Let other shows devote themselves to presenting special Thanksgiving episodes. This show, with all its snooty sorority girls, focuses instead on the retail aftermath, and a different “holiday” entirely: Black Friday.

2015

Dec

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS By David Bianculli

Ron Howard directs this 2000 live-action version of the Dr. Seuss villain, starring Jim Carrey in a Christmas fable proving that, even for the holiday-hating Grinch, it’s not easy being green.

2015

Dec

WITH 'DOWNTON'S' END IN SIGHT, PBS FACES A DILEMMA By David Hinckley

With the final Downton Abbey countdown under way, it’s time to extend a little sympathy to PBS for facing this season’s TV mission impossible: replacing the most popular show in network history...

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