Jon Gnagy was a TV star before Lucy, before Berle, before Kukla, Fran or Ollie. A self-taught artist, he decided teaching was his true calling, and television was the ideal classroom...

2012

Oct

1958: NBC INTRODUCES DANDY LAWMAN 'BAT MASTERSON' By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1958, NBC introduced the Western, Bat Masterson, a series loosely based on the life of frontier lawman William Barclay "Bat" Masterson...

2012

Oct

2012 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli

After yesterday’s action-packed quadruple-header, tonight’s postseason baseball schedule offers a mere two games, both televised by TBS. First comes Game 2 of the Washington Nationals vs. St. Louis Cardinals contest, with the Nationals enjoying a 1-0 edge after coming from behind to beat the Cardinals in their first meeting. Then, at 8 p.m. ET, the New York Yankees face the Baltimore Orioles for Game 2 of their series, after breaking open Game 1 in the ninth late Sunday night to earn

2012

Oct

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER By David Bianculli

This week, after a particularly clumsy stretch of child rearing, Lily and Marshall (Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel) decide to hire a nanny, and find a seemingly perfect caregiver who makes them cry – when she announces her expected salary.

2012

Oct

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

After an intentionally, almost absurdly extended audition round sequence, this series finally gets down to business, as week one of the battle rounds begins. The judges begin mentoring – and bringing along guest advisers as part of the competitive proceedings.

2012

Oct

ALPHAS By David Bianculli

David Strathairn keeps injecting his incomparable gravitas into this sci-fi series, and helping turn it into a strong series about extended families, unexpected betrayals, and palpable paranoia. Tonight’s new episode features guest star Sean Astin, who plays an Alpha with intensified memorization skills. Unforgettable lives!

2012

Oct

CASTLE By David Bianculli

This week’s episode plays off the popularity of Storage Wars and other shows of its odd ilk, and has Castle and Beckett (Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic) infiltrating that very boxed-in world.

2012

Oct

2012 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli

The unprecedented wild-card playoff system instituted this year, which had the St. Louis Cardinals and Baltimore Orioles advancing in sudden-death games, makes this first Sunday of postseason play especially complicated. Game 2 of the Oakland Athletics-Detroit Tigers contest is played at noon ET, available on the MLB Network. The rest of the day’s games are on TBS: Washington Nationals vs. the Cardinals at 3 p.m. ET, New York Yankees vs. the Orioles at 6 p.m. ET, and, finally, the Cincinna

2012

Oct

THE SIMPSONS By David Bianculli

I really feel old around this time each year – not because of my imminent birthday, but because The Simpsons serves up another Treehouse of Horror, an annual pre-Halloween treat which is now up to Roman numeral XXIII. I treasure these episodes as among the show’s most inventive, and they almost always have a MAD magazine-level tossaway sight gag that leaves me laughing, and smiling, for a long time. This year, as part of a quick playlet on the Mayan doomsday prophecies, takes u

2012

Oct

THE GOOD WIFE By David Bianculli

Last week’s season premiere, with all its unexpected political intrigue regarding a routine traffic stop, was an instant reminder of why this drama series remains one of the best shows on broadcast TV. It also was a reminder of why Kalinda (Archie Panjabi), now face to face and a lot more with her ex-husband (Marc Warren), also deserves our loyal attention. And in a new recurring role as a trustee advising the law firm, Nathan Lane made a strong first impression as well. Welcome back, Good

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