios (and its "million" channels)...plus its 5 Premium channels...
There's SO MUCH to watch...I really haven't had time to venture out to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu etc....(although I DO realize that they all DO carry some QUITE unique shows)…
I DID enjoy Hannibal (on NBC?)...if there's ever a revival...I WILL be there...
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Will DEFINITELY DVR the Killing Eve finale tonight...
"The network has renewed the Sandra Oh crime drama for a second season. The early response to Killing Eve has been incredible — for that reason, as well as the fact that we wholeheartedly love this original, funny, thrillingly entertaining series, we are delighted to move ahead with a second season."
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Yes! Thanks for people here talking about this series I took a look and loved the quirkiness of this series. Sandra Oh is excellent.
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With nothing for me this Memorial Day weekend, I'll just say what I liked about last week's "SNL" season finale: The Cold Open with Trump and his staff at that diner paroding "The Soprano"s finale with that blackout end, Tina's monologue doing a Q & A with celebs in the audience ending with former "SNL/30 Rock" co-star Tracy Morgan going on stage to wish Ms. Fey a Happy Birthday which was the day before (She's 48 by the way, not 60!), that "reception" of Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding, Sarah Palin and Trump's "staff" (with John Goodman playing the fired Rex Tillerson) singing "What We Did for Trump", and Keenan Thompson playing Bishop Michael Curry on "Weekend Update" after that Chicago preacher spoke about love earlier in the day at that wedding. That's all I'll comment on...
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It was a much better show than they've been having...maybe the best of the season.
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I want to know why Tony's comment was marked for moderation. I can't see anything wrong with it.
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Yeah, I couldn't either after reading it over and over...
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For me it's Ransom tonight, and reruns of other stuff. Sunday I think there are two episodes of Instinct.
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Yes, there are 2 of them.
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I think the finales of Killing Eve and Trust are about the only things on Sunday that I watch. Tonight's 20/20 about digital addiction sounds interesting.
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I'm surprised there isn't a mention about the season finale of Trust. I think this show was initially recommended by Matt. I'm guessing he is too far behind or dropped it.
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His initial recommendation was based on the first 3 episodes (which may have been all he was given as an advance preview). Maybe he feels like we do that it got a little long and drawn out after that. Or maybe he lost interest and didn't watch all the remaining episodes.
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It's like when I got a new car and couldn't hear it running in traffic. A couple of times, I thought the car had stalled out at a stoplight and tried to start it when it was already running.
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I wish mine booted up in seconds. It didn't even do that when it was new!
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