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Superhero debuts and Larry’s return

Curb Your Enthusiasm, entertainment, The Gifted, tv, Wisdom of the Crowd

Michael Muller/Marvel PROJECTNEXT_146217_0232_v4a.JPG Marvel’s Inhumans Not much was expected of Marvel’s Inhumans (series debut 7 pm, Friday 9/29, ABC), and the two-hour pilot meets that lowered bar. Like ridiculously dressed dollar-store X-Men, Inhumans Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon, Triton, Karnak, Crystal, Maximus and supersized teleporting dog Lockjaw are a royal family of don’t-call-them-mutants who flee the […]

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What to watch Sept. 1–6

American Horror Story: Cult, entertainment, Ozark, The Guest Book, tv

People said I “just have to” watch Ozark (streaming, Netflix), another summer series that got byme because there are too many shows. Ozark must be good, since Netflix renewed it for a second season, right? Blame Netflix’s idiotic, Trumpian “Very Good/ Very Bad” ratings system. The Jason Bateman crime drama (he also directed half the

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What to watch this week

Disjointed, entertainment, Game of Thrones, Party Boat, The Tick, tv

Peter Serafinowicz is The Tick There may be a future version of this column that covers streaming content, and only streaming content, because that’s where we’re headed. (Some of you are already there; the Cord-Cutter Cabal constantly tells me, “But I don’t have regular TV anymore! What about me?”) In this foreseeable future, there will

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What’s new to watch Aug. 18–20

Dice, entertainment, Episodes, Halt and Catch Fire, Marvel’s Defenders, tv

Marvel’s Defenders delivers the goods Marvel’s Defenders Be careful what you whine for: Marvel’s Defenders (series debut Friday, Aug. 18, Netflix) is only eight episodes long, maybe partially in response to complaints that previous Marvel/Netflix series Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist felt stretched thin at 13 apiece. The story that finally brings

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Shows you missed but shouldn’t have

Blood Drive, entertainment, I’m Sorry, Odd Mom Out, Queen of the South, The Jim Jefferies Show, tv, Wynonna Earp

The summer of 2017, like summers of Peak TV before, has been overloaded with buzzy hot-weather series like GLOW, Preacher, Twin Peaks, Rick & Morty, Orphan Black and of course Game of Thrones, to name a few. There weren’t any other below-the-radar shows you need on your catch-up cue once you’ve had enough fun in

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What to watch June 16–20

Netflix, tv

WRECKED Wrecked Now that Netflix is canceling stuff just for the sake of canceling stuff, let’s get on with killing off The Ranch (season premiere Friday, Netflix). This laugh-tracked cowpie’s novelty of reuniting That ‘70s Show stars Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson quickly wore off, leaving just a hacky sitcom with painfully slumming co-stars (Sam

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New to see on summer TV

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After a fall-winter-spring blur of Too Many Shows, you might think things slow down in summer and you can take a break from TV. Sorry. Here are 32 new and returning series you’ll have to watch, because Peak TV knows no season: Matters are dire for the gang on Fear the Walking Dead (Season premiere

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What to watch the week of May 21-22

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Twin Peaks Sunday 8 pm | Showtime TWIN PEAKS David Lynch’s long-awaited revival takes place 25 years later, consists of 18 episodes, features 200 characters, and that’s about all anyone knows. The new Twin Peaks hasn’t been shown to critics, and its creators have been tight-lipped about details other than name-dropping guest stars (Laura Dern,

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What to watch on May 19

entertainment, Netflix, Syfy, tv, TV 12 Monkeys

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Friday | Netflix Season premiere: Where will the perkiest TV character ever created go in Season 3? Now with her post-doomsday-cult-imprisonment GED, Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) is entering higher education: “After high school, most white girls go to college,” explains Kimmy’s landlady, Lillian (Carol Kane). Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt also welcomes back favorite cult

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TV: What to WATCH Feb. 18-21

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Britney Ever After Saturday movie | 7 pm | Lifetime As a musical artist, Britney Spears made a decent pop icon. She barely contributed to the writing of her music, her singing’s mediocre, and her perpetual comebacks are tiresome. But! To a generation of women, Spears is as important as Madonna was a decade prior.

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TV: What to WATCH Feb. 2-6

NBCUniversal NUP_173819_0006.jpg POWERLESS — Pictured: “Powerless” Horizontal Key Art — (Photo by: NBCUniversal) Powerless Debuts Thursday 7:30 pm | NBC This exists somewhere within the DC Comics universe, and originally was a deadpan workplace comedy a la The Office, about an insurance firm that handled cases of civilians affected by superhero-vs.-supervillain battles. Now, it’s about

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TV: What to WATCH the week of Jan. 19-25

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Baskets Thursday 9 pm| FX Season premiere: When Baskets premiered last January, it appeared to be a loony lark, like someone dared Zach Galifianakis to create a comedy bizarre enough to make even FX flinch: Aspiring artiste Chip Baskets (Galifianakis) flunks out of a prestigious French clown academy and returns home to uncultured Bakersfield to

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A harvest fest, a bike race, a one-man band and more this weekend

Committee OKs planning option with Wangard Partners for RiverLife

Riverlife Briq’s in Wausau won’t reopen next year

Musicals, Ben Folds and more events in Wausau this weekend

Work underway on Westside Battery affordable housing site

Skate jam, book festival and more this weekend

Chicago Stylez is providing a soul food option on the UWSP-Wausau campus

Blossom of Lights, food trucks and more this weekend

Police investigating bus crash in Elderon

Artrageous Weekend, Purging Paradise and more this weekend

Multi-jurisdiction chase leads to Grand Avenue crash, arrests

Bluegrass, jazz, architecture, and so much more this weekend

Greenheck Turner facility to host World Horseshoe championship

Here are five Wausau events to check out this weekend

City looking to buy water meters to make sure it’s not losing money

Blues, Buckcherry and more Wausau events this weekend

Lead service line contractor working toward 2024 replacement goals

Andy and Cathy Adrian say their new Adventure Awaits building is suited to CrossFit success

LogJam, August Kickbusch and more Wausau events this weekend

Air combat training will increase air activity in Marathon County

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