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2020
Nov
7
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT By David Bianculli
 
 
There’s a Beatles movie in prime time on TCM tonight, and I’m recommending it. Big surprise. But there are plenty of extra reasons to watch this particular telecast of 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night, the first, best, and most seminal film starring the fab four. For one thing, this Saturday night showing means that A Hard Day’s Night is being presenting, discussed and acknowledged as one of TCM’s “The Essentials.” A very well-deserved
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
7
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli
 
 
Four years ago, Dave Chappelle hosted the first SNL after the 2016 presidential election, which was held Tuesday, Nov. 8, and awarded the White House to Donald Trump. Tonight, four years later, Chappelle is back to host the first live SNLafter the Election night of Tuesday, Nov. 3. And four days later, as I type this Saturday morning, the election still has not been called – though it’s quite possible that, by the time Dave Chappelle steps on stage at 30 Rock
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
7
1976: 'GONE WITH THE WIND' MAKES ITS BROADCAST TV APPEARANCE By TV WW
 
 
Today in 1976, the epic 1939 film Gone with the Wind made its broadcast television debut on NBC...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
6
1967: 'THE PHIL DONAHUE SHOW' LAUNCHES By TV WW
 
 
Before Oprah, there was Phil. And it was on this day in 1967 that Phil Donahue debuted his eponymous talk show in Dayton, Ohio...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
6
GREAT PERFORMANCES: "ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS" By David Bianculli
 
 
The British TV live-on-stage version of this hit play, which ended up in both the West End and loaned to Broadway with James Corden in the lead, already was shown earlier this year, as a one-week streaming treat in April, at the start of the pandemic, thanks to the National Theatre, where One Man, Two Guvnors originated. Whether or not you saw it then, watch it now. It’ll make you laugh. Guaranteed. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
6
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli
 
 
“I know why you’re happy tonight,” Bill Maher always says to start his monologue – but tonight’ he shouldn’t be kidding. As I type this – late, admittedly, at 3 p.m. ET, but what a day – Joe Biden has the lead in four states still too close to call. What a day to watch TV. And what a night, eventually, to watch Bill Maher. And what a great night for him to be able to be televised live!
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
6
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli
 
 
Anglophiles, especially, will love this new edition of Graham Norton’s show, which is bursting with British-centric stars and topic. Kylie Minogue, a U.K. icon for decades, is the musical guest, and others celebrities on hand tonight are British boxing champion Nicola Adams, who’s competing in Strictly Come Dancing as part of the show’s first same-sex dancing duo, and actors Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin, who are portraying Charles and Diana in the upcoming new
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
6
BROADWAY COMES TO PBS THIS MONTH By Mike Hughes
 
 
Each year, PBS gives us a brief burst of Broadway. For several Fridays, it has a mix of musicals and plays...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
5
A NEW SITCOM FROM CHUCK LORRE SAYS 'B POSITIVE' By David Hinckley
 
 
Let's put it this way. If you think The Walking Dead is a documentary, then you'll have no trouble buying into the premise of B Positive...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
5
IS THERE JUST 'TWO WEEKS TO LIVE'? By David Hinckley
 
 
You can provoke a lively discussion by asking people what they would do if they learned that, for one reason or another, they had only two weeks to live...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley