There’s something awfully right about the Disney Channel presenting Cinderella on television, even if it’s a bit too early for the holidays. Made in 1950, it still enchants – and, most certainly, it still informs and inspires popular culture, including, of course, the current fantasy series from Disney-owned ABC, Once Upon a Time.

2012

Dec

THE ROLLING STONES: "50 AND COUNTING" LIVE CONCERT By David Bianculli

A delightful USA Today factoid earlier this week pointed out that the average age of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices, at this point in 2012, is younger than the average age of the members of the Rolling Stones. But it’s hard to imagine Judge Scalia, or anyone else, rocking his chambers like Mick Jagger rocks the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. That’s the source of this live pay-per-view telecast, the last stop on the Stones’ current concert run. It’s availabl

2012

Dec

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

What an amazing few days for Sir Paul McCartney. On Thursday morning, shortly after midnight, he closed the “12-12-12” benefit concert for Hurricane Sandy at Madison Square Garden. Last night, he was seen in a double feature on PBS, in a documentary about 1967’s Magical Mystery Tour, and in a restored version of the program itself. Now, tonight, he’s the musical guest on Saturday Night Live – on a show hosted by Martin Short, former alumnus of both SNL and SCT

2012

Dec

"OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN TODAY" By Eric Gould

This isn't video worth watching, or one that you'd ever want to see. But it is video that is now, regrettably, part of the national record. President Obama became emotional yesterday as he addressed the nation after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School...

2012

Dec

THE BOWLS RUNNETH OVER By Gerald Jordan

College football reached the tipping point on bowls a few years ago. It’s now ridiculous, and it’s not just the funny names. It’s the numbing number of bowls...

2012

Dec

MAIN TITLES UP CLOSE: SHOWTIME'S 'HOMELAND’ By Eric Gould

Sure, Homeland has had a couple of wheels actually lift off the train tracks this season. But the show hasn’t gone completely off the rails yet. It's delivered some top-notch television from the beginning -- and I mean from the very beginning...

2012

Dec

1976: ABC DEBUTS THE FIRST 'BARBARA WALTERS SPECIAL' By Christy Slewinski

This day in 1976 marked the first broadcast of an occasional special ABC presentation, The Barbara Walters Special...

2012

Dec

WHITE CHRISTMAS By David Bianculli

AMC continues its multiple showings of classic Christmas movies, by scheduling this 1954 Bing Crosby film in prime time both tonight and tomorrow night. The film is loaded with Irving Berlin songs, including the already famous title tune – and also is loaded with top-notch musical stars, including not only Crosby, but Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen.

2012

Dec

RAGING BULL By David Bianculli

Joe Pesci stands toe to toe with Robert De Niro in this fabulous 1980 Martin Scorsese drama – not in the ring, but out of it, in this story of boxer Jake LaMotta and the people around him, on both sides of the ropes. What a brilliantly acted, stunningly photographed movie.

2012

Dec

FRINGE By David Bianculli

To jog his impaired memory about his ridiculously complex plan to defeat the Observers, Walter does something else ridiculous: He takes LSD as a memory tool. Yeah, because that worked so well for people in the Sixties. And it doesn’t help that, under the influence, Walter looks out in the distance and thinks he sees… Emerald City. As in Oz.

Posts 121-130 of 2351

12 13 14 15 16

New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up

The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation

Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'

Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver

'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action

How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James

For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth

In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self

Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption