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2015
Oct
18
 
 
In court, Alicia (Julianna Margulies) defends a designer drug dealer – while, on TV, she appears in a cooking segment as part of the promise to help out with Peter’s campaign for vice president. Two different types of cooks, and, in each case, a potential recipe for disaster.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Oct
18
 
 
This particular movie, based on the iconic sleuth from the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is quite a rarity in the Sherlock Holmes canon. Made in 1916, starring William Gillette as Sherlock, it’s a silent movie, so the usual verbal byplay between Holmes and Watson has to be relayed in dialogue cards. “Notice, Dr. Watson, that the type of liquid retained in this corpse’s digestive system suggests that he drowned in a nearby canal.” “What canal? How can you be cer
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Oct
17
 
 
The fight for the American League pennant continues, with Game 2 of the Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals contest – held, as was yesterday’s Game 1, in Kansas City.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Oct
17
 
 
The fight for the National League pennant begins, with Game 1 of the Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets contest – held in Flushing, NY at Citi Field.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Oct
17
 
 
Tonight’s episode marks the first of two guest appearances by Maisie Williams, which makes this a genre fan’s crossover dream. Williams is one of the stars of HBO’s Game of Thrones, playing vengeance-obsessed Arya Stark.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Oct
17
 
 
A week after hosting Saturday Night Live, Amy Schumer presents her new standup special – on HBO, shot, and titled, Live at the Apollo. And guess who’s directing this special by the year’s hottest comic, at one of New York’s most valued and storied venues? Chris Rock.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Oct
17
 
 
A touching surprise at this year’s Emmy Awards was the unbilled appearance by Tracy Morgan, appearing on TV for the first time since almost dying after an auto accident in 2014 (he was a passenger). Well, here’s his second TV appearance: returning to Saturday Night Live,  his former home, this time as guest host. Musical guest: Demi Lovato.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Oct
17
 
 
SPECIAL: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, BBC America is presenting a Saturday midnight special: a new production of the original stage musical, The Rocky Horror Show, that spawned the movie, and all that midnight-movie interactive audience madness. Straight from its current run at London’s Playhouse Theatre, this Rocky Horror Show has relative unknowns as the stars – David Bedella in Tim Curry’s role of Frank N. Furter, for example,
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Oct
17
 
 
"Two years. Where you been?" Jesse Stone's therapist/sounding board asks him in the opening minutes of movie No. 9. "Fighting crime," Stone answers -- as usual...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Oct
16
 
 
We’re three weeks into the 2015-16 television season and so far the only single episode of any series that seems to have generated any talk at all is the sophomore season premiere of ABC’s superb family comedy black-ish...