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2013
Oct
18
ROSEANNE MARATHON By David Bianculli
 
 
Today in 1988, on October 18, ABC premiered Roseanne, starring Roseanne Barr, and ushered in another of TV’s influential, significant family sitcoms. Today in 2013, starting at 10 a.m. ET, We TV presents a seven-hour marathon of its favorite Roseanne episodes. The action begins with a pair of episodes from the show’s first year – so watch for George Clooney, who was a cast member the first few seasons, playing one of the co-workers at Roseanne’s factory. ER and fame, at t
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
18
2013 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES By David Bianculli
 
 
Game 6. The St. Louis Cardinals are ahead in this series 3-2, but the Los Angeles Dodgers, fighting to come from behind, can tie the NLCS tonight – or lose it all. And for this game, the Cards have home-field advantage.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
18
GREAT PERFORMANCES: "40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION" By David Bianculli
 
 
Taped at Lincoln Center last year, this salute to Great Performances is a mix of stories (from Julie Andrews and others) and performances (Audra McDonald, Izhtak Perlman, and many, many others), all in honor of this long-running, culturally valuable PBS arts anthology series. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
18
OUT OF SIGHT By David Bianculli
 
 
This 1998 movie, a very clever, very sexy crime story, showed us the sparkling side of three different artists. George Clooney plays a bank robber with personal ethics and lots of personal charisma. Jennifer Lopez plays Karen Sisco, a U.S. marshal who gets her man, in more ways than one. And the movie is based on a novel by Elmore Leonard, whose writings subsequently inspired two TV series: Karen Sisco, a short-lived ABC spinoff starring Carla Gugino, and the superb Justified, the FX series star
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
18
HAVEN By David Bianculli
 
 
Audrey (Emily Rose) is back in Haven now, but not as Audrey – she’s convinced she’s another woman entirely, a sassy bartender named Lexie. And given how strange things are, and get, in Haven, perhaps she’s right…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
17
END OF THE MAKEOVER: FAREWELL TO 'WHAT NOT TO WEAR' By Monique Nazareth
 
 
After ten years and roughly three hundred and fifty makeovers, TLC’s What Not To Wear is coming to an end on Friday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
17
THE BIG BANG THEORY By David Bianculli
 
 
Amy (Mayim Bialik) gets a job at the university, getting her even closer to Sheldon (Jim Parsons). And that may be closer than he wants her to get – especially when Penny (Kaley Cuoco) begins to tease them about their sudden closeness.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
17
2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES By David Bianculli
 
 
For yesterday’s Game 4 in this Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox series, Tigers manager Jim Leyland decided to shuffle the deck, and the on-deck circle, and revise the order of almost the entire starting lineup. Presto: the Tigers’ bats come alive, and the team beats the Red Sox, 7-3. So tonight, for Game 5, now that the ALCS is tied 2-2, I’d expect the same lineup as last night. At least from the Tigers dugout.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
17
SAUL'S MAILBAG By Eric Gould
 
 
Our Breaking Bad hangover continues, with one bloodshot eye following news on Better Cal Saul, the spinoff dedicated to the prequel back story of Bob Odenkirk's crook lawyer, Saul Goodman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
17
PARKS AND RECREATION By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight’s guest star is Tatiana Maslany, who played at least seven roles in the first season of BBC America’s Orphan Black. Here, she plays only one: a Pawnee resident who catches the eye of Tom (Aziz Ansari). And she’ll be here next week, too – so, in this case, you’re not seeing double. Or clones.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley