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2018
Mar
15
 
 
The round of 64 clashes today and tomorrow in the first round of this year’s college basketball tournament. Games are shown today on four networks: CBS beginning at noon ET, truTV beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET, TNT at 1:30 p.m. ET, and TBS at 2 p.m. ET. A total of sixteen games are played before the night is over. Fun games to watch today include the Texas Tech Red Raiders, seeded No. 3 in the East, facing No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks, who pulled off early upsets as a double-digi
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
15
 
 
In this new episode, the women of Gotham continue to ascend, and grab and battle for power. Three of the women are ones with whom police chief Gordon has an intimate and troubled past: Barbara (Erin Richards) is running a night club and a crime ring, Lee (Morena Baccarin) has emerged to be running the tough Narrows neighborhood and leading a revolt, and Sofia Falcone (Crystal Reed), daughter of a former Gotham crime lord, has established her own power base and plans for city dominance. Add to al
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
15
 
 
Back in 1960, when many phone numbers were still identified by their exchanges (remember the hit big-band song “PA-6 5000”?), Elizabeth Taylor starred as a high-priced Manhattan call girl in Butterfield 8. The title of the movie referred to her phone exchange, not her name or a particular exotic specialty. Her character’s name? Gloria Wandrous, which is salacious enough on its own. One of Taylor’s co-stars in this film, by the way, is Eddie Fisher, with whom she was havin
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
15
 
 
In tonight’s episode, Earn is starting to live up to his nickname – but the money isn’t flowing, so his lifestyle, and neighborhood status, continue to stagnate.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
14
 
 
Tonight’s new episode is called “Nothing Lasts Forever.” That’s true even of this limited season of The X-Files, which is soon to end – but not before a few more entries, including tonight’s, which has to do with bodies found with certain organs removed, and with mysterious ninja-like figures prowling the shadows.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
14
 
 
This is Episode 8, the penultimate episode, of this FX American Crime Story miniseries. It’s called “Creator/Destroyer,” and delves deeply into the past of the psyche of Versace’s killer. This makes it, at times, a flashback within a flashback – but eventually, as in next week, we’ll finally bring things up to speed.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
14
 
 
Let’s see, there’s Rex Tillerson, and the western Pennsylvania special election results, and the latest storm over Stormy Daniels, and President Trump’s excited talk about establishing a “space force” – and it’s only Wednesday. Have at it, Samantha.  
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
13
 
 
Here comes Rise, a 10-episode series in which a frustrated high school English teacher attempts to walk on the wild side by directing an adaptation of Spring Awakening, a Tony Award-winning musical exploration of teen angst and sexuality
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
13
 
 
The real-life story behind NBC’s new Rise could make a wonderfully inspiring documentary. Whether it seeds a compelling weekly series could be a different question...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Mar
13
 
 
SPECIAL PREMIERE: This is the first Ricky Gervais standup special in seven years. And as surprising as that is, the ease with which he continues to command the stage, totally controlling the rhythms and reactions while seeming fully conversational, is even more astounding. He starts out by talking about the Golden Globes, and inappropriate humor, and imagining himself as a “species-change” chimpanzee named Bobo – and takes off from there, eventually getting to food allergies, H