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2015
Aug
4
 
 
Hey, hey, they're The Muppets. And their existence pre-dates both the birth of The Beatles and the cancellation of the original I Love Lucy. That's longevity, and they're not finished yet...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
4
 
 
The Television Critics Association's biannual get-togethers have been going on for more than 30 years now. That’s longer than Gunsmoke was on the air, longer even than Law & Order, in all its guises...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
4
 
 
Whether its executives like it or not, Amazon Prime is still Avis compared to Netflix's Hertz in the grand "streaming" scheme of things...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
4
 
 
The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. Well, I hope there’s an exception to that rule, when it comes to pointing out that this 1999 cult film, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, is televised in prime time tonight by IFC. And if this isn’t an acceptable exception to Fight Club Rule No. 1, I’m going to get such a beating…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
4
 
 
The connection between President John F. Kennedy’s political policies, and Lyndon Johnson’s determination to carry them out once he assumed the presidency after JFK’s assassination, is examined in this new documentary – tied to the golden anniversary of one of those policies. For a full review, see Tom Brinkmoeller’s Raised on MTM. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
4
 
 
For its August celebration of “Summer Under the Stars,” each day is devoted to a different Hollywood luminary. Today it’s Teresa Wright, the actress whose credits include not only 1953’s The Actress (10:45 a.m. ET), but 1942’s Mrs. Miniver (2:30 p.m. ET), 1946’s The Best Years of Our Lives (5 p.m. ET), 1941’s The Little Foxes, and, at 10:15 p.m. ET, this showing of Alfred Hitchcock’s well-paced 1943 character study, starring Wright as a young girl
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
4
 
 
In tonight’s episode, Lillian (Natasha Leggero), seeking an instant dose of attention and fame, stages her own kidnapping. Why haven’t the Kardashians thought of this?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
4
 
 
Tonight’s guest, on one of Jon Stewart’s final-week shows, is his good friend Denis Leary – who can promote his recently launched FX comedy, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, but really is here just to wish his buddy a fond farewell, and to help make one of Stewart’s last shows as much fun as possible.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
3
 
 
Yard A, when it comes to prison reform, could be a Plan B. This particular section of the Los Angeles County state prison, like the “Emerald City” population in the fictional prison of HBO’s Oz, is an experiment – an alternative to totally punitive incarceration. In Yard A, education and creativity are nurtured, and violence and gang activities are reduced substantially. Does it really work? And can it work elsewhere?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Aug
3
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This new CW comedy gets points for outrageousness, if nothing else. It stars Josh Zuckerman and Nathaniel Buzolic as Nate and Jimmy, young men whose friendship is tested when Jimmy starts seeing an older woman – Nate’s recently divorced mother. Jonathan Silverman plays the ex-husband, and the key role of the generation-jumping mom is played by Krista Allen. Her previous roles, about a generation ago, include a stint on Baywatch, several Emmanuelle made-for-TV sci-fi