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2020
Jun
10
 
 
Twin Peaks ended its two-season run on this day in 1991...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
9
 
 
On this day in 1951, NBC debuted a variety show starring comedian Winstead Sheffield Glenndenning Dixon Weaver, better known as Doodles...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
9
 
 
Imagine The Office if it weren’t a comedy, and you’ve got a rough idea of Sticks and Stones...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
9
 
 
It’s been 22 years since this well-made crime caper and character study was released, in 1998. But my, does it hold up: great story, sizzling romance, quirky characters, and a thrilling, unpredictable climax. Almost everyone teaming for this crime drama saw their stock rise afterward: director Steven Soderbergh, stars George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez (who make a great screen pair here, as smoky-sexy as Bogart and Bacall), and author Elmore Leonard, who wrote the book on which Out of
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
9
 
 
SPECIAL: Oprah Winfrey has produced and will host, for her OWN Network, a brand-new two-part talk show special, beginning tonight and concluding tomorrow. Don’t expect her to grab a handheld mike and roam the studio audience, or even have one – but this socially distanced special nonetheless will allow her to converse with guests about the very current events, including the protests as well as the pandemic. Scheduled guests include Stacey Abrams, Ava DuVernay, Keisha Lance Bottoms, D
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
8
 
 
This is a warning, not a recommendation. It’s worth noting, however, that ABC’s The Bachelor has been playing video matchmaker for almost two decades now – since 2002.  Because ABC sometimes crammed two cycles of Bachelor dating into a single season, that means the network already has produced and televised 24 editions of The Bachelor.  Edition 25 is scheduled to premiere next year, in 2021, but how you stage and produce Th
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
8
 
 
Writer-director John Hughes absolutely nailed the American cultural zeitgeist with this 1986 comedy, which stars Matthew Broderick as a high schooler with lots of brains and savvy, but very little motivation or respect for authority. Alan Ruck and Mia Sara play his cohorts in skipping school for a day, and some of the most memorable of Bueller’s moments come courtesy of the actors playing the exasperated authority figures Bueller leaves behind in his wake. Jeffrey Jones
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
8
 
 
Texaco tapped Milton Berle to guest-host a handful of summertime Texaco Star Theater installments for NBC, beginning with its June 8, 1948 premiere show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
7
 
 
This day in 1969 marked the debut of The Johnny Cash Show on ABC...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jun
7
 
 
Once a year, TV viewers get a window into Broadway. Usually, it's fresh and fun. This year, alas, the window is closed...