SEASON FINALE: In tonight’s Season 1 finale, do we get the answer to the question posed way back in the season premiere? (Namely, who will win the role of Marilyn Monroe in a new Broadway musical based on her life?) Yes, we do. And as we begin this final episode of the season, it’s back to the beginning, with the same two young singers in contention.

2012

May

THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON IN SCOTLAND By David Bianculli

SPECIAL THEME WEEK PREMIERE: Expanding upon its special theme week last year visiting Paris, this show once again takes to the road, with a few invited guests. This time the destination is Scotland, Ferguson’s home country, and those along for the bon voyage include Mila Kunis, Rashida Jones, David Sedaris, Michael Clarke Duncan and others, including Late Late Show featured regulars Geoff Peterson and Secretariat. For a full review, see Bianculli’s Blog HERE.

2012

May

1998: 76 MILLION VIEWERS SAY SO LONG TO 'SEINFELD' By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1998, NBC's "show about nothing" came to an end. More than 76 million people tuned in to see the Seinfeld finale, making it the third most-watched series finale in TV history...The two-part event — during which Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer were put on trial for failing to come to the aid of a crime victim — featured cameo appearances by many of the most memorable characters from the series' nine-season run...

2012

May

CRAIG FERGUSON PLAYS ON HIS HOME FIELD, PRESENTING A SURPRISE-FILLED ‘LATE LATE SHOW’ WEEK FROM SCOTLAND By David Bianculli

CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson takes a wonderfully unpredictable tour of Ferguson’s home country of Scotland. Here's a fast photo-tour of Monday's show...

2012

May

20 YEARS AFTER CARSON QUIT LATE-NIGHT TV, HEEEEERE’S JOHNNY! – ON PBS By David Bianculli

Later this month, on May 22, it’ll be 20 years since Johnny Carson said farewell as the longest and greatest host of NBC’s Tonight Show. As an early salute, Monday’s American Masters on PBS presents a two-hour profile, and appreciation, of the Great Carsoni…

2012

May

NBC'S NEW FALL SHOWS: FIRST CLIPS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS By David Bianculli

NBC announced Monday its projected schedule for the fall 2012 TV season. We offer quick, bite-sized video samples of the network’s new offerings, along with our own very first impressions. There looks to be at least one winner here…

2012

May

JOHNNY CARSON AND THE POTATO CHIP COLLECTION By Eric Gould

In Bianculli's Blog, David Bianculli reviews Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, the PBS American Masters profile of one of the greats of television talk. Carson conducted thousands of interviews, and on October 16, 1987, this included Myrtle Young, with her potato chip collection...

2012

May

1993: CBS SAYS GOODBYE TO 'KNOTS LANDING' By Christy Slewinski

This day in 1993 marked the final broadcast of Knots Landing. The CBS series - which was built around the lives of four couples living in a southern California cul-de-sac - was presented as a spinoff of the network's popular series, Dallas...

2012

May

ONCE UPON A TIME By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: When worlds collide: If it can happen on Fringe, why not on Once Upon a Time? In tonight’s episode, the somewhat clean division between the fairy tale world and the world of Storybrooke begins to get murky, as Emma (Jennifer Morrison) has to make a fateful decision about what to do next, in and out of town, to pursue justice, and vanquish evil, as she sees it. Expect a cliffhanger as juicy as any bright red apple.

2012

May

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: After eight seasons – two terms, as Eva Longoria said Friday night on Real Time with Bill Maher – Marc Cherry’s series presents its final two hours. It’s been said, a lot, that this show’s best years are long behind it, but I’m been watching throughout, and that’s not so. This season’s story lines with Felicity Huffman’s Lynette (separated from, but still loving, husband Tom), Marcia Cross’ Bree (falling off the wagon a

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