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2012
Sep
14
 
 
It’s not a politics-heavy panel this week, but it is a vocal one. Maher’s guests include, among others, John Legend and Bob Costas.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
13
 
 
SEASON FINALE: If you watch only one installment of this series each season, this is the one, because this is the one where a winner is crowned. But even then, when the finalists include an animal act and a children’s dance troupe (pictured), it’s kind of like watching a time-warp, jazzed-up episode of The Ed Sullivan Show. Only instead of Ed, you have Howard Stern. Also performing, though not competing: Justin Bieber.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
13
 
 
My ears are still Ring-ing with the compositions of Wagner’s operatic cycle, presented all this week in an ambitious production. Tonight is the penultimate opera in the series, in which the title character, played by Jay Hunter Morris, matures enough to fulfill his destiny and embark on a dangerous quest — which involves both slaying a dragon and rescuing his true love. You know, the standard fairy-tale stuff. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
13
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Rachel (Lea Michele) is trying to cut it at NYADA as this new season opens, but she’s having a tough time of it. This new program expects a high level of dance as well as musical ability, and Rachel’s new dance teacher is a tough firebrand. And she’s played by Kate Hudson — a reason to watch, right there, as the Almost Famous star shows off her own snazzy dance moves.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
13
 
 
The zombie-vampire-literature mashup trend is big right now, and tonight’s new episode of Face Off takes it to a new level: challenging its contestants to imagine zombiefied creatures from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!,” indeed…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
13
 
 
Part 2 of 3. Louie (Louis C.K.) gets shipped out to the West Coast, to be a guest of Jay Leno’s on The Tonight Show. And tonight, Leno himself makes an appearance — as a guest on Louie, playing himself. Just another meta episode from the year’s most inspired, original comedy.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
13
 
 
Our TVWW 2012 Fall TV package is coming Monday, with tips on the best of what to watch and avoid. Meanwhile, Thursday on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, you can get an advance taste…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
13
 
 
Today in 1977, NBC introduced the short-lived comedy series, The Richard Pryor Show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
13
 
 
This week's announcement of the annual Kennedy Center honorees again raised questions of who's in and who's still out...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Sep
12
 
 
HBO and private driver app Uber are teaming up to give New Yorkers a taste of Boardwalk Empire-style luxury...