Watching General Hospital these last two weeks -- as the energetic efforts of One Life to Liveveterans Frank Valentini and Ron Carlivati to save the show from almost certain doom begin to play out -- it occurs to me that my time as a fan of this once-formidable serial has come full circle...

2012

Mar

A RISKY METHOD OF TIME TRAVEL: UNDATED, BUT NOT UPDATED, TV TRAVEL SERIES By Tom Brinkmoeller

Would you suspect something was wrong if you turned on the PBS Newshour one evening and, instead of getting an intelligent dose of the day's news by the program's current on-air team, you saw Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer on the screen, talking about Iraq's recent invasion of Kuwait? Or if you opened your favorite travel magazine and saw a lead story about the imminent opening of Walt Disney World in Florida? We go to archives and libraries for that kind of history. We go to journalists for

2012

Mar

DAVY JONES ON THE BRADY BUNCH By Diane Werts

You knew we'd have to post this -- former Monkees heartthrob Davy Jones' legendary 1971 appearance on The Brady Bunch. Kiss-o-rama! (There's plenty more Davy online, but we decided to skip his Dr. Phil appearance.) - DW

2012

Mar

AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli

This is the night that the two gaggles of contestants – the boys from Tuesday and the girls from Wednesday – get pared down into the Final 13, along with some last-second “second chances,” courtesy of the judges’ wild-card votes. But this is the night on which we’ll learn how strong, or how weak, the 2012 American Idol field of dreamers turns out to be.

2012

Mar

30 ROCK By David Bianculli

Jack McBrayer, as Kenneth, gets counseled by Alec Baldwin’s Jack on how to defeat a work rival. But there are other plots thickening tonight, including one that makes room for return guest appearances by two talented ladies: Susan Sarandon, as a woman involved in a secret relationship with Frank (Judah Friedlander), and Patti LuPone as Frank’s meddling mother.

2012

Mar

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: AFTER THE ACADEMY AWARDS By David Bianculli

If you didn’t catch this post-Oscars special late Sunday night (actually, by the time it was televised, it was early Monday morning), ABC is making it easy to catch a rerun – in prime time, yet. And it’s worth it: This otherwise live show contains a nine-minute movie parody that really shouldn’t be missed -- if only for its amazing bedroom scene featuring Kane Beckinsale and Chewbacca. Finally, after all these decades, it’s understandable why Chewbacca howls the way

2012

Mar

AWAKE By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: In this new NBC drama series, Jason Isaacs from The Brotherhood stars as a man whose consciousness alternates between two realities, each with its own individual surviving loved one, police-department partner and fascinated therapist. Tonight’s opening episode is intriguing and full of possibilities, but the next three episodes muddy the waters somewhat. For a full review, listen to or read my NPR Fresh Air with Terry Gross preview, after about 5 p.m. ET today, by clicking

2012

Mar

INSIDE COMEDY By David Bianculli

On tonight’s show, host David Steinberg demonstrates he’s equally at ease talking to comics from different generations. His guests, both of whom exhibit an obvious affinity for chatting with Steinberg, are Sarah Silverman and Garry Shandling. And both of them, at one point, end up talking about tacos.

2012

Mar

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: COLLECTORS SERIES - BLU-RAY/DVD/DIGITAL COPY AND A BOOK PACKAGE By Diane Werts

Moved by The Help? Revisit this Gregory Peck classic of the '60s South, now out in a lavish new 50th-anniversary edition. It includes Blu-ray/DVD/digital copy, in a fact-crammed book package -- star Gregory Peck's script notes, storyboards, posters, lots more. Bonus feature-length documentaries explore both Harper Lee's novel and Peck's career. Plus many more extras!

2012

Mar

IT'S HIGH-CONCEPT, BUT WILL IT KEEP YOU 'AWAKE'? By David Bianculli

(From NPR) The premise of NBC's new detective series, Awake, is about as high-concept as it gets. Jason Isaacs, one of the leads of Showtime's "Brotherhood," stars as Michael Britten, who survives a horrible car crash intact. Well, his body is intact — but his mind, or at least his subconscious, is split...

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