Politics and entertainment meet in two must-see ways this weekend. Watergate becomes a Hollywood drama, and Arab musicians cross cultural boundaries to join forces with American rockers...

2008

Oct

TV WORTH WATCHING IS VOTING EARLY: BEST TV SERIES OF 2008 IS "THE DAILY SHOW" By David Bianculli

"Five more days," Jon Stewart said Thursday on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. holding up his outstretched fingers. He was counting down to Election Day -- but it's also a countdown to the end of Stewart's astoundingly funny, incisive, important coverage of this marathon political campaign...

2008

Oct

WILL "30 ROCK" RIDE TINA FEY FEVER TO BECOME MUST-SEE TV? By David Bianculli

Is NBC's "30 Rock" the "Cheers" of the 21st century -- or "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd?" We'll find out tonight...

2008

Oct

HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: 'PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE,' 'YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN' By Diane Werts

Fright flicks and creepy comedy are all over the tube for Halloween... Young Frankenstein. Phantom of the Paradise...

2008

Oct

TV HARDBALL DOUBLEHEADER: OBAMA, BASEBALL THROW THEIR BEST PITCHES By David Bianculli

After a full season of major league baseball, and more than a year of presidential campaigning, the end is in sight for all the players -- and even at this late date, the outcome is in doubt and each move is critical...

2008

Oct

WORLD SERIES GAME 5, PT. 2: A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL, AND OBAMA'S ON THE HORIZON By David Bianculli

Suspending Game 5 of the World Series last night may have been a logistical nightmare -- but resuming it is likely to be even trickier...

2008

Oct

TWO TV ACTING TRIUMPHS IN TWO DAYS: WHAT A HAMM! By David Bianculli

Sunday night, actor Jon Hamm delivered another expected performance of excellence in the second-season finale of AMC's "Mad Men." But the night before, as guest host of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," his excellence as a comic actor was much more of a surprise. And a delightful one...

2008

Oct

FLICK PICKS: 'TO BE OR NOT TO BE' By Diane Werts

The way politics is today, the way world conflicts are evolving, the way we take everything so seeeriously, there's something to be said for finding ways to make your salient point with humor...

2008

Oct

FLICK PICKS: CHANEY'S GONNA GET YOU By Diane Werts

The movies' original frightmeisters strut their stuff tonight on Turner Classic Movies. And 80 years later, it still holds up...

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