Sorry, that’s State of the Union. My mistake. Actually, the House of Representatives’ mistake, but still: As 1968 presidential write-in candidate Pat Paulsen would say, “Picky, picky, picky.” But tonight, it’s not President Paulsen addressing the joint bodies of Congress. It’s President Donald Trump, making his first State of the Union speech since occupying the Oval Office. Many broadcast, cable and news networks will be covering this live, including CBS, ABC

2018

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INSIDE THE NFL By David Bianculli

Usually, the hosts and guess on this show talk about many games. Tonight, in this preview to Super Bowl LII, they’ll be discussing only one.

2018

Jan

THE PRODUCERS By David Bianculli

Mel Brooks’ 1967 comic masterpiece is going to be showcased, along with Brooks himself, this April at the annual TCM Classic Film Festival. Meanwhile, or in case you’re not traveling to Hollywood for the occasion, TCM tonight presents The Producers in prime time, with all of its lunacy, irreverence and utter brilliance intact. If you can’t sing along with every verse of “Springtime for Hitler,” it’s a skill that’s never too late to be acquired&hell

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THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT By David Bianculli

Many broadcast and cable outlets will be reacting to President Trump’s first State of the Union address afterward with live commentary and analysis. But only Stephen Colbert is doing his broadcast network late show live tonight, to react accordingly…

2018

Jan

ACORN PRESENTS SOME BRITISH GOLDEN GIRLS WITH 'GIRLFRIENDS' By David Hinckley

Let’s consider it a real mark of progress for television that a show called Girlfriends can feature three women in their fifties...

2018

Jan

GIRLFRIENDS By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: The creator of Love, Lies & Records, also shown by Acorn TV, is Kay Mellor, who is the mind behind this new six-part drama about three women who are friends, and who, for a TV series, are notably mature. Miranda Richardson, Phyllis Logan and Zoe Wanamaker star. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

2018

Jan

THE RESIDENT By David Bianculli

Last week, Fox successfully launched this new medical series with a two-night premiere that drew viewers in the double digits of millions – which, these days, is a lot. Tonight's Episode 3, with Matt Czuchry still at dead center… but with other characters either introduced or profiled more than before.

2018

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THE ALIENIST By David Bianculli

This period serial killer series continues – and while it’s got some occasional scenes of interest, it’s also arriving at a time when dramas about serial killers, on television, outnumber those telling stories about just about any other profession or activity. So if you’re going to do one these days, it has to stand out, and not just because it’s set at an earlier time.

2018

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IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT By David Bianculli

This 1934 screwball comedy remains one of the most honored movies of all time, which is one reason to make a special effort to watch, or revisit, when it makes a prime-time uninterrupted and unedited showing, as it does tonight on TCM. Clark Cable plays a reporter on the run with a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert), in a script adapted by Robert Riskin from an existing short story, and directed by the great Frank Capra. It Happened One Night, as it happened, was the first movie to sweep the

2018

Jan

ACORN TV'S 'GIRLFRIENDS' HAS AGE-OLD APPEAL By Ed Bark

Attention TV shoppers: Acorn TV’s Girlfriends in no way is a reboot of what just happened to be the same-named sitcom that lasted eight seasons on UPN and then The CW...

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