On tonight’s episode, Marc Maron accepts an invitation from his friend Adam Goldberg to visit Adam’s college class and lecture on comedy. I haven’t seen the entire episode, just a preview clip – but even the clip made me laugh out loud, once the students starting interrupting Maron’s lecture. “Academic heckling,” he responded wearily. “Is that a thing, really?” It can be. When I tell a joke or make a reference in one of my classes and am gree

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THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART By David Bianculli

In these last Daily Show programs before he steps down, Jon Stewart has made it clear that he doesn’t want a Cal Ripken-style farewell tour – just a last lap with good guests and good friends. Tonight, he has both. His scheduled guest is author Sarah Vowell, who’s not only a former contributing editor to This American Life, but also was a former correspondent for The Daily Show.

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THE NIGHTLY SHOW By David Bianculli

Larry Wilmore, in the wake of news events the past few weeks, has done his very best work since launching The Nightly Show – great pieces, provocative discussions, and brave, funny, intensely honest personal reflections and history lessons. (For a sample of these, listen to my report, on cable comedy shows and their reactions to recent news events, on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross website.) Tonight, reacting to news events in his booking of guests as well, Wilmore welcomes LaBree

2015

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CHASING DOWN 'THE FUGITIVE' IS WELL WORTH THE MARKED-DOWN COMPLETE SERIES DVD PRICE By Ed Bark

Prime-time TV’s original running man, Dr. Richard Kimble, spent four seasons and 120 episodes under the cloak of numerous aliases and in the arms of women he couldn’t have. Meanwhile, an obsessed Lt. Philip Gerard pursued him in fine grim-faced form...

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2015 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SOCCER By David Bianculli

The USA women’s team played a thrilling game Tuesday night, moving the ball and pushing the offense better than in any other match at this year’s tournament. Kelley O’Hara’s insurance goal near the end of the game, giving the USA a 2-0 lead over Germany, not only was the capper, but was a beautiful, and an exciting, play. Tonight’s game, Japan vs. England, is the other semifinal match, and the winner tonight will face USA on Sunday. Japan is the defending champion,

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JEREMIAH JOHNSON By David Bianculli

Tonight’s prime-time doubleheader on TCM features individual movies by two Seventies movie stars who, a few years later, would team up for the classic All the President’s Men: Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. And each of their respective movies tonight is an epic, rugged period piece, starting with Redford’s 1972 film, directed by Sidney Pollack, about a Rocky Mountain trapper in the 1830s. Redford is captivating here, playing against his matinee-idol looks, growing a grisly

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EXTANT By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Not necessarily a recommendation. Halle Berry’s futuristic mystery series returns for Season 2, and for those who remained intrigued by the goings-on last season, here it is again. The big change this year is that Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been added as a regular, playing a detective with whom she’s teamed to try and explain a series of puzzling deaths. Watch if you like – but if the subplot about the humanity level of her android son intrigues you, you’re

2015

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LITTLE BIG MAN By David Bianculli

This 1970 Dustin Hoffman epic, directed by Arthur Penn, is a comedy so subtle that while some scenes are played broadly, others are somewhat dramatic. Hoffman plays a very, very old man (pictured) looking back on his life on the prairie, which includes being abducted and raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer (a delightful Richard Mulligan, from Soap). Faye Dunaway co-stars.

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COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE By David Bianculli

Here’s a new edition of Jerry Seinfeld’s perfect little jewel of an Internet show, and one with particularly timely interest. His guest this week is Trevor Noah, soon to take over as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. How comfortably, and cleverly, does he interact conversationally with Seinfeld? I’d say tune in and see for yourself – except to see this series, you don’t tune in. You click – on the Crackle link for Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

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WOMEN'S SPORTS AREN'T WORTH WATCHING? REALLY!?! By Eric Gould

Amy Poehler recently showed up on Seth Meyer's Late Night to reprise their old SNL "Weekend Update" bit "Really!?! With Seth and Amy"...

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