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2020
Dec
5
THE MALTESE FALCON By David Bianculli
 
 
Humphrey Bogart is Sam Spade in this 1941 John Huston film, which is as good an adaptation of a Dashiell Hammett novel as you’ll get. Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre co-star, and all of them are worth their weight in lead-lined gold.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
5
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli
 
 
There hasn’t been a fresh SNL in a month, and I can’t wait for this one. Not only is Jason Bateman the host, but the writers have soooo many political stories and players to lampoon. And Donald Trump still hasn’t conceded the election…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
5
1999: 'OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE' AIRS ON ABC By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1999, ABC presented Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie, a telefilm version of Mitch Albom's bestselling non-fiction novel...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
4
2009: TVWW'S DAVID BIANCULLI GUESTS ON 'LATE LATE SHOW' By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 2009, TV Worth Watching founder David Bianculli came out of his legendary basement bunker to discuss his book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
4
MANK By David Bianculli
 
 
MOVIE PREMIERE: The other day, TCM televised 1941’s Citizen Kane. Today, Netflix premieres a new movie about the making of that classic Orson Welles film. Welles starred in the title role, directed the film, and is credited with co-writing the screenplay. This new film, though, focuses on the other credited co-writer: Herman L. Mankiewicz. Gary Oldman stars as Mankiewicz, a.k.a. Mank, and the other players in Mank include Charles Dance as tycoon William Randolph Hearst
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
4
A CHRISTMAS STORY By David Bianculli
 
 
Somewhere after this 1983 holiday movie came out, Ted Turner’s TBS and TNT networks began running marathons of A Christmas Story, making it an improbable but heartwarming annual Christmas treat. Here it comes again… and not for the last time this season, either. Not by a long shot – a long shot from a Red Ryder BB gun.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
4
WE KNOW THE TRAGIC END, BUT 'SELENA: THE MOVIE' CELEBRATES THE SINGER AND HER RISE TO STARDOM By David Hinckley
 
 
The ping-pong match continues with the legacy of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, better known simply as Selena, the much-loved Tejano singer who was murdered in 1995 at the age of 23...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
3
BUGS BUNNY'S 24 CARROT HOLIDAY SPECIAL By David Bianculli
 
 
I love the idea that HBO Max is generating new cartoon specials featuring Bugs Bunny and the gang. This new holiday special has Bugs at home, trying to enjoy a quiet evening, when he’s constantly interrupted by, among others, a caroling Tasmanian devil. This special makes room for the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Tweety and Sylvester, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, and others. And the show’s title makes room for a world-class bad pun… which really Bugs me.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
3
PINKFONG WONDERSTAR By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: This Korean 3-D animated series comes to YouTube Kids beginning today, telling the story of Pinkfong, a magical pink fox from the planet Staria, and his best friend, the imaginative and intelligent Hogi. And why should parents be told, or warned, about Pinkfong Wonderstar? Because Pinkfong is the same Korean company that gave us the international earworm, and TV and toy merchandise phenomenon, known as Baby Shark…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
3
1995: ABC OFFERS THE MUSICAL 'BYE, BYE BIRDIE' By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1995, ABC presented a telefilm version of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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