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2020
Dec
26
 
 
SNL is taking a well-deserved break for a while… so tonight, instead of a fresh episode, we see a rerun of last fall’s episode hosted by Adele. Back when we were pre-pandemic, and cast members could touch each other freely in front of a packed studio audience.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
26
 
 
On this day in 1997, Jerry Seinfeld announced the end of his hit NBC comedy series, Seinfeld...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
25
 
 
On this day in 1981, Chuck Woolery made his final appearance as host of The Wheel of Fortune...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
25
 
 
Frankly, many fans of British period romance have been a little concerned over the fact that Bridgerton, is being produced by Shonda Rhimes. That's not criticism of Rhimes so much as concern that this might not be a match...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
25
 
 
MOVIE PREMIERE: There’s not a lot of star power to this new Wonder Woman sequel, which premieres today in a few very selected theaters and on HBO Max. Aside from leading lady Gal Gadot and her male co-star Chris Pine, both of whom have attained stardom in genre blockbuster franchises (he as James Kirk in the Star Trek reboot), the biggest celebrity in this outing is former Saturday Night Live player Kristen Wiig, who plays the put-upon woman who eventually mor
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
25
 
 
MOVIE PREMIERE: And speaking of Disney+, here’s that streaming service’s newest animated movie release from its Pixar arm. And like Wonder Woman 1984, it’s a film that once would have been a major holiday release in theaters – but now is coming to a living room very, very near you. And I suspect there’s no getting this particular toothpaste back into the tube. Home movie premieres are here to stay. And this premiere is about a musician who’s in dange
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
25
 
 
It’s easy to forget that Die Hard is a Christmas movie. But it is – and, as such, this 1988 action movie is a wildly appropriate, as well as exciting, action movie to watch tonight. Especially on. HBO, without any edits or interruptions. Yippie-ki-yay…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
25
 
 
On Christmas night? Sure. I do believe this is one movie you can’t see too many times – which means it’s one movie I can’t recommend too many times. So here I go again.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
25
 
 
This special new Christmas episode of The Graham Norton Show features George Clooney and Viola Davis, who are appearing via a safe distance and being piped in safely electronically. But so are their respective new movies: Clooney in The Midnight Sky and Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, both of which premiered within the past week on Netflix.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
24
 
 
NBC traditionally shows this 1946 Frank Capra film on Christmas Eve now, exercising its semi-exclusive access to the heartstrings-tugging movie by televising it on the most appropriate possible moment, the night before Christmas. What happens to Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life is worth watching at any time, but on this night more than most –  especially after this year, when neighborly and financial concerns, and how we treat and help and respect one anothe