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2012
Jul
6
 
 
TNT's string of fair to fairly good drama series continues with Perception, Eric McCormack's latest effort to make viewers see him in a new light...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
6
 
 
This day in 1993 marked the last telecast of the ABC sitcom, Room For Two. The short-lived series — which debuted in 1992 and followed the top-rated Roseanne in the ABC lineup — starred Linda Lavin and current The Middle star Patricia Heaton...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
We're well into summer even though we haven't reached the dog days yet. Or have we? Sunny days usually means road trips -- and no riders are more jazzed about cruising with the windows down and a great song on the radio and the than the four-legged kind...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
Andy Griffith played kind, gentle men so well and so often over the course of his six decades in show business that his occasional visits to the dark side were all the more electrifying...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
This is the golden anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise, which is still going strong. Sean Connery starred as 007 in this first cinematic adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel, and the majority of the reason the Bond phenomenon caught on was due to his rugged appeal and cool, ranging on cold, reactions under fire, as well as under the sheets. But give some credit, too, to the original “Bond girl,” back when calling them girls was unquestionably accepted. Playing the role of Hon
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
John Cassavetes wrote and directed this 1974 character study, partly improvised, about a wife and mother who fears she’s going mad, and the husband who tries to cope with her mental instability. Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk star – and they’re so good, and Cassavetes’ camerawork so mobile and fluid, much of this film seems more like a documentary.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
Spike Lee is tonight’s guest programmer, and he’s selected a roster of films that share a certain intensity. His evening begins with this 1951 Billy Wilder film, exposing the cynicism, manipulation and competitiveness of broadcast news back when the reigning news medium was radio. Kirk Douglas stars as a reporter who capitalizes on a mine cave-in to grab the spotlight for himself as well. Other Lee selections include 1955’s The Night of the Hunter at 10 p.m. ET, 1954’s On
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
Tonight’s hilarious episode has Louie (Louis C.K.) accepting a dinner invitation at a friend’s house, only to arrive and learn he’s been set up with an unofficial blind date. She’s played by Melissa Leo, and her character takes an instant dislike to Louie, and isn’t shy about saying what she thinks. But oddly, for the outspoken Louie, that doesn’t necessarily make her less attractive. Their chemistry is volatile, unpredictable and hilarious – and so is t
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
Spike Lee’s final choice as tonight’s TCM guest programmer, selected months ago, has special resonance this week. It’s the 1957 movie that made a star of Andy Griffith, who died Tuesday. Elia Kazan directed this film, released three years before The Andy Griith Show. It tells of an aimless, unknown folksinger – Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes, played by Griffith – who becomes a national singing and TV star, and reacts to fame less than graciously. The screenplay
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
On this day in 2000, CBS debuted its version of the Dutch reality/competition show, Big Brother...