David Bianculli

Documentary producer and director Ken Burns came to prominence 35 years ago with The Civil War, a massively popular multi-part nonfiction series on PBS. His latest effort is a six-part series called The American Revolution.

"Death By Lightning," the new four-part miniseries now streaming on Netflix, stars Michael Shannon from "Boardwalk Empire" as President James Garfield and Matthew Macfadyen from "Succession" as Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

Vince Gilligan's new TV series begins with scientists monitoring a radio telescope and discovering something new. What follows is a unpredictable show that takes on some of life's biggest questions.