A lot’s going on tonight, in and out of the music studio and on and off the campaign trail – but the story line that grabs me the most is the one involving Ray Romano as Hank, whose honesty continually throws yet intrigues those who come in contact with him. Recently, it was Monica Potter as Kristina, getting advice about her son’s photography hobby – and tonight, it’s the latest round with Lauren Graham’s Sarah, who seems poised to give their romantic relatio

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A SERIOUS AND SERIOUSLY FUNNY ‘JIBBER JABBER’ WITH MEL BROOKS By Gabriela Tamariz

Conan O’Brien sits down with Mel Brooks for an in-depth and sometimes hilarious conversation on Serious Jibber Jabber, his online talk show...

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THE 47TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS By David Bianculli

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood host again, for the sixth time, in this annual awards show that’s heavy on the performances, and on sharing the stage with fellow artists. So Taylor Swift, Alison Krauss and Vince Gill all sing… and not necessarily by themselves.

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THE KILLERS By David Bianculli

It’s Burt Lancaster month on TCM, which means Wednesday nights will be filled with his movies – starting tonight at 8 p.m. ET with his impressive feature-film debut, in this moody 1946 thriller, based on the Ernest Hemingway story and co-starring Ava Gardner.

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AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN By David Bianculli

Jessica Lange is dressed in black for this episode’s funeral service. That’s not unusual – but the service itself certainly is, even among the creepy shenanigans common to this series, which, so far, is having a very good year.

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FROM HERE TO ETERNITY By David Bianculli

Another part of this month’s TCM salute to Burt Lancaster, this 1953 film featured Lancaster in an iconic cinematic clinch: on the beach with Deborah Kerr, having an illicit affair between an Army sergeant and the wife of a superior officer as the waves lap around them. And in other scenes, Donna Reed and Montgomery Clift co-star, and Frank Sinatra makes a mid-career comeback by playing Maggio.

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A CLOCKWORK ORANGE By David Bianculli

“Food all right? Try the wine!” Patrick Magee, as the victim turned avenger in this 1971 Stanley Kubrick masterwork, asks this of Malcolm McDowell’s Alex, who, at that point in his unforgettable journey, has made a drastic turnabout of his own. Alex fears the old man is trying to drug or poison him with the wine, and it’s a great scene. But A Clockwork Orange is one great scene after another, and is one of my favorite films of all time. Viddy well, my brothers.

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'AMERICAN MASTERS' TAKES PRIVILEGED LOOK AT JIMI HENDRIX By Gabriela Tamariz

“Hear My Train A Comin’” ... is a feature-length PBS American Masters documentary that chronicles the life and times of guitar genius Jimi Hendrix, and is a privileged look into the introverted guitarist’s life...

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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE By David Bianculli

TCM is celebrating Vivien Leigh’s birthday today by presenting two of her best and most iconic roles, and films, in a lengthy prime-time double bill. First up: Elia Kazan’s big-screen version of Tennessee Williams’ sexy, swampy, atmospheric masterpiece, starring Marlon Brando in an era-changing performance as Stanley Kowalski, and Leigh as Blanche DuBois, one of the two women who drive Stanley to fits of screaming. (The other, of course, is Kim Hunter as STELLA!!!)

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PROMISED LAND By David Bianculli

This 2012 movie takes two sympathetic, popular screen stars, Matt Damon and Frances McDormand, and casts them in conceivably less likable roles: employees of a giant international energy company, dispatched to a small town to persuade the locals to sign away the mineral rights under their land, and allow the controversial natural gas extraction process known as fracking. But then come the characters on the other side of the issue – specifically, Hal Holbrook as a local high-school science

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