Fireworks are soooo 20th century. The modern age knows how to really celebrate America's independence -- gut-stuffing up-chucking gluttony! With that most all-American "food product," too...

2009

Jun

DVD ALERT: 'IT'S GARRY SHANDLING'S SHOW' AND 'ALLY MCBEAL' By Diane Werts

Now there's an odd mashup. But they're only together in this alert: Both shows are finally being primed for complete-series DVD release!...

2009

Jun

IN MEMORIAM: FARRAH FAWCETT By Diane Werts

Here's what made Farrah Fawcett a star. The 1976 pilot of ABC's hit Charlie's Angels -- three babes in bikinis solve mysteries -- can be streamed free on Hulu, along with such other classics as the prison episode "Angels in Chains"...

2009

Jun

WEIRD & WILD: PENN & TELLER GO FOR THE THROAT (AND PRIVATE BODY PARTS) By Diane Werts

There's nothing quite like bombastic comedy magic philosopher Penn Jillette screaming about orgasms. Unless it's a self-proclaimed "erotic rock star" on stage warbling about them...

2009

Jun

UPDATED LISTINGS: PROGRAMS ON FARRAH FAWCETT, MICHAEL JACKSON By Diane Werts

We'll collect updates here on TV programs scheduled last-minute after the Thursday deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. Among the specials yet to air...

2009

Jun

LISTEN UP: CLASSIC 'TONIGHT SHOW' PARODY FROM THE CREDIBILITY GAP By Diane Werts

Ed McMahon's second banana work on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show is now a distant memory -- he and Carson left the show in 1992 -- leaving younger viewers to wonder what the big deal was about when the talkfest cohost died this week at age 86...

2009

Jun

WATCH THIS: HUGH LAURIE NAKED! By Diane Werts

Got your attention, eh? The cranky workaholic from House gets to be a blithering husband and dad in the British comedy import Fortysomething, a breathless six weeks of farcical fun...

2009

Jun

FLICK PICKS: OZ NEVER DID GIVE NOTHIN' TO THE TIN MAN By Diane Werts

Here's an interesting juxtaposition: This week, Sci Fi is repeating its 2007 miniseries Tin Man (Wednesday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET, Sci Fi), a modern fantasy reimagining of L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...

2009

Jun

HOT DOCS: 'IRAN AND THE WEST,' PLUS HBO2'S IRAN TRILOGY By Diane Werts

Talk about timely. National Geographic Channel hit the jackpot scheduling tonight's big documentary premiere. Iran and the West arrives with the middle eastern nation still topping the news nearly two weeks after a presidential election that remains the source of fierce dispute and contentious street protest...

2009

Jun

SNEAK PEEK: TRAILER FOR 'THE PACIFIC,' TOM HANKS' FOLLOWUP TO 'BAND OF BROTHERS' By Diane Werts

HBO has just posted the first trailer for The Pacific, its upcoming miniseries companion to its 2001 hit Band of Brothers. The spring 2010 event is from the same production team, led by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg...

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