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2015

Sep

JOHNNY CASH: AMERICAN REBEL By David Bianculli

Johnny Cash is being saluted all day today on CMT...

2015

Sep

FERRELL TAKES THE FIELD By David Bianculli

As a stunt for charity, with HBO cameras along to document the achievement, Will Ferrell takes to the baseball diamond...

2015

Sep

VIOLENCE VS. SEX: ON TV IT'S STILL NO CONTEST WHEN IT COMES TO SHOWING AND TELLING By Ed Bark

Getting away with violence is not much of a problem anymore on broadcast or basic cable networks, both of which are advertiser-supported. But sex continues to be quite another thing...

2015

Sep

THE 'REAL' STEPHEN COLBERT? YOU JUST MET HIM - INTERVIEWING JOE BIDEN By David Bianculli

Well, that didn’t take long. Stephen Colbert revealing his true self and conducting an impressive, important interview as the new host of CBS’s Late Show? Three days in, Colbert did it – with his questions, empathy, and patient silence – while interviewing Vice President Joe Biden Thursday night…

2015

Sep

2015 U.S. OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

Yesterday’s downpour in New York postponed the day’s play at the U.S. Open, both trying to reach the final in Queens for the first time, begin the day’s contests at 11 am. ET, televised on ESPN. When that match is over, No. 1 seed (and No. 1 headline-generator) Serena Williams faces Roberta Vinci. As for the men’s semifinals, they start at 5 p.m. ET with No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 9 Marin Cilik – and that’s followed by No. 2 Roger Federer vs. No. 5 Stan Wawr

2015

Sep

THE MIRACLE OF STAIRWAY B & 102 MINUTES THAT CHANGED AMERICA By David Bianculli

This prime-time documentary doubleheader is part of History’s all-day acknowledgment of 9/11, the terrorist attacks that occurred on U.S. soil 14 years ago today. Both documentaries are good, and on occasion understandably emotional, and both are worth watching. It’s also worth taking the time and space to commend the History channel: On this very solemn occasion, History is actually paying attention to… history.

2015

Sep

INTO THE WOODS By David Bianculli

There’s an awful lot of talent in this 2014 film version, directed by Rob Marshall, of the insanely clever Stephen Sondheim musical. It’s a rather good adaptation, mostly because the songs and music are rendered faithfully, and often touchingly, by such players as Meryl Streep as the witch, Anna Kendrick as Cinderella, and James Corden (now host of The Late Late Show on CBS) and Emily Blunt as the baker and his wife.

2015

Sep

THE CIVIL WAR By David Bianculli

MINISERIES CONCLUSION: Ken Burns' documentary series, replayed in prime time after 25 years, in a restored version, concludes tonight, with things ending poorly for Gen. Robert E. Lee, and even more poorly for President Abraham Lincoln. (Spoiler Alert: Lincoln suffers a very bad night at the theater.) Check local listings.

2015

Sep

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Alexandra Pelosi, a former Real Time special correspondent, is one of Bill Maher’s guests tonight, along with, among others, favorite David Simon TV series cast member Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme) and, as part of the night’s discussion panel, author Salman Rushdie.

2015

Sep

BRIAN WILLIAMS RETURNING TO THE AIR? By Tom Brinkmoeller

Brian Williams has been released from the network's penalty box, according to numerous news articles...

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