SEASON FINALE: Season 6 (hard to believe it’s been that long) of Jerry Seinfeld’s pitch-perfect web series concludes with a very special guest: Stephen Colbert, bearded and loose in the transition period between The Colbert Report and The Late Show. Seinfeld even lets Colbert drive, taking a turn behind the wheel of Seinfeld’s 1964 Morgan Plus 4 Roadster. Colbert hasn’t driven a manual transmission in quite a while, and it may be the only time you could accurately describ

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2015 WIMBLEDON TENNIS By David Bianculli

Yesterday, as promised, was an exciting day of tennis at Wimbledon. Serena Williams faced, and defeated gracefully, elder sister Venus. Roger Federer advanced to the quarterfinals with an impressive showing of skill, patience and nerve, as did Andy Murray. And defending champion Novak Djokovic (pictured), after losing the first two sets in tough tiebreakers to towering (6’8”), cannon-serving Kevin Anderson, evened the match by taking the next two sets, in a grueling duel that was sto

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THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD By David Bianculli

Today and tomorrow, TCM is saluting the centennial of the invention of Technicolor. The tribute begins at 6 a.m. ET Tuesday with a showing of the first feature-length color film, 1922’s The Toll of the Sea (before that, Technicolor was used sparingly, and mostly in shorts). Colorful examples of the pioneering color process are available all day and night today and Wednesday. Among the Day 1 highlights is this 1938 Michael Curtiz-direction action film, starring Errol Flynn as Sir Robin of L

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INSIDE AMY SCHUMER By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: What a triumphant season for Amy Schumer – a Peabody award, a new movie about to open, and a series of shows, this year, that started boldly and brilliantly and never slowed down. Tonight’s season finale presents the usual number of titillatingly twisted sketches – including one in which Amy plays a witch accused, in Puritan times, of cursing the town’s menfolk… with what sounds an awful lot like a series of cases of STD.

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HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This friendly little game show, a spiritual throwback to the good-natured fun of Password and the like, begins Season 3 with host Jane Lynch presiding over a mix of oddball quizzes, in which regular contestants are paired with teams of boisterous celebrities. Tonight, that roster includes musician John Legend and wife and model Chrissy Teigen, and actors Zachary Quinto and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

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THE RED SHOES By David Bianculli

Michael Powell’s 1948 movie fable, about a ballerina (Moira Shearer) torn between love of her craft and of a young composer, and both possessor of and possessed by a pair of magical ballet slippers, may be the most sumptuous Technicolor film ever released. It’s the sort of film that has inspired generations to become dancers – or filmmakers.

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2015 WIMBLEDON TENNIS By David Bianculli

The opening day of Week 2 at Wimbledon is to tennis fans what a college bowl game day is to football fans: nonstop action, all day long. The round of 16 begins today, and all players, men and women, play today in hopes of advancing. Several top seeds have been upset already, including Rafael Nadal. But there’s plenty of action and excitement still to come – starting this morning in particular: among the opening matches covered live by ESPN this morning is the latest example of the sp

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PENN & TELLER: FOOL US By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: The premise of this show is simple: amateur magicians perform their bits of business in front of, and sometimes with the involvement of, master illusionists Penn Gillette and Teller. If Penn & Teller are impressed, so are we. It’s a basic idea, but always fun because of the hosts, who also serve up some enjoyable tricks of their own. Last year, Fool Us seemed like a one-off summer series, but it fooled us. Presto: It’s back!

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PENNY DREADFUL By David Bianculli

In case you missed last night’s intense season finale of Penny Dreadful, here it is again, in prime time. Don’t miss it twice. Eva Green stars.

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P.O.V.: "TOUGH LOVE" By David Bianculli

Tonight’s installment is called Tough Love, and examines two separate custody cases – of parents trying to regain custody of children taken away from them. It’s a tough fight, and emotional, and sometimes very hard to judge – which, looking at it from a legal standpoint, is the point of this study. Check local listings.

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