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2020
Jun
26
 
 
The Garry Moore Show debuted on this day in 1950...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
25
 
 
This day in 1957 marked the final telecast of The Jonathan Winters Show on NBC...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
25
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: CBS All Access’ modern reboot of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone presents all 10 episodes of its new Season 2 today. Critics were shown three of those, presumably the better ones, in advance – and while they’re still not comparable to the best of Black Mirror, they’re at least much closer in tone to either the whimsy or the wonder of the original Zone, which last season’s efforts missed almost entirely. Start with
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
25
 
 
There only are a few of these fabulous National Theatre at Home streaming treats left before its pandemic “season” of free one-week presentations from its archives is over. (The offerings conclude next month with a stage production of Amadeus.) And today, the website presents a production of one of my favorite Shakespeare plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. And this production, staged last year, stars Gwendoline Christie, from HBO’s Game of Thrones, 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
25
 
 
“Jazz in Film” continues its Monday and Thursday run this month with tonight’s prime-time lineup, which includes this 1972 Diana Ross showcase. She plays jazz singer Billie Holiday, and does a fine job with both the vocals and the tragic drama. Co-stars, by the way, run the gamut, from Star Wars stalwart Billy Dee Williams to The Jeffersons sitcom star Isabel Sanford – with Richard Pryor (pictured, with Ross) as the piano player.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
25
 
 
Things people don't like about their lives are often explained by the theory that too much is controlled by a small, powerful elite that's only concerned with themselves and cares nothing for the rest of us...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
24
 
 
At least someone in Hollywood is still having fun – even if the fun was filmed pre-virus. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is on its final season, and having decided to pull the plug gives the show’s producers the chance to really enjoy themselves. Usually, that freedom means that some of the regular characters start to meet their demises (if not now, when?). On this series, though, the folks from Joss Whedon’s TV camp are taking the time to play a bit. The show&
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
24
 
 
Money Heist is Netflix's most-watched success since the third season of Stranger Things dropped on the Fourth of July in 2019...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
24
 
 
On this day in 1956, yet another incarnation of The Steve Allen Show appeared on television...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
23
 
 
American Masters premiered on PBS on this day in 1986...