This edition is called “On the Air,” and examines the role of radio, back when it was the dominant medium popularizing songs and songwriters. Artists covered include Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby and, pictured, a very young singing sensation named Baby Rose Marie. Many, many decades later, having dropped the “Baby” prefix, she would be featured on The Dick Van Dyke Show, playing comedy writer Sally Rogers. Check local listings.

2013

Apr

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Among the roundtable panelists on Maher’s show this week: David Stockman and Bob Costas, each of whom should get the opportunity to react to recent headlines in their respective specialties.

2013

Apr

DA VINCI'S DEMONS By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new series reimagines Leonardo Da Vinci as a combination Indiana Jones, Robin Hood and Casanova – a dashing, defiant, imaginative Renaissance superhero. Not surprisingly, this series is created by David S. Goyer, coauthor of the Dark Knight movie trilogy and the imminent Superman reboot. The emphasis here is on the visuals, some of which fall flat: animating Da Vinci’s sketches as a type of CSI insert is an unnecessary waste. But while Tom Riley, as Da Vinci, ex

2013

Apr

"LEO" STRUTS HIS 15TH CENTURY STUFF IN 'DA VINCI'S DEMONS' By Ed Bark

Forget about those familiar portraits of an old, fulsomely bearded Da Vinci. Starz's Da Vinci's Demons presents Leonardo as a dashing, glib-tongued action hero with an eye for the ladies...

2013

Apr

2013 MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

There's one overwhelmingly dominant story line as we begin the first round of the 2013 Masters in Augusta: Tiger Woods. For the first time in years, he's ranked No. 1 — and seems poised, the way he's been playing lately, to win his first major tournament since 2008. Will he rise to these great expectations? Or will he crumble under them, continuing his slide from golfing dominance rather than reclaiming it? The first round will give an early inclination — but amazingly, TV

2013

Apr

AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli

Last night’s show all but buried Lazaro Arbos, the last remaining male singer in the Final 6. His performance on “Close to You,” was harsh, and the judges were harsher (even Mariah Carey nailed him for missing a key change). This season, the show’s judges have been pushing to finally anoint another female winner – and after tonight, Idol should guarantee that.

2013

Apr

THE OFFICE By David Bianculli

Here’s a guest-star alert worth mentioning: Portraying a talent agent who sees potential greatness in Ed Helms’ Andy is Roseanne Barr.

2013

Apr

ANGER MANAGEMENT By David Bianculli

Here’s a guest-star alert worth mentioning, on a show that usually isn’t: Charlie Sheen, as a therapist, gets a new patient: Lindsay Lohan, playing an off-kilter version of herself. If that’s not redundant. When Lohan teared up the other day on Late Show with David Letterman, responding to some words of support from her host, that was a good career move. Whether this appearance, which has her hawking some product for a Japanese TV ad, continues that positive momentum, or negate

2013

Apr

LES MISERABLES By David Bianculli

Many movies have been made of this classic Victor Hugo novel – and while this is by no means the best of them, it’s fun to watch nonetheless. Michael Rennie stars as Jean Valjean in this 1952 version, made the year after he starred as Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still. Robert Newton plays Inspector Javert, and the leading ladies are portrayed by Debra Paget (as Cosette) and Sylvia Sidney (as Fantine).

2013

Apr

BRAVEHEART By David Bianculli

This 1995 Mel Gibson movie is one of my nephew Hamilton’s favorite “spider-web” movies, and he’s far from alone – which is why Spike, aiming to please its young male demographic, is hitting the bullseye by presenting this action film in prime time. Fans of this movie can talk about it until they’re blue in the face. Which, in this particular case, is a form of tribute.

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