Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers and Ruby Keeler star in this Depression-era movie musical from 1933, a quintessential example of the genre. It’s the sort of movie where a tap-dancing chorus girl can go out on stage a total unknown – and come back a star!

2015

Feb

PUPPY BOWL XI By David Bianculli

It’s Puppy Bowl XI, with different blocks of animal cuteness served up every few hours on Animal Planet, starting at 3 p.m. ET. Different species, story lines, toys and other elements are provided by each, but I’m hoping for a timely, ripped-from-the-headlines Puppy Bowl controversy. Maybe an investigation on what they use to keep the competition infestation-free. Call it… Defleagate…

2015

Feb

SUPER BOWL XLIX By David Bianculli

On the field, it’s the defending champion Seattle Seahawks vs. three-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. On the sidelines, its Seawhawks coach Pete Carroll vs. Patriots coach Bill Belichick. In the broadcast booth, it’s lots of talk about Deflategate. Throughout, there are the high-priced, high-profile ads. And at halftime, it’s Katy Perry, teamed with Lenny Kravitz. Hmmm. Guess which picture I’m going to pick to accompany this particular best bet… (Sorr

2015

Feb

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... By David Bianculli

This 2014 documentary is a history of the Academy Awards – and presented, tonight on TCM, for viewers who might get more enthused about Oscar trophies than Super Bowl ones. At 10 p.m. ET, this documentary is followed by a showing of the first movie to win an Academy Award as Best Picture: the aviation WWI action picture Wings (pictured), from 1927. Only two silent motion pictures in history have won the Best Picture Oscar – this one, which won the year Hollywood began its transition

2015

Feb

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: "DOWNTON ABBEY" By David Bianculli

A lot’s going on in tonight’s fifth episode of Season 5: Anna’s secret is closer to surfacing, as is a new friend of Rose’s, while Daisy tries to help others find happiness. Check local listings.

2015

Feb

THE BLACKLIST By David Bianculli

SERIES RETURN: Part 1 of 2. The post-Super Bowl slot used to be the perfect slot for a network with rights to the big game that year to launch a new series. The past few years, it’s been employed instead as the perfect place to re-launch a series, and gain a huge, previously untapped audience sampling. Tonight NBC’s The Blacklist gets that honor, and relaunches its winter season with a two-part episode – which means it’s teasing new viewers with a cliffhanger, hoping they

2015

Feb

OLIVE KITTERIDGE By David Bianculli

Often releases awarded the TVWW Seal of Approval have been a part of TV history for a while. This particular treasure is quite new but we are featuring it because it deserves a spot in a solid home-video library...

2015

Jan

WILL THE REAL LOCKER ROOM GUY STAND UP? By Linda Donovan

As we count down to the Super Bowl, it seems the high drama of “Deflategate” just won’t end..

2015

Jan

MEL BROOKS: THE TV WORTH WATCHING INTERVIEW, TAKE 4 By David Bianculli

Saturday night at 9 ET, HBO presents Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen, which is his third TV special for the network, but the first one in his entire career where he’s doing standup. So why now, at age 88?...

2015

Jan

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PRESENTS A SPORTS SPECTACULAR By David Bianculli

This SNL clip special looks at the comic side of sports, compiling various sports-related sketches it’s done over the years. These could be as recent as last week’s Saturday Night Live opener, a spoof of the Deflategate scandal – and, most assuredly, will include the Peyton Manning mini-film from 2007, spoofing his charity work with young boys.

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