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2018
Jan
13
 
 
It’s good to be the Queen. At least it was, if only for a fleeting moment...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
13
 
 
If Queen Victoria were alive today, Donald Trump might not be the only world leader venting on social media...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
13
 
 
The Philadelphia Eagles looked to be cruising to a Super Bowl berth this year, with the best record in franchise history and with quarterback Carson Wentz making it look easy. But then he was injured last month, and replaced by backup QB Nick Foles, who has been uneven at best – and has prompted most observers to give the Atlanta Falcons the edge in today’s divisional NFC playoff. If the Eagles will prevail, it’s likely to be on the ground, not in the air, which means this year
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
13
 
 
The Breaking Bad 10-year celebratory marathon continues this weekend, and today, we’re up to Season 3, Episode 12. That’s the episode called “Half Measures,” a pivotal installment in the behavior and motivations, of both Bryan Cranston’s Walter White and Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman. And it’s an episode that makes room for some colorful small supporting characters, such as Hooker Wendy (pictured) and Mike the Cleaner, and also some major supporting players
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
13
 
 
For today’s AFC divisional playoff, it’s the Tennessee Titans vs. the New England Patriots. But face it – it’s Patriots QB Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick, against the world as usual. And, as usual, liking their odds.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
13
 
 
The first new Saturday Night Live of 2018 feature a first-time host, and a first-time musical guest. The host is Sam Rockwell (pictured), one of the stars of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The musical guest: Halsey. And there's certain to be a cold open involving politics, which is understating the obvious.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
12
 
 
Watching David Letterman interview Barack Obama becomes a fine hour of television precisely for the reasons you might not expect...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
12
 
 
The late Ruth Brown, doubtless not alone among artists, used to say that if it were all the same to everyone else, she’d prefer to get the roses while she was still around to smell them...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
12
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This new Netflix talk show brings David Letterman back to television – and to non-broadcast TV, in a regular series, for the first time, after sitting behind a desk at NBC and CBS starting in 1980. For this new series, there’s no desk. There’s also no band, though Paul Shaffer wrote the theme music – and there is an audience, courtesy of the City College in New York. The idea is to present one hour-long talk show per month for six months, starting with to
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Jan
12
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This new anthology series is along the lines of Black Mirror, but because all stories are inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick, the original author should get credit for getting there first. Dick, after all, is the writer whose stories led to the movies Blade Runner and Total Recall, and the recent Amazon series The Man in the High Castle. This new series is part Twilight Zone, part Outer Limits – and, like Black Mirror, is best when it stresses both character and techn