... and her name is Jeannie Klisiewicz. She’s the Good Cheer assistant on Ellen, and Ellen DeGeneres dispatched her to surprise a big-hearted, hard-working second grade teacher in Leesburg, Va., not only with a little airtime on her favorite daytime talk show, but with a few presents, too...

2015

Dec

LOSERS VS. ALSO-RANS WILL TEST EVEN HARDENED BOWL FANS By Gerald Jordan

College football bowls represent binge watching on a grand scale... The real pros are about to be tested. Beginning Saturday, 42 football bowl games will be played in contests that range from old guard and traditional to some head-scratching matchups...

2015

Dec

THE WIZARD OF OZ By David Bianculli

TNT presents more showings of 1939’s classic The Wizard of Oz tonight – once at 7 p.m. ET, and again at 9:20 p.m. ET. Even with annoying commercial interruptions, it’s a movie ideally suited for viewing with the whole family. And the more members of the family who are around visiting for the holidays, the better it is. If you’re looking for one full-family TV treat tonight, The Wizard of Oz is one because – because, because, because, because, becaaaaause…!

2015

Dec

THE WIZ LIVE! By David Bianculli

You actually can toggle between NBC and TNT tonight and go from one Wiz to another, because TNT is double-featuring back-to-back showings of The Wizard of Oz, while NBC has decided to repeat its recent live musical telecast of The Wiz Live! The cast includes Queen Latifah as the Wiz, Uzo Aduba as Glinda, Ne-Yo as the Tin Man, Elijah Kelley as the Scarecrow, and Shanice Williams as Dorothy, but the best performance comes, surprisingly, from David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion. And I ain’t

2015

Dec

2015 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE By David Bianculli

Tonight’s Democratic presidential debate, live from New Hampshire, features Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O’Malley, and will be moderated by ABC’s David Muir and Martha Raddatz. Better make sure to watch, because this is the final presidential debate of the year!!!! Oh, wait… there will still be about 104 of those next year, before the candidates are selected. So there’s less of a sense of urgency. And whoever scheduled this one for the final Saturday

2015

Dec

IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON 75TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT By David Bianculli

The recent televised Frank Sinatra tribute concert, celebrating what would have been his 100th birthday, was a disappointment musically and emotionally. This event, taped Dec. 5 at Madison Square Garden, starts with John Fogerty singing “Give Peace a Chance” and “In My Life,” and includes Sheryl Crow doing “A Hard Day’s Night,” The Roots doing “Mother,” Willie Nelson doing a solo “Imagine,” and lots more. Yoko Ono is there live, P

2015

Dec

THE RETURNED By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: This is the Season 2 finale – so after tonight, The Returned won’t be returning. At least not for a while…

2015

Dec

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

Tonight’s guest hosts are former SNL regulars, and best-buddy comedy standouts, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. With the two of them fronting the show, you know it’s going to one of be the best, as well as the last, SNL of the year, and it doesn’t really matter who they’ve got as musical guest. But for the record, it’s, uh, Bruce Springsteeen. Did I say one of the best?

2015

Dec

'THE AFFAIR' CLOSES A SUDSY SEASON 2 SUNDAY By David Hinckley

One of the problems with affairs is that they so often turn out to be less than you wanted them to be. Showtime’s The Affair makes that point in a couple of ways, one of which is the show itself.

2015

Dec

MAKING A MURDERER By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Following in the true-life, exhaustively detailed criminal investigations of the American Life podcast Serial, and of HBO’s Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, this new 10-part Netflix documentary, streaming in its entirety, today, tells the story of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man imprisoned for rape and other crimes for 18 years, then exonerated by DNA evidence. And when he prepares to file suit for his wrongful incarneration, it’s not long before he’s c

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