SPECIAL: This live show broadcasts the fireworks display from New York’s East River, and makes room for performances by Jennifer Lopez, Sheryl Crow and Lady Antebellum. But before it starts sounding too classy, consider this: the hosts are the three hosts from American Ninja Warrior.

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A CAPITOL FOURTH By David Bianculli

SPECIAL: One of the guests for this year’s Capitol Fourth live celebration from Washington, D.C. is Renee Fleming, the opera diva currently starring in the Broadway revival of the musical Carousel. She’s scheduled to sing one of the show’s classics, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” – which, given what’s happening with families being wrested apart by recent administration policies, is almost devastatingly pertinent. It may also explain why President Donald

2018

Jul

FOURTH OF JULY AT THE WHITE HOUSE By David Bianculli

SPECIAL: Last year, President Donald Trump didn’t even hold a concert event, much less televise it. But this year, Hallmark Channel is presenting the President’s White House concert and fireworks event. Expect most of the fireworks, though, to come from the view above, not the stage below. The concert headliners for Trump’s event include American Idol performers (but not winners) Jonny Brenns and (pictured) Jax.

2018

Jul

JURASSIC PARK MARATHON By David Bianculli

The newest entry in the Jurassic Park franchise may be somewhat of a letdown, but don’t let that stop you from remembering, and revisiting, earlier joys – especially the almost palpable thrills of Steven Spielberg’s 1992 original, which changed the course of cinema history. That wonderful movie, starring Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern, is shown by Showtime at 8 p.m. ET. And right on its heels, at 10:10 p.m. ET and 12:20 a.m. ET respectively, are 1997’s The Lost W

2018

Jul

1776 By David Bianculli

I like to annoy my son, who’s a huge Hamilton fan, by telling him that this musical was the original stage musical treatment of the American revolution. And in this 1972 movie version of the 1776 musical, as in the original Broadway version, Alexander Hamilton doesn’t even appear. Instead, the central character is John Adams, played by future St. Elsewhere star, Knight Rider voice and Boy Meets World teacher William Daniels. Also starring: Howard Da Silva as Benjamin Franklin, Ken Ho

2018

Jul

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP By David Bianculli

Every day, it seems, I write again about how amazing, and exciting, this year’s World Cup has been. But yesterday? Come on! In what was supposed to be the more boring game of the day, the heavily favored Belgium fell behind 2-0 to Japan, a team that made it to Knockout stage only because of a complicated tiebreaker that proclaimed it as more… polite. But then Belgium scored a couple of goals in the second half, and won the game with a third goal that entered the net virtually as pla

2018

Jul

KING KONG By David Bianculli

In this 1933 monster classic, you really had to hand it to the giant ape: He had good taste in women, as personified by early screen idol Fay Wray. Tonight, see the original classic.

2018

Jul

THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH By David Bianculli

Speaking of classics, check out today’s Daily Show rerun, featuring Kevin Hart, from 2015. It marked the first show by current host Trevor Noah, replacing longtime host Jon Stewart.

2018

Jul

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP By David Bianculli

If you’re not watching this year’s World Cup yet, you’re missing one of the most unpredictable and exciting soccer tournaments ever played. Traditionally, the World Cup is where experience and defense make all the difference – but in 2018, it seems, anything can happen. The defending champions didn’t even make it to the Round of 16. Then, on the first day of knockout play, the game’s two biggest global superstars were eliminated, along with their squads. And y

2018

Jul

DIETLAND By David Bianculli

Last week was a tough week for the show’s women. One of them, the porn star specializing in rape-fantasy videos, became the first female victim of the “Jennifer” killer. Another, glamorous magazine editor Kitty (Julianna Margulies), had her power and title wrested from her by her disapproving male boss. And the protagonist of Dietland, Plum (Joy Nash), ended the episode being dumped, punched, and betrayed – and very, very angry, setting the scene for tonight’s episo

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