The occasion of what would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday will be noted in a number of notable ways. PBS and Create TV will supply special programming to public-television stations. Each also will devote parts of its website to the event...

2012

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MISTER ROGERS' DANIEL TIGER GETS NEW LIFE ON PBS By Bill Brioux

Fred Rogers used to people his long-running series with puppets, the first of which was little Daniel Striped Tiger. Daniel Junior is now a TV character aimed at today's toddlers in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood...

2012

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2012 BRITISH OPEN GOLF By David Bianculli

Saturday’s Round 3 had Brandt Snedeker losing his lead, Adam Scott (pictured) establishing his, Greame McDowell and Ernie Els making impressive runs from behind, and Tiger Woods not gaining ground, but not losing it, either. So to start today’s final round, Scott is at 11-under-par, with McDowell and Snedeker four strokes back, Woods five, and Els six. And if the wind finally starts to blow at the usually punishing Royal Lytham & St. Annes golf course, this final round of the 201

2012

Jul

TRUE BLOOD By David Bianculli

When so many characters are undead to begin with, it’s tough to surprise with a sudden death – but that’s what happened last week, when one of this season’s most charismatic recurring characters was unexpectedly dispatched (by another one, Denis O’Hare’s Russell, pictured). So it’s clear, this season, the stakes are big. And in the case of vampire offings, I mean that literally.

2012

Jul

BREAKING BAD By David Bianculli

This season's second episode sets the scene for what’s going to happen this season, both by introducing a new character and taking full advantage of an old one. The new character is a surprise, but the old one already was reintroduced last week: Mike (played by Jonathan Banks, who’s just a wonderful actor), who’s becoming more central this season, to the series’ plot – and to Walter’s.

2012

Jul

THE NEWSROOM By David Bianculli

Just days after the nation was stunned by another senseless gun massacre and riveted to cable news operations, HBO presents another new episode of The Newsroom – whose installment last week was all about the 2011 Gabrielle Giffords shooting. That episode was all about hasty reporting and incorrect information, which happened this week as well. For details, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes report HERE.

2012

Jul

EPISODES By David Bianculli

The ratings for Pucks continue to slip, and the executive brain trust has an idea how to save its new Matt LeBlanc sitcom: feature less of Matt LeBlanc, and more of the young actors who play his student hockey team members. LeBlanc can’t believe it – but that’s only one betrayal in tonight’s very funny, fairly twisted episode.

2012

Jul

2012 BRITISH OPEN GOLF By David Bianculli

What a captivating golf tournament this has been the first two days, with the potential for being even more exciting today and tomorrow. After two rounds of play, Brandt Snedeker (pictured) has notched a 10-under-par score of 130, matching the lowest 36-hole score at any British Open, and playing bogey-free to this point. And Adam Scott, after two days, is only one stroke behind that astounding pace. And look who, after sinking an amazing birdie from out of a sand trap on the 18th hole yesterday

2012

Jul

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MARATHON By David Bianculli

It’s an all-day marathon of SpongeBob episodes, leading up to a brand new installment at 8 p.m. ET. It’s titled “Extreme Spots,” and that’s not a typo – just an Olympic-timed spoof of extreme sports, with reckless daredevil Johnny Knoxville guest starring as an extremely extreme competitor named Johnny Krill.

2012

Jul

30 GREATEST NBC OLYMPIC MOMENTS By David Bianculli

I can recommend this special even though there are two obvious drawbacks to it. One is that it restricts itself to NBC’s greatest Olympic moments, an annoyingly jingoistic approach that robs us of all those truly great moments, starting with the “Miracle on Ice,” from the years when ABC provided coverage – or even the more recent CBS days. The other drawback? These 30 moments are voted on by online fans. And online fans skewing younger, that means they’re likely to

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