It's a great weekend for "Mad Men" fans. First, Jon Hamm, the talented star of that show, is the guest host of this week's new edition of NBC's "Saturday Night Live." Then, on Sunday, AMC presents the second-season "Mad Men" finale...

2008

Oct

WILL "SNL" FEVER TRANSMIT TO "30 ROCK"? IT DESERVES TO... By David Bianculli

Tonight at 9:30 ET on NBC is the third and final Thursday prime-time special edition of "Saturday Night Live's" "Weekend Update." Next week, Tina Fey's "30 Rock" returns to the schedule, reclaiming its old time slot with its third-season premiere...

2008

Oct

WATCH THIS: 'FLINTSTONES' MARATHON By Diane Werts

So many channels, so little capacity. That's why many cable systems still aren't offering channels that have been around for awhile. Like 'Boomerang', the "classic" Cartoon Network spinoff that's been around since 2000, yet still reaches relatively few cable homes...

2008

Oct

OH, NO: WHY YOU SHOULDN'T TUNE INTO WORLD SERIES GAMES UNTIL AT LEAST 8:30 P.M. ET By Diane Werts

Is there nothing that cannot be somehow politicized in this wacky presidential election year? Could we please stop treating momentous current events like some handy celebreality/amusement/promotional platform?...

2008

Oct

"PUSHING DAISIES": ABC LOVES IT, ABC LOVES IT NOT By David Bianculli

Let us pray... for ABC's "Pushing Daisies." Last year, it was the best new show of the season -- but it was a short season because of the strike, and ABC opted to stockpile episodes and return this fall rather than resume last spring. Big mistake...

2008

Oct

WEIRD & WILD: 'THE WORLD'S GREATEST SINNER' ON TCM By Diane Werts

Look up "weird" in the dictionary, and you might well find the 1962 flick The World's Greatest Sinner, a bizarre odyssey of anointedness in rock music, religion and politics that unreels Friday night...

2008

Oct

FOR REMAINDER OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, POLITICS IS, AND ISN'T, A LAUGHING MATTER By David Bianculli

In the short window of opportunity between last Wednesday's final presidential debate and Nov. 4's Election Day, there are only two arenas for the candidates to visit in hopes of reaching sizable national audiences and winning their votes...

2008

Oct

MINI-REVIEWS: MCCAIN ON "LETTERMAN," LATEST "SNL THURSDAY," NEW SERIES "CRASH" AND "CRUSOE" By David Bianculli

John McCain showed up on Letterman's CBS show Thursday, and was lampooned in prime time on NBC's "SNL Weekend Update" Thursday the same night. Also, new TV versions of the movie "Crash" and the novel "Robinson Crusoe" are unveiled this weekend. Let's get right to them...

2008

Oct

WEIRD & WILD: PAUL NEWMAN HITS THE ICE FOR 'OLD-TIME HOCKEY!' By Diane Werts

One more Paul Newman post, and I'm done. (For now, anyhow.) The late actor won Oscars, made millions for charity, and did much more to be remembered for. But I'm willing to wager he'll live longest in fans' hearts for one performance that snooty cineastes might be too inclined to discount...

2008

Oct

FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WAS...A DEBATE! AND A GREAT ONE... By David Bianculli

Wednesday's third and final presidential debate of the 2008 election campaign was something we haven't seen this year, or in many previous election cycles. This debate, in both structure and execution, was... an actual debate...

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