On a day when almost nothing good is on, there’s this. The latest round of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee aimed at nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Since the conclusion seems to be foregone, or at least obvious, watch today for studies in styles. Which committee members are remote vs. in person? Which are giving speeches vs. eliciting testimony and information? And which are mentioning Catholicism as a straw-woman issue? If you can’t guess the identity of the political party

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1968: APOLLO 7 PROVIDES THE FIRST TV BROADCAST FROM SPACE By TV WW

This day in 1968 marked the first live television broadcast from a manned, orbiting American spacecraft...

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1947: THE GENESIS OF 'KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE' By TV WW

On this day in 1947, WBKB in Chicago introduced the children's show, Junior Jamboree. A little over a year later, the show moved to WNBQ (later WMAQ) and was renamed Kukla, Fran and Ollie...

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'DRIVING WHILE BLACK: RACE, SPACE AND MOBILITY IN AMERICA' FOCUSES ON THE DANGERS BLACK AMERICANS FACED, AND CONTINUE TO FACE, WHILE ON THE ROAD By Mike Hughes

For four centuries, the ability to remain mobile has been crucial to Blacks in America. At first...it was banned...

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'DRIVING WHILE BLACK: RACE, SPACE AND MOBILITY IN AMERICA' EXAMINES A FEAR THAT'S NEVER GONE AWAY By David Hinckley

The point of driving is to get you somewhere. The point of Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America is to show the viewer how the American "crime" of driving while Black reflects a greater and deeper fear...

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JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUPREME COURT NOMINATION HEARINGS By David Bianculli

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett were all about the opening statements, especially by the various senators. Today, the committee members get to ask questions – and finally, Barrett gets a chance to answer them. The action begins wherever you watch your news.

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2020 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli

Postseason baseball continues. At 6 p.m. ET on Fox, the Los Angeles Dodgers face the Atlanta Braves for Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. The Braves won last night’s Game 1, but even if you were rooting against the Braves, there was one bright spot: With the stadium virtually empty, that annoying Braves “chant” was all but stifled. Then, at 8:40 p.m. ET on TBS, it’s Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, with the Tampa Bay Rays, after yesterda

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WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA By David Bianculli

Tonight is installment seven of Women Make Film, and it’s a sizzling entry: the chapters and topics are “Bodies” and “Sex.” Hard to have one without the other, for the most part, but the movies shown tonight as part of this months-long celebration of cinema made by women feature plenty of both – bodies and sex, that is. Of the movies I’ve seen in this international sampler, the most riveting, and disturbing, is 1974’s The Night Porte

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NEXT By David Bianculli

The plot and scriptwriting for this new Fox sci-fi series hasn’t grabbed me yet – but John Slattery has. As the artificial intelligence expert who has come to fear, and know, that a computerized entity has decided to turn on its creators, he’s dynamic, and as entertaining as always. The rest of neXt, so far, though, doesn’t match his performance. Put it this way: Up to this point, the A.I. at the core of this Fox series has nothing on HAL 2000 from 2001: A

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DRIVING WHILE BLACK By David Bianculli

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: This new two-hour documentary is based on the book and reporting by Gretchen Soren, and is brought to PBS in collaboration with acclaimed nonfiction filmmaker Ric Burns. Whenever a Burns is involved, whether Ric or his brother Ken, any chosen subject will be fully and fascinatingly grounded in history – and Driving While Black is no exception. Rather than focus exclusively on modern examples and abuses, this film also traces the development of new travel opt

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