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2016
Apr
23
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: “GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE” By David Bianculli
 
 
Here’s an instant special not to miss. Saturday Night Live has replaced tonight’s scheduled repeat with a compilation of appearances by and sketches about Prince, who died Thursday at age 57. Prince first performed on SNL in 1981, and waited 25 years to perform on the show again in 2006. His final appearance was in 2014, where he performed an unbroken, three-song, eight-minute set. All that, and lots of sketches featuring “The Prince Show,” a funny faux talk show with Fre
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Apr
22
SPOILER ALERT: TV'S DEATH TOLL OF MAJOR CHARACTERS SUDDENLY SOARS By David Hinckley
 
 

[Warning: Possible spoilers ahead for numerous series.] Whichever unfortunate character died earlier this month on The Walking Dead, he or she will have a lot of company in television Valhalla...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Apr
22
JUDY GARLAND SALUTE By David Bianculli
 
 
Every Friday this month, TCM is presenting the films of Judy Garland – and tonight’s lineup covers her output from the late 1940s, starting at 8 p.m. ET with 1946’s The Harvey Girls (pictured). Other films shown tonight include two well-known movie musicals from 1948: Easter Parade (at 10 p.m. ET) and The Pirate, co-starring Gene Kelly (midnight ET).
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Apr
22
KEN BURNS' JAZZ By David Bianculli
 
 
Part 6. The celebration of swing continues, and in this episode, which covers the last years of the thirties, swing’s the thing. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Apr
22
20/20: "PRINCE: DEATH OF A LEGEND" By David Bianculli
 
 
Elizabeth Vargas hosts this instant 20/20 biographical special, celebrating the life and music of Prince, the influential musician, composer and performer who died yesterday at age 57. Most of the tributes yesterday and today have taken the same general, reverential tone: “Nothing Compares 2 U.”
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Apr
22
BANSHEE By David Bianculli
 
 
In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Eliza Dushku played another vampire slayer, Faith, who had the swagger, the moves, and the charisma to be a badass version of Buffy. Starting tonight, Dushku begins a recurring role on Banshee, and the word is that her character on this series will be even tougher. Though that’s difficult to believe, so until we tune in tonight, I guess we’ll have to take it on Faith.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Apr
22
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s scheduled guests include journalists Lawrence Wright and Lesley Stahl and political commentator Van Jones.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Apr
21
'KIMMY SCHMIDT' HAS RETURNED WITH NEW ADVENTURES, NEW MINI-DRAMAS By David Hinckley
 
 
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt makes it seem so easy to create an endearing sitcom...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Apr
21
SOME LIKE IT HOT By David Bianculli
 
 
This 1959 movie is considered one of the classic comedies of all time, and with more than a little justification. Jack Lemmon is great, and Tony Curtis surprisingly good, as musicians in Depression-era Chicago hiding from the mob by going undercover as members of an all-girl orchestra. And Marilyn Monroe, as one of the orchestra members who clearly isn’t faking, is tremendous.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Apr
21
THE ODD COUPLE By David Bianculli
 
 
The original movie version of this Neil Simon Broadway comedy hit is shown tonight at 10:15 ET on TCM, so perhaps it’s better to wait for that. Tonight’s CBS sitcom reboot, though, does at least offer a few reasons for watching. Oscar (Matthew Perry) begins dating the young blonde nanny working for a neighbor – and that neighbor, played by Teri Hatcher from Desperate Housewives, has no problem ridiculing him for dating such a younger woman. The episode’s title: “Fro
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley