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2019
Jun
20
 
 
Today at 3 p.m. ET, the U.S. women’s team faces Sweden, the other team atop Group F – though the US. squad has a huge lead in goals scored so far this tournament. Both teams are 2-0 in this opening group stage, but Sweden has scored seven goals in its two games to date. The U.S. team has scored 16.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
20
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: ABC has no end of stupid summer competition series: game shows, reality shows, and the occasional test-of-skill show. Holey Moley, a sort of crazily over-inflated idea of a miniature golf competition, premieres tonight. And while it hardly qualifies under the TV Worth Watching rubric, I’m a sucker for miniature golf, so I thought I’d at least mention it, in case any of you otherwise discerning readers are similar softies.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
20
 
 
Tonight’s episode is called “Death of a Car Salesman,” and you can guess what sort of brain, and personality, Liv is absorbing tonight…a real hard-sell type.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
20
 
 
Based on a true story of Allied soldiers planning a mass escape from a Nazi prisoner of war camp, this 1963 movie is a fabulous group character study, populated by some powerfully charismatic actors: Steve McQueen, James Garner, James Corburn, David MCallum and others.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
20
 
 
Taped on June 6, this salute to Denzel Washington kicks off with Julia Roberts, who co-starred with the actor in The Pelican Brief more than 25 years ago. There are plenty of other celebrities gathered here to honor the former St. Elsewhere co-star – but the most touching tributes in this program may be the ones to Washington’s first acting teacher, and to Washington’s mother.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
19
 
 
A new episode of The Handmaid’s Tale appears on Hulu today – and Serena, each week this season, has revealed herself as a little bit less redeemable. It’s a trend that you shouldn’t expect to be overturned this week.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
19
 
 
So far, in this year’s London visit, James Corden is 2 for 2. Monday, he had Michelle Obama stealing the show as an aggressive, taunting dodgeball captain. And last night, he and Chris Hemsworth played dueling waiters, trying to prove which of them could give better service as a posh London restaurant. Spoiler Alert: Hemsworth won, handily. When he takes you to your table, he really takes you to your table…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
18
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: One of the guest stars in tonight’s Season 6 opener of this goofy yet entertaining Comedy Central series is Colin Hanks, who portrays the oddball amateur aviator known as Lawnchair Larry. The real L.L., in 1982, attached 40 weather balloons to a lawn chair, sat in it holding a pellet gun and a sandwich, and went aloft outside of Los Angeles. Hanks has been on Drunk History before, playing iconic children’s TV host Fred Rogers. He did that, by the way, before his fath
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
18
 
 
James Corden is back in his home town of London this week – and yesterday, Michelle Obama, as head of the unofficial US dodgeball team facing Corden’s U.K. squad, was more charismatic and comedic than most stars of most TV sitcoms – and Tom Hanks (see how today’s Best Bets tie together? See what I did there?), on the guest couch with Gillian Anderson, was charming also, as was she. Corden puts a lot of thought and effort into these hops across the pond, so stay tuned.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Jun
18
 
 
Frank Kameny was 6 when he chose a career in astronomy. He got a master's degree and a doctorate from Harvard, then a federal job...