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2012
Apr
30
 
 
Next month, House will wrap up its series, so almost anything can happen in these final four episodes. But tonight, as Robert Sean Leonard’s Wilson goes home with House to be administered a high-risk, against-the-odds cancer treatment, is Wilson actually at risk of dying, and leaving the show a month early? Possible. But not probable. Wilson and House, as at the end of Casablanca, deserve one closing scene together in the finale to underscore their complicated, enduring, entertaining
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
30
 
 
Uma Thurman, as Hollywood actress Rebecca Duvall, continues her guest run on this TV series – and, within this series, as the star of Bombshell. Tonight, in a new episode called Tech,” the Marilyn Monroe musical heads to Boston for out-of-town tryouts. To try out our Everybody’s a Critic guest column by theatrical lighting designer Benjamin Ehrenreich, who writes about what does and doesn’t ring true from his perspective, click HERE.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
30
 
 
Jesse Owens was a flawed hero whose record-setting exploits in track took him to the 1936 Olympics, yet still did not shield him from racism. On Tuesday, PBS's American Experience tells his story...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
30
 
 
"Until we say hello on our next show, it's time to say goodbye again," Betty White sang at the close of her short-lived ABC variety show, The Betty White Show, which was last televised today in 1958. The show - which you can see here - ran in the spot formerly held by her canceled sitcom, Date with the Angels, and consisted of Betty and her co-stars performing a variety of skits.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
29
 
 
This 2007-09 ABC series, a light fable about love and death, lasted only two seasons, but creator Bryan Fuller and director Barry Sonnenfeld whipped up a treat as tasty and lovely as any dessert from the Pie Hole. One of the prettiest series ever made, even more stunning on Blu-Ray. -DB
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
29
 
 
Long before the name was borrowed for the Walt Disney Wold Resort's massive sports complex, Wide World of Sports was an ABC anthology series showcasing sporting events ranging from drag racing and bowling to rodeo and track and field. The program, which debuted today in 1961 (and ran in various forms until 1998), was hosted by sportscaster Jim McKay, who gave voice to the indelible opening sequence containing the phrase "the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat." Additional hosts inclu
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
29
 
 
On tonight’s episode, in the isolated town of Storybrooke, town mayor Regina (Lana Parrilla) sets out to seduce David (Josh Dallas), who back is fairy tale land is Prince Charming to her wicked queen. The best way to a man’s heart, she believes, is through his stomach, so she invites him in for dinner. My advice: avoid the pie. Or anything else with apples.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
29
 
 
SEASON FINALE: For this final episode of the season, both Alicia and Peter Florrick (Julianna Margulies and Chris Noth) face significant changes of direction. Alicia, as well, also faces some familiar and formidable legal adversaries, played by recurring guest stars Michael J. Fox and Martha Plimpton.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
29
 
 
The conflicts get more unavoidable and intense this week, as the various rulers move their pawns, and other pieces in their land-grabbing, iron-throne-seeking chess board, closer to the center – and to battle. Emilia Clarke’s Daenarys is only one of the people maneuvering boldly to claim the right to rule all the kingdoms – but she’s the only one with dragons, which she’s fully prepared to use, making her this fantasy story’s one potential superpower. &ldquo
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Apr
29
 
 
When Peyton Place first premiered on ABC in the Sixties, bringing the soap opera and Mia Farrow to prime time in a big way, I had no idea it was based on a movie from the decade before. (Hey, even I had to be young sometime). But here’s the original article, based on Grace Metalious’ steamy read (think of it as Twilight without the fangs, or 50 Shades of Gray without the bondage). Made in 1957, it stars Lana Turner as Constance McKenzie, the original Desperate Housewife, with Diane