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2012
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On this day in 1995, ABC presented a telefilm version of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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In order to stop thinking about Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) once and for all, Robin (Cobie Smulders) decides to seduce him and get him out of her system. And if ambushing him in public at the laser-tag arcade doesn’t work, maybe ambushing him in private will. Works for me.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
3
 
 
Parts of this 1989 comedy, starring Chevy Chase, are genuinely funny. It’s also funny, in a different sense, to watch Randy Quaid when he was acting crazy only on screen.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
3
 
 
Diana Serra Cary got her first big break at 19 months, becoming an actress in silent films and becoming, along with Jackie Cooper, one of the most popular child stars in the then-young history of Hollywood. As “Baby Peggy,” the youngster was such a phenomenon that, in 1923 alone, she later claimed to have gotten 1.7 million pieces of fan mail. This 2011 one-hour biography tells her story – and, as TCM usually does, follows the documentary with some of the films covered in the n
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
3
 
 
Blake Shelton has a not-so-hidden motive for headlining this new NBC holiday special: to promote his recent holiday CD, Cheers, It’s Christmas. Along for the ride are several singer who have served as mentors for his teams of contestants on The Voice – Miranda Lambert (naturally), as well as Kelly Clarkson and Reba McEntire. Appearing, too, is a fellow judge from The Voice, but the one judge who isn’t a fellow: Christina Aguilera.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
3
 
 
Question: What has an exposed skeleton, a one-man band, and a dancing horse on standby? Answer: This week, Craig Ferguson. Joining the omnipresent skeletal sidekick Geoff Peterson and the occasionally present guys-in-costume Secretariat, for this week’s shows, is  guitarist Richie Sambora, who has agreed to act as the Late Late Show house band all week. Now all Craig needs is a matinee lady, like Johnny Carson’s Art Fern used to have, and he’s all set. Might I suggest freq
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
3
 
 

As a hard-core Beatles fan, I couldn’t be more thrilled by PBS’s upcoming documentary and showing of Magical Mystery Tour, or of the 1967 TV show’s new home-video set…

 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
2
 
 
On this day in 2007, cable's Sci Fi channel (before it became SyFy) introduced a reimagined version of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
2
 
 
Last week’s episode was harrowing, ending with a rescue party from the prison out to free their captured group members from the Governor’s fenced-in compound. Tonight, it all comes to a head – just as The Walking Dead comes to a temporary end. This is the series’ midseason finale. But if you can’t get enough, or want to catch up on episodes you missed, AMC is preceding tonight’s new episode with the complete run of Season 3 episodes to date, beginning at 2 p.m
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
2
 
 
SEASON FINALE: This is the 12th and final episode of Season 3, with Nucky (Steve Buscemi) fighting for his life, and everyone around him forced to choose sides. Last week’s episode was violent and unpredictable; tonight, expect more of the same.