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2015
Dec
9
 
 
TCM continues to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Frank Sinatra (perhaps you’ve heard?) by presenting another batch of movies and specials featuring him tonight. Chief among them, at 9 p.m. ET: 1953’s From Here to Eternity, which starred Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed – but counted as a major comeback vehicle for Sinatra.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
9
 
 
This series uses some very modern technology – in this case, 3D laser scanning – to probe some very ancient wonders. In tonight’s new episode, structural engineer Steve Burrows and host Dallas Campbell try to figure out how the Incan city of Machu Picchu was constructed, and why. One of the things they learned had to do with where all the bodily wastes went – and their discovery, you might say, uncovers a veritable royal flush. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
9
 
 
Made for CBS as a holiday telemovie in 1984, this version of the Charles Dickens classic story is one of the best. It’s got Frank Finlay as Jacob Marley, and David Warner as Bob Cratchit, but really soars because George C. Scott is perfectly cast as the snarling, scowling Ebenezer Scrooge. Great Scott!
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
9
 
 
Tonight’s episode title is “She Wants Revenge.” The exact identity of “She” is not made clear, and on this series, there are an awful lot of female suspects. One of them, clearly, is Ramona Royale, the latest femme fatale played on this anthology series by Angela Bassett.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
8
 
 
With the final season of Downton Abbey less than a month away, a good chunk of the cast reunited this week in New York for what Hugh Bonneville observed might be the last time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
8
 
 
British comedy team Greg Haiste and Marie Lawrence have put together an hilarious spoof Star Wars trailer in the style of naturalist British director Ken Loach and his 1969 film Kes, complete with appropriately weird Yorkshire dialect...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
8
 
 
Does the name Danny Kaye ring a bell? Ring-a-ding-ding, it should during this holiday season...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
8
 
 
SEASON FINALE: In this two-hour expanded installment, the Red Devil killer is unmasked – but not, I’m guessing, before there’s a final revision to the overall body count.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
8
 
 
Tonight’s human guest star: Mindy Kaling.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
8
 
 
WINTER FINALE: If you’ve stayed with this series, you’ve noticed, I’m sure, it’s managed to plumb more emotional depths than ever before. One of its effective tricks this year has been to establish a strong romantic bond between a couple, then rend them apart, either by distance or death. Tonight’s winter finale threatens a bit of both: Simmons, long separated from and only recently reunited with Fitz, now has to watch helplessly, forced by HYDRA to monitor the port