All this month, TCM is showing movies by Peter Bogdanovich on Saturday nights, working through his output in chronological order. Tonight, that means we get two of his broadest comedies, but both worth watching – and both star Ryan O’Neal. At 8 p.m. ET, it’s 1972’s What’s Up, Doc?, co-starring Barbra Streisand. And at 10 p.m. ET, there’s 1973’s Paper Moon, in which O’Neal co-stars with his real-life daughter, Tatum (pictured). T

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THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR By David Bianculli

This week’s ultra-rare rerun of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is particularly well-timed. It’s one of the final installments of the controversial Sixties variety show, and originally aired on Easter Sunday 51 years ago – on April 13, 1969. It was one of the final two shows already taped, but not yet broadcast, when CBS fired the Smothers Brothers in a telegram sent 10 days earlier – and it includes an incendiary and soulful musical set by Ike and Tina Turner

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

After the New York-based national tragedy of 9/11, the return of Saturday Night Live, with a new show performed live almost in defiance of the country’s understandable bleakness, was a profound and necessary TV event. Tonight feels much the same, and again, SNL is rallying to address the moment, the mood, and the country, regarding a horrible event that has impacted all viewers, yet finds its epicenter in New York. This week, executive producer Lorne Michaels made the d

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JANE EYRE By David Bianculli

Every week for a while, England’s National Theatre is excavating TV versions of stage productions and presenting them for free, on its National Theatre at Home YouTube channel. It’s a wonderful service, and unexpected gift, for those of us who are shut in for so long – and that should be all of us. The only trick is, National Theatre at Home swaps out its offerings at midnight Friday, so each free production is available only for seven days. If you didn’t follow, remember

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Apr

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ: 50 YEARS OF MAGIC By David Bianculli

How time flies – at least when you can go outdoors. This documentary was made on the golden anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, still the best family movie of all time. (Number two: The Princess Bride.) And since The Wizard of Oz was released in 1939, that means this celebration, hosted by Angela Lansbury, was first televised in 1989. And that, dear friends, was 31 years ago.

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THE WIZARD OF OZ By David Bianculli

And here’s the movie itself, one of the finest films to share, as a family, under any circumstance. These circumstances especially. And what person, watching today, can fail to relate in a new way to Dorothy’s classic realization: “There’s no place like home”? These days, that’s a government mandate.

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Apr

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Last week, Bill Maher pulled off a (very) remote show, hosting from his back yard. This week, he plans another socially distanced recap of the week’s news. Tonight’s scheduled guests include New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and a formerly prominent politician used to speaking of inconvenient truths: Al Gore.

2020

Apr

MAGGIE SIMPSON IN PLAYDATE WITH DESTINY By David Bianculli

A last-second treat from Matt Groening, the Simpsons gang, and Disney+: This animated short film, which just appeared in theaters as a bonus prefacing the new Pixar full-length animated film Onward, has been added to the Disney+ library, effective today. Enjoy.

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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR By David Bianculli

Jane Eyre isn’t the only filmed production of a British stage production being offered today for a limited time. Today at 2 p.m. ET through Sunday – Easter Sunday, naturally – the newly established YouTube channel The Shows Must Go On!, an Andrew Lloyd Webber giveback to the people during the current pandemic, presents London’s recent West End production of his and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar. Last week, this channel premiered with Joseph a

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Apr

1973: ALISTAIR COOKE'S 'AMERICA' ENDS ITS RUN By TV WW

This day in 1973 marked the final telecast of America: A Personal History of the United States...

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