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2014
May
6
 
 
I have a feeling tonight’s interview segment could be truly outrageous, because Stephen Colbert is at his very best when his guests are as sharp, and fast, as he is. Tonight’s guest: Bette Midler.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
5
 
 
SERIES RETURN: Or, more accurately, MINISERIES RETURN, because this new reboot of 24, while covering a fast-moving 24-hour period, covers it so quickly that, by skipping some hours in the narrative, it’ll be over in 12 one-hour installments. The first two hours premiere tonight, and have Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) resurfacing in London, along with former CTU colleague Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub), as both hunters and quarry. The series, after a four-year dormancy, starts strongly, and qui
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
5
 
 
When TCM televises this 1962 movie musical, which is a few times a year, I always try to tune in. No commercials, no interruptions, and the proper super-widescreen dimensions. All that, and “Lida Rose” too. Robert Preston, Shirley Jones star.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
5
 
 
In tonight’s new episode, mystical artifacts wreak havoc with the already tenuous plane of reality for warehouse protectors. Because of one, the gang is sucked into a telenovela, with Spanish soap opera costumes and accents to match.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
5
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Right now, Norman is trapped in a box, buried just below ground as his mom, Norma, wonders where he is, and what she can do to help him. And it’s not much, because Norman has become kind of unhinged in recent episodes. Good thing, too, because “unhinged” may be the best way to get out of that box he’s in.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
5
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: After much too long a wait, Louie is back. FX is presenting two fresh episodes each Monday this season, so at least, after the long hiatus, we’re being treated to double helpings. For a full review, see Jonathan Storm's Eye of the Storm.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
5
 
 
It took Stephen Colbert to help me take another look and fall in love with Louie, FX’s buzzfest of a comedy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
4
 
 
“Brick Like Me” is the name of this week’s episode, which vaults Homer, and the entire town of Springfield, into the Simpsons version of Legoland. And rather than being just another visual gimmick, The Simpsons uses this opportunity to tell an unexpectedly, but entertainingly, heartwarming story about parenthood and life itself. Oh, and it also sets up an endless array of possibilities for future Simpsons Lego sets. Not that that’s likely…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
4
 
 
Last week’s episode was a deliciously twisted detour into the lives, and deaths, surrounding one of Alicia’s creepiest clients. Tonight, the still-evolving law firm takes on yet another tricky case – while Alicia herself sees the law from a different point of view. Namely, from the jury box.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
4
 
 
Margery (Natalie Dormer) has moved into the foreground of the plot this season, by playing babysitter, cradle-robber and sly seducer – all to the same person, the new young king. Game of thrones, indeed…