Will Ferrell and Betty White are this week’s guest on David Steinberg’s intimate talk show about comedy, about which I have two major complaints. One: It should be shown earlier by Showtime, because it’s certainly entertaining enough. Two: each installment should be an hour, not 30 minutes. I know you want to leave the audience wanting more, but it seems Steinberg and his guests, each week, are barely getting started.

2013

Mar

A&E REVISITS NORMAN AND HIS MOTHER WITH 'BATES MOTEL' By Ed Bark

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho still stirs the blood, quickens the pulse and generates sequels, remakes and now, a "contemporary prequel"...

2013

Mar

ONCE UPON A TIME By David Bianculli

There have been so many good shows vying for attention on Sunday nights, this ABC series has sort of slid beneath the Best Bets radar – but it’s still on my weekly list of shows to record and watch. Season 2 has enriched, rather than diluted, the overall high concept of this fairy-tale-gone-sour series – and this year, with the evil Regina continuing to play with the hearts and dreams of those around her, things have gotten even nastier, thanks to a series of increasingly enlig

2013

Mar

CALL THE MIDWIFE By David Bianculli

PBS continues to rerun episodes of Season 1 of this show, setting the stage for the almost imminent arrival of Season 2. And so long as PBS repeats them, I’ll tune in and re-watch them. If you were caught up in Downton Abbey, this show should grab you like a riptide. Check local listings.

2013

Mar

THE GOOD WIFE By David Bianculli

If there were an Emmy category for Best Overall Use of Guest Stars, this series would be among the prime contenders. Each week, the list and quality of guest performers would be great enough to staff at least one other entirely different series. But on Good Wife, they keep on coming – and returning. Tonight, to name just one example, John Shea (see here in his previous appearance on the show) returns as Cary’s harsh, distant father.

2013

Mar

THE WALKING DEAD By David Bianculli

The sit-down stand-off last week, between Rick (Andrew Lincoln, pictured) and the Governor (David Morrissey) was the most tense meeting of its type since Mags Bennett sat down across the table from Raylan on Justified. On Walking Dead, though, both of the participants walked away to live, and fight, another day. And this new episode, quite clearly, marks the beginning of those other days.

2013

Mar

GIRLS By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Both emotions and deadlines come to a boil this week, as Hannah (Lena Dunham) frantically tries to comply with the due date of her novel – while ex-boyfriend Adam (Adam Driver) has an emotional catharsis that is long overdue. This last script of the season was co-written by Dunham and series co-executive producer Judd Apatow.

2013

Mar

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL By David Bianculli

The plot of this 2012 movie is thin as onionskin typing paper, a simile that ought to baffle an entire generation of film fans – but that generation, most likely, wouldn’t have seen this movie anyway. It’s about a group of British tourists who travel to India to stay at a resort that doesn’t exactly live up to the brochure. But the cast makes this movie a pleasure: Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy, just for starters.

2013

Mar

TOOTSIE By David Bianculli

It’s Dustin Hoffman night on TCM: five movies in a row, starting with this brave, touching character study from 1982. Hoffman gets due credit for transforming himself into the titular character, but I’ve always been equally impressed by how committed he is to portraying a committed actor, determined to remain true to his craft as he sees it. Also noteworthy in this movie, of course: Jessica Lange as the love interest, and Bill Murray as the comical best friend.

2013

Mar

MEN IN BLACK 3 By David Bianculli

Yes, Starz tonight presents the TV premiere of the 2012 Men in Black 3, which teams a time-traveling Agent J (Will Smith) with a younger version of Agent K (played by Josh Brolin). But Starz does more than that. It prefaces that premiere with the two previous films in the series, beginning at 5:50 p.m. ET.

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