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PLANET EARTH: A CELEBRATION By David Bianculli

SPECIAL PREMIERE: This new special, presented by BBC America and simulcast on sister networks such as IFC and Sundance, is the best sort of TV recycling. It takes a series of the best sequences from previous outstanding documentary miniseries Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II, and re-edits them, with new narration by David Attenborough and new music by Hans Zimmer and others. No question about it: There’s a staggering amount of natural beauty on hand here. And Attenbor

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This day in 2001 marked the broadcast of the last original episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood...

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