The old It’s a Wonderful Life approach is taken in Haven this week, as Audrey experiences an alternate reality in which the town of Haven is not, and never has been, haunted by The Troubles. So what’s the trouble with that? Well, for one thing, almost no one remembers Audrey.

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VINCE GILLIGAN VISITS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOR 'BREAKING BAD' POST-MORTEM By Gabriela Tamariz

Our University of Florida grad-school journalist TVWW correspondent enjoys a campus visit from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, and watches as her professor and peers pepper him with post-finale questions...

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THE SIXTIES: THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK (1963) By David Bianculli

Next year, CNN will present a new 10-part documentary series called The Sixties, executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (whose joint credits in this regard include the miniseries John Adams and The Pacific for HBO), and Mark Herzog. But as a sneak preview of sorts, CNN and The Sixties are previewing one entry in the series tonight, keyed to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Full disclosure: I’ve been interviewed on camera for one of the series’ subsequen

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THE RETURNED By David Bianculli

Part 3. Okay. Now this series really gets creepy. Camille (Yara Pilartz) decides to adopt a new persona – the old “visiting cousin” trick – in order to explain her prolonged appearance in town. It also gives her an excuse to hone in on her old, and now older, boyfriend, to see if she can rekindle his interest. For this genre, it’s a new twist, and a fascinating one.

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THE CRAZY ONES By David Bianculli

This sitcom, though the most popular new comedy of the fall season, has yet to find its sea legs – and that will remain true, at least until something in the program itself is as funny as the closing-credits outtakes. Perhaps tonight, the show will turn that corner: the guest star is Brad Garrett, and it certainly should help, allowing Robin Williams to play opposite someone of Garrett’s stature – comic and otherwise.

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ZIEGFELD FOLLIES By David Bianculli

This 1945 movie has a truly oddball premise: the great showman Flo Ziegfeld (played by William Powell) looks down from heaven, thinking about the good old days, when he imagines what it would be like to mount one more amazing theatrical review. And we see what he’s thinking, as one star after another steps up to show off: Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, Gene Kelly, Esther Williams, Lena Horne, and so on. And watch for Lucille Ball, six years before I Love Lucy, all glammed up as t

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PARENTHOOD By David Bianculli

The political campaign heats up even more tonight, as Kristina (Monica Potter), flush from success at a recent town meeting, gets smeared by her suddenly defensive opponent, and decides whether to fight fire with fire. Or, at least, mud with mud.

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ONE TO WATCH: 'THE DAY KENNEDY DIED' By Ed Bark

At this point, JFK assassination programming is pouring out faster than those chocolates on that old I Love Lucy conveyor belt – but this documentary brings it all home anew, in ways that are both affecting and highly effective...

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'THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR' IS COMING By Al Mannarino

John Hurt, Matt Smith and David tenant all star as Doctor in the upcoming Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special, The Day of the Doctor, premiering November 23 on BBC America...

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Nov

THE ASSASSINATION, LIVE IN THE AFTERNOON By Eric Gould

George Clooney knows a little something about the power of television news, having directed, co-written and co-starred in the 2005 Edward R. Murrow salute Good Night and Good Luck. Now he lends his voice as the narrator of a documentary on Walter Cronkite's live broadcast on November 22, 1963...

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