This 1954 film is another Robert Mitchum movie, but this time he’s cast, initially, more as victim than predator. Though that changes, in time – and before that, in this frontier Western drama, co-star Marilyn Monroe gets to display her talents as a saloon singer, before winding up with Mitchum in the wild open spaces.

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THE VOICE By David Bianculli

Tonight’s show features the last of the battle rounds. After this, the judges will have their final teams assembled, and, from that point on, all contests, and conflicts, will be directed outward. For the judges, of course, it’s been that way all along – except for the Blake Shelton-Adam Levine Mutual Admiration Society. And, in its own way, for the Christina Aguilera-Christina Aguilera Mutual Admiration Society as well.

2012

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ALCATRAZ By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: For tonight's two-hour season finale, this series is pulling out all the stops – or, at least, most of the tricks, including cinematic homage and blatant product placement. Both of those, in fact, are combined in the same stunt tonight, as the show takes advantage of its San Francisco setting to recreate – at least in spirit, and only partially – the famous car chase scene from Steve McQueen’s classic Bullitt movie from 1968 (seen at left below). This time

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THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Shailene Woodley didn’t win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work opposite George Clooney in The Descendants – but she does get to return, once again, to star in a new season of this ABC Family series. Yes, she deserves better than this. But tune in to see, even with this material, just how good this young actress can be.

2012

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SMASH By David Bianculli

Mutiny is stirring in several directions, which threatens to have the Marilyn Monroe musical being overhauled as it’s being workshopped – with a potential new star (is it the turn for Katharine McPhee’s Karen to step into the spotlight, at last?), as well as a potential new set of producers. Strap in your seat belts – it’s going to be a bumpy flight.

2012

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DARLING By David Bianculli

Julie Christie wowed everybody in 1965, starring in this film romance as the embodiment of the swinging Sixties British bird. And truth be told, she’s been wowing a lot of us ever since – but here, just before Dr. Zhivago and Fahrenheit 451, is where she really took off.

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VEEP By Diane Werts

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the vice president of the United States? Stranger things have happened. (Maybe.) Here's a peek at her new comedy "Veep", premiering April 22 on HBO. - DW

2012

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'SMASH' IS NO 'GLEE' -- AND THAT'S A GOOD THING By Jane Boursaw

When I first heard about Smash, the NBC drama that goes behind the scenes of a fictional Broadway musical, I figured it would be a lot like Glee. But it's not like Glee at all. In fact, it couldn't be any less like Glee if it tried...

2012

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'MAD MEN' IN ENGLAND: ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SKY, AND WHY TO BE 'MAD AS HELL' AT RUPERT MURDOCH By Kim Akass

TV WORTH WATCHING guest columnist Kim Akass takes the occasion of the Season 5 premiere of AMC's Mad Men in the States, and its impending premiere Tuesday on Great Britain's Sky satellite network, to explain why she's mad as hell...

2012

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2012 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

Today’s doubleheader is a battle of the big boys, in more ways than one. In the first game, from the South bracket, No. 1 seed Kentucky (at left) faces No. 3 seed Baylor. In the second game, from the Midwest bracket, it’s another No. 1 seed, North Carolina, playing No. 2 seed Kansas. And when that second game is over, we’ll have this year’s Final 4 – Finally.

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