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2012
Apr
12
 
 
This is one of the newer movies in the TCM vault – and it’s more than 30 years old. Made in 1981, it’s the original article, starring Dudley Moore as a lovable drunk, and Liza Minnelli as the woman who sticks with him, in a comedy that, today, is all sorts of politically incorrect. But, also, all sorts of funny. John Gielgud co-stars.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
12
 
 
How long did it take this new series to get around to a “D.C. Madam” plot? Episode two. That’s not Scandal-ous, necessary – but it does reek of desperation. I guess, though, if you’re going to give this show a second chance, tonight’s the night. Kerry Washington stars.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
11
 
 
After a brief hibernation, this comedy returns with a new episode – one that puts the Heck family in church, and has Frankie (Patricia Heaton), especially, asking what the Heck they’re doing there.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
11
 
 
In this new episode, Claire (Julie Bowen) finds out whether all her obsessive planning and campaigning has paid off. It’s Election Day for the local town council, and this particular installment has an impressive behind-the-scenes ringleader. Directing tonight’s show is Bryan Cranston, the star of AMC’s Breaking Bad – who knows a lot about sitcoms, having starred for years as the hapless dad in Malcolm in the Middle.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
11
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This new sitcom comes on a little strong, just like its central, titular character: a fierce, seemingly remorseless force of nature named Chloe, who becomes the loose-cannon dominant member of an Odd Couple duo of mismatched roommates. (Dreama Walker plays June, her bubbly, resilient counterpart.) But it has two secret weapons that make it worth watching, to see if and how it develops in future weeks. One is Krysten Ritter, recently seen as Jesse’s ill-fated girlfriend on
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
11
 
 
At 8 p.m. ET, TCM presents Peter O’Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival, a recap of last year’s appearance by, and interview with, the veteran actor. An hour later, the network presents one of O’Toole’s very best films: This 1968 costume drama, in which he stars as Henry II opposite Katharine Hepburn.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
11
 
 
This Sunday, HBO premieres its newest comedy, Girls, which is written and directed by its young star, Lena Dunham, who’s 25. Tonight, meet the real Dunham, and compare her to the role she’s written for herself in one of TV’s best and freshest new sitcoms.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
11
 
 
Sometimes, despite the national mania about overly protective Spoiler Alerts, a TV show comes along that's too good not to talk about the next day...so stop reading now if you want to remain ignorant of its contents...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
10
 
 
SERIES RETURN: After a winter hibernation, this series returns with an episode that follows up on the show’s lingering cliffhanger. Quinn (Dianna Agron), when last we saw her, was involved in a serious car accident – which occurred when she was texting while driving. Tonight, we find out her fate, in an episode that also features guest star Matt Bomer, from USA’s White Collar, as Blaine’s older brother.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
10
 
 
Released in 1973, this rarely televised documentary was written and directed by Orson Welles, who hones in on two famous fakers: art forger Elmyr de Hory, and de Hory’s biographer, Clifford Irving, who also concocted a famous forgery of his own – a false autobiography of Howard Hughes. And while probing these two celebrated cases, Welles also admits to some fakery of his own, including, of course, his infamous radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, which had hostile