Saturday Night Live has landed iconic Mick Jagger to host the iconic show's May 19 season finale. He'll also be the musical guest, marking his third time in that capacity. Jagger (pictured with Jimmy Fallon, right) also has participated in a handful of SNL sketches over the years, but this will be his inaugural stint as ringmaster. *** The sly, cunning Fox network isn't joking with The Choice, a new celebrity dating game show that will feature swivel chairs and "the world's most eligibl

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2012 KENTUCKY DERBY By David Bianculli

There are Stanley Cup playoffs and NBA playoffs all over the dial today, but attention must be paid to this first of the year’s Triple Crown events. It’s the 138th annual race from Churchill Downs – and this year, though Bodemeister (pictured) is the early favorite, there’s the sense that, with luck, anything can happen. And with HBO’s Luck still in recent memory, there’s a slight sense of foreboding as well.

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TREASURE ISLAND By David Bianculli

Eddie Izzard plays it straight, and shaves his head, to play a ruthless yet charismatic Long John Silver, a pirate who’s captivating in more ways than one. It’s a four-hour miniseries presented intact in one giant setting – and, on a slow TV night, is an exotic voyage worth taking, focusing on the more frightening portions of the original Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Elijah Wood co-stars. For a full review, see TVWW contributor Mike Donovan’s Thinking Inside the Box co

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ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 2012 INDUCTION CEREMONY By David Bianculli

First there is a rock star, then there is no rock star, then there is: Donovan Leitch, who serenaded the Sixties with such songs as “Wear Your Love Like Heaven,” “Mellow Yellow” and “Season of the Witch,” returns to the spotlight at the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – accompanied by John Mellencamp, who introduces Donovan as one of this year’s inductees. Others in this delayed coverage by HBO include… well, for a rundown, and a reaction,

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CARS 2 By David Bianculli

This 2011 Pixar film is considered, by some, to be the only “failure” in the entire Pixar roster – a sequel that’s not as inspired as the ones in the Toy Story trilogy, and not as well-received by most critics. But the movie earned more than $190 million at the U.S. box office – and globally, pulled in more than half a billion. If that’s failure, everyone in Hollywood would like to cut off a slice of that.

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

Peyton Manning did a great job when he was guest host of SNL back in 2007. Tonight is little brother Eli’s turn to host, with Rihanna as musical guest. But she’s been here before: This is her third visit.

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1992: 'PERRY MASON' TELEFILM KILLS OFF GERALDO By Christy Slewinski

Twelve years after the legal drama Perry Mason disappeared from the CBS lineup, an NBC reunion movie led to the production of a series of telefilms, with Raymond Burr reprising his original role and Barbara Hale playing Della Street, Mason's loyal secretary. One of the most memorable Mason movies, Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo, aired today in 1992...

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'AVENGERS' ASIDE, OTHER COMIC-BOOK ADAPTATIONS TO TV AND FILM ARE LESS MARVEL-OUS By David Bianculli

Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon behind the wheel of the new Avengers movie? For TV fantasy fans, it’s a fantasy come true. But other TV shows and movies based on Marvel Comics characters have flopped a lot more than they’ve soared…

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ABC LOOKS TO 'GLASS HOUSE' FOR SUMMER RATINGS; CAST CHANGE ON 'DUETS' By Ed Bark

ABC will be tearing a big page from CBS' summertime playbook with its own transparent version of Big Brother. The Glass House, scheduled to premiere on Monday, June 18, locks 14 backstabbing contestants in a "totally wired, state-of-the-art house," with a grand prize of $250 grand at stake. The network notes that players will have to curry favor with their online "social networks" to stay ahead of the game. Because viewers can vote to "decide everything from what players wear and eat to t

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MOYERS & COMPANY By David Bianculli

These new editions of Bill Moyers' latest foray into thoughtful television are like an antidote to all the babble spewing forth from so many TV talk shows during the week. Tonight, topics include immigration reform and the border patrols between the U.S. and Mexico - and the guest, rather than one of the usual representatives from inside the Beltway, is the author of The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea. Presented Friday through Sunday on public television. To find when and where this series

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