The day in 1955 marked the last telecast of the short-lived The Imogene Coca Show. Not long after Your Show of Shows ended in June, 1954, its stars returned to television in their own NBC shows. Sid Caesar's Caesar's Hour debuted on September 27, on NBC. Five days later, on October 2, Imogene Coca's self-titled series made its debut.Coca's show had major identity problems from the very start. Initially the show was a sitcom, and Coca played an actress whose real-life activities became the basi

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2012 WIMBLEDON TENNIS By David Bianculli

It’s a new era for Wimbledon tennis – at least in terms of TV coverage, where NBC has lost broadcast rights to a cable competitor. Beginning this year – beginning today, in fact – Wimbledon will be presented in the U.S. not by NBC, but by ESPN, which will present full coverage of men’s and women’s tennis on its own and sister networks. Live first-day coverage begins early, and runs all day, on ESPN2. Watch for defending champion Novak Djokovic (pictured), and

2012

Jun

EPISODES By David Bianculli

We’re getting close to the second-season premiere of this hilarious spoof of Hollywood TV making – but it’s not too late to catch the flavor, and the cliffhanger, of last year’s final shows. And this is the right place to start.

2012

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WE'RE IN THE MONEY By David Bianculli

In Gold Diggers of 1933, Ginger Rogers played a Broadway chorus girl who sang “We’re in the Money” – in Pig Latin. Two years later, We’re in the Money became the title of another movie from Warner Bros., which also was about gold diggers. But these particular gold diggers were process servers on the make, played by Joan Blondell (a Gold Diggers of 1933 veteran) and Glenda Farrell.

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THE THING By David Bianculli

This is John Carpenter’s 1982 remake of 1951’s The Thing from Another World, the horror movie that featured James Arness as a hostile alien from outer space, discovered at a remote outpost in the Arctic. The alien, this time, is a lot more frightening, and the film itself a masterpiece of justifiable paranoia. Add spectacular special effects, a terrific leading role by Kurt Russell, and you’ve got one thrill-ride horror movie.

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CADDYSHACK By David Bianculli

Two of Bill Murray’s early film showcases are presented tonight on IFC. At 8 p.m. ET, there’s 1979’s Meatballs, in which he stars as a loose camp counselor – followed at 10 ET by 1980’s Caddyshack, in which Murray has a small (but scene-stealing and pivotal) supporting role as a golf-course groundskeeper bedeviled by a gopher. Chevy Chase was the star here, and Murray the third banana, so think of how satisfying it must be for Murray to compare their subsequent film

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TVWW'S RETURNING SUMMER SERIES SNEAK PEEK: PART II By Diane Werts

If June wasn't packed enough with returning series, July and August promise season premieres of some of TV's hottest hits, including Breaking Bad and Warehouse 13...

2012

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THE CIRCUS By David Bianculli

A big evening of movies about the big top begins with one of the first – and still best – films of that genre. It’s Charlie Chaplin’s 1928 silent comedy The Circus, in which his character of the Little Tramp wanders into a circus tent and becomes a comedy sensation. But he gets laughs only when he’s not trying to, and falls flat otherwise. It’s a very knowing approach to comedy, and the characters – and if you think capuchin monkeys were discovered as sc

2012

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TRUE BLOOD By David Bianculli

What a wild, wonderful season. Tara (Rutina Wesley), totally out of control as she goes through her latest changes, is on the loose – and Sookie (Anna Paquin) goes to Fangtasia to beg Pam (Kristin Bauer) for help in reining her in. But instead, Sookie and Pam have a very public confrontation – while, elsewhere, everyone else has some pretty major problems and conflicts as well.

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THE AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: SHIRLEY MACLAINE By David Bianculli

These annual American Film Institute specials used to be treasured jewels on the major broadcast networks, but time, and an obsession with younger demographics, has relegated them to the fringes of cable. But CBS’s loss, in this case, is TV Land’s gain, because check out the guest roster for tonight’s salute to movie star and former Rat Packer MacLaine: Meryl Streep, Sally Field and Julia Roberts are on hand, as are Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and, yes, Don Rickles.

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