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2020
Aug
20
 
 
On this day in 1990, NBC introduced the series, Parenthood, a spinoff of the 1989 feature film of the same name...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
20
 
 
If Joe Biden sticks the landing with his acceptance speech tonight, concluding four days of virtual conventioneering for the Democrats in advance of the 2020 presidential election, this week’s socially distanced, unprecedentedly presented event arguably – and I’d argue it passionately – may emerge as the best presidential national convention ever televised. Without delegates interrupting speeches every other sentence with prolonged and partisan applause, the messages from
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
19
 
 
On this day in 2003, MTV introduced one of TV's earliest celebrity reality shows, Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
19
 
 
DOCUMENTARY SERIES PREMIERE: This new Netflix documentary series focuses on the  development and popularity of the first generation of videogames, back when Nintendo’s 8-bit game console claimed about 97 percent of the market until Sega came up with a 16-bit alternative. And while High Score is much too superficial in spots, and misses lots of opportunities for explorations of both history and social impact, it touches on enough topics to make it worth a visit. If you g
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
19
 
 
History gets made tonight, as the first woman of color is nominated officially to a presidential ticket by a major party. Kamala Harris, as the final speaker, will strive to deliver a socially distanced speech that captures the moment – but there will be other elements of tonight’s penultimate Democratic National Convention worth keeping an eye on. Yesterday’s roll call, for example, was a brilliant use of television. The roll call and delegate vote count always was one of the
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
18
 
 
The import series The Suspect proves real life can give us a murder mystery as complex as the scripted kind...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
18
 
 
Today’s “Summer Under the Stars” subject is Warren Beatty, who started as an actor, and expanded in time to become a producer, writer and director as well. His career scored hits in several different decades, as even a sample of four of his movies, shown tonight, demonstrates. Four films, four different decades, all of them worth paying attention to. At 6 p.m. ET, there’s 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde, co-starring Faye Dunaway. At 8 p.m. ET, there’s 1981&r
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
18
 
 
Last night, the Democrats presented America’s first virtual political convention – with a mixture of taped pieces, awkward Zoom meetings, and both pre-recorded and live speeches, punctuated by occasional music videos and performances, and hosted by actress and activist Eva Longoria. Some stuff didn’t work at all. The music, however it was delivered, seemed like filler. And one Zoom-like effect, in which Bernie Sanders’ speech was punctuated, at the end, by the sudden appe
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
18
 
 
On this day in 1996, Showtime debuted the film Losing Chase, which marked the directorial debut of actor Kevin Bacon...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
17
 
 
On this day in 1997, Showtime debuted a remake of the legal drama 12 Angry Men...