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Jim Carrey’s Biden impression is a below-average Joe

It’s a misguided choice that makes me think more about Carrey and his style than about Biden while I’m watching.

‘The West Wing’ cast reunites again, this time for a book

The stars of “The West Wing” are once again joining together, this time for a book about the award-winning White House television drama.

John Oliver recaps last week’s SCOTUS hearings and town halls — and actually visits Danbury, Connecticut

The “Last Week Tonight” host focused a new episode on the World Health Organization in light of President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the agency amid a global pandemic.

This week’s TV: Network shows return, Nicole Kidman’s new crime drama, and the final debate

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV.

From dueling town halls to President Trump’s rallies, SNL skewers American politics
Saturday Night Live typically takes a no-holds-barred approach when satirizing the American political scene — and last night’s episode was no different.

TELEVISION
Expect golden moments in 50th-anniversary season of ‘Masterpiece’
The lineup is promising, as reported in an exclusive by Variety. The winter shows include “Elizabeth Is Missing,” “All Creatures Great and Small,” “Miss Scarlet and the Duke,” and “The Long Song.”

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11 TV shows to check out before the end of the year

New series include another HBO rich-people crime drama, a Stephen King pandemic nightmare, and a star-studded adaptation of “Between the World and Me."

‘Dexter’ is getting another shot on Showtime

The network is bringing back the show for a 10-episode season next fall, which may give it a chance to revisit the 2013 finale that was so unsatisfying.

To see David Byrne’s uplifting 'American Utopia’ is to believe

The film is a celebration of Byrne’s music at this dire moment in time, performed brilliantly and punctuated by his concise anecdotes, asides, and philosophical comments.

TELEVISION

Trump and Biden to go head-to-head, on separate networks

Biden agreed to do a town hall in Philadelphia with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos, which will air Thursday at 8 p.m. on ABC. And now Trump is going to do a town hall on the same night, at the same time, on NBC with Savannah Guthrie.

TELEVISION

‘Shameless’ to close out with COVID-19 story line

Showtime has just announced that the final season will premiere on Sunday, Dec. 6.

What the Constitution means to women

Heidi Schreck’s acclaimed Broadway play arrives on Amazon Prime with its power largely intact.

Elizabeth Warren rates President Trump’s COVID-19 response, reacts to Supreme Court nomination hearings

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night and offered her take on Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, and President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

COMFORT ZONE

‘SNL’ the same as it ever was

Viewers have been complaining about the show’s decline almost since it premiered in 1975. But it’s always been uneven.