In honor of the late banjo king Earl Scruggs, here he is with bluegrass duo-mate Lester Flatt on The Beverly Hillbillies, for which they legendarily provided the theme song. Dancing Granny! Dancing dogs! And Buddy Ebsen struttin' the stuff that made him the original Wizard of Oz Tin Man. - DW

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MAGIC CITY By Diane Werts

Sure looks seductive, doesn't it? "Magic City," Starz' sleek big-money look back at circa-'60 Miami Beach, gets a sneak peek this Friday. That's at 11 p.m. ET, after the season finale of "Spartacus: Vengeance," into whose 10 p.m. time slot "Magic City" slides the following week. - DW

2012

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VEEP By Diane Werts

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the vice president of the United States? Stranger things have happened. (Maybe.) Here's a peek at her new comedy "Veep", premiering April 22 on HBO. - DW

2012

Mar

MARY'S BACK! By Diane Werts

Mary's back! "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" gets a major cable showcase when it hits Hallmark Channel April 1 with a 10-hour welcome marathon. Here's a clip from the classic "Chuckles Bites the Dust" episode: Mary, who's been chiding her WJM newsroom co-workers for joking about the death of the TV clown, finds herself broken up in an entirely different way at his funeral. - DW

2012

Mar

MY LIVING DOLL HITS DVD By Diane Werts

Some long-gone shows are even better than legend has it. Here's one -- "My Living Doll", the 1964 sitcom starring Julie "Catwoman" Newmar as a robot, with Bob Cummings as her would-be minder. Newmar's deftly innocent mis-takes on human behavior prove enduringly delightful as My Living Doll hits DVD this Tuesday. - DW

2012

Mar

THE STORY OF THE COSTUME DRAMA By Diane Werts

Brideshead Revisited, Upstairs Downstairs, Pride and Prejudice, The Jewel in the Crown, The Forsyte Saga, Moll Flanders, Cranford and I, Claudius -- if just the titles make you sigh, then public TV has the program for you. It's The Story of the Costume Drama, a too-short hour survey of great moments in British period miniseries over the past 50 years. (Check local listings for March airings.) - DW

2012

Mar

ABC'S NEW SERIES MISSING By Diane Werts

Do we buy Ashley Judd as an ex-CIA agent kicking ass to get her kidnapped son back? Click above to watch the first act of ABC's new series "Missing" before its Wednesday 10 p.m. ET premiere. One thing's for sure: It doesn't start slow. - DW

2012

Mar

JAPAN TSUNAMI: TALES OF TERROR By Diane Werts

Think about this the next time you consider driving through rising water: Japan Tsunami: Tales of Terror (Thursday at 9 p.m. ET, TLC) offers the testimony of a driver -- and footage from his on-board camera -- of being hit by the tsunami last March that also devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. - DW

2012

Mar

ED O'NEILL: WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR By Diane Werts

You wouldn't necessarily expect to connect Modern Family patriarch Ed O'Neill to late martial arts icon Bruce Lee. But surprise! There's an impact. All is explained in the film I Am Bruce Lee (Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET, Spike), also featuring Kobe Bryant, Manny Pacquiao, Mickey Rourke, Taboo, Jon Jones, Gina Carano, Paul Rodriguez (the skateboarder), and more. - DW

2012

Mar

BELUSHI DOES COCKER: NEXT TO COCKER By Diane Werts

Whoa. It's been 30 years since John Belushi died of a drug overdose on March 5, 1982, at the age of just 33. One of Saturday Night Live's breakout regulars at its 1975 premiere, he's a big reason the show is still airing today. Here's one of Belushi's TV classics -- mimicking eccentric '60s soulman/Woodstock act Joe Cocker...right next to Cocker, in 1976. - DW

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