Sir David Attenborough, the British TV nature documentarian whose contributions to the medium are incalculably significant, has appeared on this freewheeling British talk show several times – and each time, the old man has flirted shamelessly with his attractive female fellow guests, who seem delighted as well as surprised by the attention. Let’s see if he stays true to form tonight. If so, he’ll be focusing on Claire Foy, star of Netflix’s new The Crown, who guests tonig

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

Dave Chappelle is tonight’s guest host, and that’s quite a coup for Saturday Night Live – as is the landing of the week’s long-dormant musical act, A Tribe Called Quest. But even they will be overshadowed by this week’s opening sketch, in which, undoubtedly, Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon will take the stage as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. And did the former star of 30 Rock ever dream, when he signed on to impersonate the former star of The Apprentice, that he

2016

Nov

STAR NIGHT AT THE COCOANUT GROVE By David Bianculli

Here’s a rarely seen 30-minute film short that film fans should really enjoy (and Project Runway fans, too): a trapped-in-amber portrait of a lushly staged night of celebrity revelry at Hollywood’s famed Cocoanut Grove nightclub. It’s filmed in Technicolor – quite a rarity, in 1934 – and features appearances by silent screen star Mary Pickford (who talks) and movie-star crooner Bing Crosby (who sings), and also features a full-color, appropriately lavish Hollywood f

2016

Nov

PBS BRINGS 'GYPSY' BACK FROM LONDON By David Hinckley

Imelda Staunton presses the pedal to the metal as the ultimate stage mother in the revival of Gypsy that airs Friday at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings)...

2016

Nov

PBS FALL ARTS FESTIVAL: "GYPSY" By David Bianculli

We’ve already got at least two classic filmed iterations of the 1959 Stephen Sondheim-Jule Styne musical Gypsy. First was the 1962 movie starring Rosalind Russell as the ultimate stage mother, Mama Rose, and Natalie Wood, who went from stage performer Baby Louise to famous stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. Then came the 1993 made-for-TV version shown by CBS, with Bette Midler as Mama Rose and Cynthia Gibb as her ultimately rebellious ecdysiast daughter. It may sound heretical, but the TV version wa

2016

Nov

THE EXORCIST By David Bianculli

The secrets have ben revealed slowly but surely on this show, such as the relationship of the show’s central family to the one whose possessed plight was dramatized in the original movie version of The Exorcist. We now know this new TV story is an official sequel – and in tonight’s episode, the demon gets stronger, and the news of the possession spreads.

2016

Nov

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND By David Bianculli

After her seismic romantic setbacks in last week’s episode, Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) decides to shake up her personal life’s status quo – by getting a makeover, to see whether, in this modern day and age, blondes still have more fun. Regardless of what happens, the song she sings about it is too much fun to miss.

2016

Nov

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

On last week’s show, the final pre-election edition of the 2016 campaign, Bill Maher very clearly and emphatically said and did what almost no TV political pundits, other than a couple on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and Showtime’s The Circus, like frequent guest Michael Moore, dared to even suggest. Maher ran through Donald Trump’s history of defying expectations – defeating opponents on the Republican debate stages, winning primaries, and securing his party’s nominat

2016

Nov

STEPHEN COLBERT’S LIVE ELECTION NIGHT – DEMOCRACY’S SERIES FINALE: WHO’S GOING TO CLEAN UP THIS SH*T? By David Bianculli

On Election Night, Stephen Colbert hosted a live, unedited political special on Showtime, which got more and more surreal, and funereal, as the night went on. By the end, it was more like a funeral service than a celebration, and when, in the final minutes, Colbert asked comedian Jena Friedman for any last thoughts, she advised the show’s female viewers to “get your abortions now.” Colbert laughed very nervously, and pointed out the show was being rebroadcast on Friday on CBS.

2016

Nov

STEPHEN COLBERT’S LIVE ELECTION NIGHT – DEMOCRACY’S SERIES FINALE: WHO’S GOING TO CLEAN UP THIS SH*T? By David Bianculli

…And watch a repeat of the entire show. Both versions are captured-in-amber visions of Colbert and company being shocked by a very unexpected reality – but this uncensored version even more so. For a taste, see Eric Gould's latest Video Worth Watching, another timely TVWW feature.

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