Big holiday weekend! You like classic Christmas episodes? You get TV Land's "Merrython," plus Spike's stackup of "Married With Children." You like new Christmas episodes?...

2010

Dec

WEIRD & WILD: MEXICAN SANTA AND VIDEO GAMES By Diane Werts

Not everybody's list of film credits includes both the family fun of Santa Claus and the adult exploitation of "Shanty Tramp," plus the unmistakable oeuvre of masked Mexican wrestler/superhero Santo. But one man's does...

2010

Dec

DO 'THE SIMPSONS' BLUSH? AND, IF SO, WHAT COLOR? By David Bianculli

I've watched The Simpsons with delight, and with rather dedicated regularity, ever since they first popped up on Fox's The Tracey Ullman Show 23 years ago. And though I'm merely noting, not complaining, last Sunday's Christmas special ended with what I consider the naughtiest joke in the lengthy history of Matt Groening's cartoon clan. And yes, it involved the week's special "human" guest star, Katy Perry...

2010

Dec

COUNTRY MUSIC GOOD...AWARDS NOTHING SPECIAL By Eric Gould

At a glance, country music artists can get awarded for pretty much anything by anybody, in categories of such graying distinction as Top Vocalist vs. Top Entertainer. (Isn't the Top Vocalist pretty much the most entertaining??) And the shows seem to be spawning. Case in point: Fox's new American Country Awards special, tonight (Monday) at 8 p.m. ET...

2010

Dec

'MEN' CERTAINLY AGES WELL By Ed Bark

TNT's best-ever drama series -- the show that defies all conventional wisdom about what should work on TV -- finds its way to Season 2 Monday night. Amazingly, Men of a Certain Age (10 p.m. ET) has nothing to do with fatalities, legalities or life-saving medical procedures. Its three middle-aged central characters...

2010

Dec

Q: WHAT DO "DEXTER" AND "WALKING DEAD," AND WIGWAMS AND TEPEES, HAVE IN COMMON? A: THEY'RE TOO TENSE... By David Bianculli

Don't worry, I'm not revealing ANY secrets about this Sunday's installments of Showtime's Dexter or (the season finale of) AMC's "The Walking Dead". But what I AM revealing -- what I marvel at -- is how incredibly, impressively tense these two shows make me as I watch...

2010

Dec

WHAT TV SHOWS ON DVD WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO GIVE, OR GET, FOR THE HOLIDAYS -- BUT CAN'T? By Tom Brinkmoeller

Were there a logical answer to the following, finding lasting world peace wouldn't be far behind: Why are there three seasons of Keeping up with the Kardashians available for sale on DVD, but none for Brooklyn Bridge, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, The Wonder Years and Ed -- and only partial video releases of Newhart, St. Elsewhere and The Paper Chase? Now is the season of, among other things, give and get. Great news for people who want to drink endlessly from the well of Kardashian w

2010

Dec

BARBARA WALTERS EMBRACES THE BIG O -- IN PRIME TIME By Ed Bark

Barbara Walters and ABC's prime-time domain aren't quite done with one another. She's given up her yearly pre-Oscar specials, but hasn't yet relinquished her clout when it comes to big-time hobnobbing. So here comes ABC's "One Night, One Big Event" -- namely back-to-back Dec. 9th Babs specials in which she first spends an hour with Oprah Winfrey and then presents her 18th 10 Most Fascinating People of the year extravaganza...

2010

Dec

"WHO" CARES? I DO: MISSING CRAIG FERGUSON "DOCTOR WHO" MUSICAL NUMBER FINALLY SURFACES By David Bianculli

In previous recent posts, we detailed the last-minute pulling of a musical cold open for a Doctor Who-themed installment of CBS's "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", and how angry he was to have rehearsed the production number for two days, and written special lyrics to the instrumental Doctor Who theme, only to have CBS yank the bit because music rights hadn't been secured.

2010

Dec

HEY, LOOK! OUR CONTRIBUTORS REACT TO CBS'S MORNING SHIFT AND LESLIE NIELSEN'S DEATH -- TODAY ON "FRESH AIR," I TALK MARK TWAIN By David Bianculli

I'm very, very proud to point out what's going on around here. Our TV WORTH WATCHING contributors are on top of breaking news. Tom Brinkmoeller, in his latest "RAISED ON MTM" column, puts the latest scheduled CBS morning-show shift in a context that's both impressive and depressing. Bill Brioux, in his latest "TV FEEDS MY FAMILY" report, salutes Leslie Nielsen, who died Sunday, and recounts his memorable interviews with the playful actor.

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