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Friday, May 31

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KATHRYN FLETT'S My TV week: Four Robert Downeys? I'm hooked!

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UK writer Kathryn Flett reviews The Sympathizer, a new Sky show based on a Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Eric, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is equally unmissable.

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The Great Lillian Hall review – Jessica Lange captivates in Broadway-set drama

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The actor gives an astonishing, awards-worthy performance as a stage star with dementia in a slight yet powerful TV movie

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Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 TV Review

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Jeremy Renner returns for his first role since his traumatic accident in Taylor Sheridan's crime drama.

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Blu-ray Review: We Go On (Remastered – Special Edition)

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Is there any way for us to know what happens after we die? Do we go to Heaven? Are we reincarnated? Do our souls enter the cosmos? Do we become spirits that haunt houses eagerly awaiting a psychic crew from a Travel Channel show to put us…

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Samsung QN900D Neo QLED 8K TV review

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Samsung's most advanced television yet delivers stunning AI-enhanced images, exceptional brightness, improved contrast and unrivaled design.

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Baby Reindeer's stalker is back - and now she thinks she's an ace detective... CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Outlaws on TV last night

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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Despite a tight budget, Stephen Merchant's crime caper The Outlaws has welcomed back its A-list superstar - Jessica Gunning.

Thursday, May 30

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We Are Lady Parts series two review – brilliant punk TV that’ll leave you in tears

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It’s brimming with confidence, bursting with enthusiasm and totally anarchic. What other show could go from quoting Marxist Pakistani poets to covering nu-metallers Hoobastank?

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Roku Pro Series 4K QLED review: A colorful display with our favorite smart TV interface

Roku's Pro Series can't quite match the image quality of top rivals, but its simple interface and rechargeable remote give it an edge in ease of use.

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‘Couples Therapy’ review: The least cynical reality show on TV. This time there’s a throuple.

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Season 4 as absorbing as ever, not because of the couples but because of the show’s therapist.

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Hisense U8N Mini-LED TV review

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Hisense continues to knock it out of the park with the 3,000-plus-nit U8N Mini-LED

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Benedict Cumberbatch’s Disturbing but Poignant ‘Eric’ Is About Much More Than a Missing Boy: TV Review

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In Netflix’s limited series “Eric,” from screenwriter Abi Morgan (“Shame,” “The Hour”), famed puppeteer Vincent Anderson (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his wife, Cassie (Gaby Hoffmann), are forced to grapple with what-ifs when their 9-year-old…

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'Fantasmas' review: Surreal Julio Torres comedy is like nothing else on TV

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Julio Torres's "Fantasmas" is a wholly original collection of vignettes tied together by a quest for a golden oyster earring.

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Platée review – from fever dream to farrago as Rameau meets reality TV

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Garsington Opera, Wormsley, Buckinghamshire The Only Way is Ancient Rome in this retelling of Rameau’s 1745 opera with Samuel Boden captivating in the title role

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LG QNED 90 T Review: Good Picture at the Cost of an Annoying UI

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If it’s unclear by now, TV makers are trying to sell you on mini-LED. What about OLED? Well, it sure is nice. LG has its own G3 model, which we consider one of the best TVs you can buy right now. But those are expensive, both to make them…

The 'Star Trek: Discovery' series finale is a mixed bag (review)

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The "Star Trek: Discovery" finale seems to serve chiefly as a launch vehicle for the forthcoming Section 31 TV movie and Starfleet Academy series — and then there's all the other stuff.

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Pathetic and shallow, Romesh failed to challenge Ugandans on their views... CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV

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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: You think Bank Holiday traffic in Britain is bad? Don't visit Kampala, capital of Uganda, where the city's four million residents treat commuting as a blood sport.

Wednesday, May 29

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TV Q&A: Where has Jeff Verszyla been?

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Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review.

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Camden review – Dua Lipa’s TV show is less informative than a five-minute Google

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Strap in for three hours of annoyingly vague celeb analyses of the London musical hotspot’s cultural significance – featuring no punks and almost no history. It’s downright cringeworthy

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Robson Green's no Bear Grylls... he's terrified of creepy crawlies! CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV

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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Robson Green has a burning question. 'I've always wondered, if I was lost in the jungle, genuinely stranded, would I have what it takes to survive?'