Twenty years after the unbelievable events at Lillehammer made the 2004 women’s ice skating arena the hottest media story on the planet, NBC’s Mary Carillo returns to the story, and leading participants Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, to put things in a still-wild perspective. Kerrigan was attacked prior to competing, and her knee hit with a blunt instrument, by people sympathetic to her on-ice rival, Harding. What a story, then and now.

2014

Feb

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: "DOWNTON ABBEY" By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Make room on your schedule, and your recorders, for this one. It’s the Season 4 finale of Downton Abbey, it’s twice the usual length, and it features a return appearance by Shirley MacLaine and a first-time, fabulous appearance by Paul Giamatti as another visiting American relative. Check local listings.

2014

Feb

THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli

Letting Rick and all the survivors loose on their various respective paths has made for an especially unsettling season start for The Walking Dead – though not an unsatisfactory one, as their paths slowly begin to cross. Some of them, at least.

2014

Feb

TRUE DETECTIVE By David Bianculli

How much more intrigue can you stand on this series? Tonight, we learn what really caused the split between Martin and Rust (Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey), and delve deeply into yet another time line to do so.

2014

Feb

"SEE I AM WONDER MIKE…" AND BRIAN AND LESTER By Linda Donovan

The Sugarhill Gang may have added those last two names to their famous “Rappers Delight” lyrics if they’d been able to see what Tonight Show viewers witnessed this past week.

2014

Feb

NBC'S 'ABOUT A BOY' IS ONE TO GROW ON By Ed Bark

C’mon viewers, go for it. There are promising signs that About a Boy will grow on you and only get better...

2014

Feb

THE XXII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES By David Bianculli

The U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team, having lost its semifinal game yesterday to Canada, plays today against Finland, the losing team in the other semifinal. This is no mere consolation match: the winner of U.S. vs. Finland returns home with a bronze medal in men’s hockey. And while the game will be a featured element in tonight’s tape-delayed prime-time package on NBC, fans can watch it live, beginning at 10 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Other events day include snowboarding, alpine skiing

2014

Feb

THE RED SHOES By David Bianculli

Inspired by a Hans Cristian Andersen fairy tale (take that, Film Aesthetics students!), this 1948 film, directed by Michael Powell and co-directed by Emeric Pressburger, who also wrote the screenplay, is one of the classic dance films. Anton Walbrook plays Boris, an authoritarian stager of ballets who turns his most talented protégés into stars – but at a price. Moira Shearer stars as Victoria, his latest find, whose embrace, then rejection, of her mentor’s attentions p

2014

Feb

RIPPER STREET By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Following in the trail blazed by Tom Fontana’s Copper, this BBC America import is a period detective drama, set in East London in 1889, just after the Jack the Ripper murders. Matthew Macfayden stars as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, a tough guy who speaks softly but carries a heavy billy club. Season 2’s opening installment is solid but not stunning, but Ripper Street earns points for its historical research and plots. Watch out for a recurring character who will

2014

Feb

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli

Oh, here’s one to watch for sure. Bill Murray, Matt Damon and Hugh Bonneville are the guests on this freewheeling U.K. talk show, all to promote their new movie Monuments Men – though Bonneville, in England as in the U.S., is better known for starring as Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, on TV’s Downton Abbey. And tonight, while they all share the same couch, so does the week’s musical guest, the eccentrically dressed Paloma Faith.

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