SEASON FINALE: I love that HBO is calling tonight’s conclusion to this eight-part miniseries a season finale, rather than a series finale. That means there will be more of Matthew Rhys as Perry, which is good news indeed. And speaking of good, tonight’s final episode of Perry Mason, for now, certainly is that.

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Richard Brooks, who also directed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and In Cold Blood, wrote and directed this 1971 action movie – which is one of my favorite underrated films. Warren Beatty stars as a security consultant for a German bank, who has a novel concept for robbing his own bank: Steal from the safety deposit boxes of people stashing illegal loot and gains, because, as he explains to his prostitute girlfriend (played by Goldie Hawn), crooks can’t call cops. And the

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'AKASHINGA' MEETS 'SAVAGE KINGDOM' — NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S PROGRAMMING FOR WORLD ELEPHANT WEEK By Alex Strachan

Akashinga and Savage Kingdom — two National Geographic programs, two variations on the nature theme...

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A NEW SEASON OF 'ENDEAVOUR' HAS ARRIVED ON PBS By David Hinckley

Inspector Morse just won’t quit being on television, long after the TV odds say he should have eased into retirement...

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SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: CHARLIE CHAPLIN By David Bianculli

Today’s “Summer Under the Stars” salute is devoted to Charlie Chaplin, one of the early cinematic auteurs who made the movies shine, and sparkle – and who made the movies, period. Turn to TCM at sunup, and stay until sunup tomorrow. The day’s menu includes one gem after another, including 1921’s The Kid (at 8:30 a.m. ET), 1925’s The Gold Rush (9:30 a.m. ET), and 1940’s The Great Dictator (5:30 p.m. ET), perha

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RICHARD JEWELL By David Bianculli

Clint Eastwood directed this 2019 movie drama, based on the bombing at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and cast Paul Walter Hauser in the title role of the security guard unjustly accused of terrorism. Hauser already had established himself as an actor capable of portraying an Olympics-related characters who didn’t fare well under the glare of the media spotlight: In 2017, he played Shawn Eckardt, former bodyguard and co-conspirator of Olympics ice skater Tonya Harding, in I, Tonya.&nbs

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2008: BEIJING PRESENTS A SPECTACULAR OLYMPIC OPENER By TV WW

On this day in 2008, Beijing produced a four-hour Olympics opening ceremony that is considered by many to be the most spectacular Olympic opener ever staged...

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1994: DISCOVERY CHANNEL PREMIERES COMPREHENSIVE 'WATERGATE' DOCUMENTARY By TV WW

On this day in 1994, the Discovery Channel premiered the critically-acclaimed documentary miniseries, Watergate...

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HOWARD By David Bianculli

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: Some of the best new offerings on Disney+ are the behind-the-scenes documentary specials and miniseries that probe the levels of creativity behind the spells cast by Disney movies, animation, rides, Broadway shows and so on. This new special, Howard, is about lyricist Howard Ashman, whose hit collaborations with composer Alan Menken included the Disney-reviving animated musicals The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. This new bio

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GREAT PERFORMANCES: “IN THE HEIGHTS: CHASING BROADWAY DREAMS” By David Bianculli

In 2008, In the Heights won the Tony as Best Musical, serving notice that the composer and star of the show, a young man named Lin-Manuel Miranda, was a Broadway force to keep track of. In years, he and In the Heights co-star Chris Jackson would reunite for Hamilton, which… well, you know the rest of that story. But Miranda’s Broadway success story begins here, captured by a 2009 Great Performances special that charts the path of&nbs

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