CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV, various times ETToday’s second-round action: In the East, Cincinnati (seeded No. 4) vs. Texas (No. 11), CBS at noon ET; Florida State (No. 3) vs. St. Bonaventure (No. 14), CBS at 2:30 p.m. ET. In the Midwest, San Diego State (No. 6) vs. N.C. State (No. 11), TruTV at 12:40 p.m. ET; Creighton (No. 8) vs. Alabama (No. 9), TBS at 1:40 p.m. ET; Georgetown (No. 3) vs. Belmont (No. 14), TruTV at 3 p.m. ET; North Carolina (No. 1) vs. Vermont (No. 16), TBS at 4 p.m. ERT; Michi

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Mar

GREAT PERFORMANCES: "SONDHEIM: THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT" By David Bianculli

(Check Local Listings) This concert celebration from last fall is worth a repeat viewing – and hearing. Guests gathered to honor Stephen Sondheim, and interpret his lyrics, include Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, John McMartin, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Michael Cerveris, George Hearn, Donna Murphy and the fabulous Elaine Stritch.

2012

Mar

FAIRLY LEGAL By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Sarah Shahi returns as Kate, in a second season that pairs her with a new cast regular, Ryan Johnson, as an adversarial attorney. Sparks are supposed to fly, but in this series, Shahi flies better solo. She was, and remains, the only compelling reason to watch this show – which, otherwise, is fairly listless.

2012

Mar

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Alexandra Pelosi hasn’t made the best guest in her previous appearances here – but the closer we get to a general election, the more quoteworthy the documentary-filmmaking daughter of Nancy Pelosi becomes. She’s one of Maher’s guests tonight, along with Ed Helms, Dylan Ratigan and others.

2012

Mar

IN PLAIN SIGHT By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: In this season opener, Mary (Mary McCormack) is back from maternity leave. And is she is softer, gentler, more nurturing mother Mary? Don’t bet on it.

2012

Mar

TRAVELING TO THE CORNERS OF OUR 'FROZEN PLANET' By David Bianculli

(From NPR) I don't want to complain about "Frozen Planet," however, until I dish out a little praise. "Frozen Planet," which premieres this Sunday on the Discovery Channel, is the kind of program that television was made for — and, even more certainly, the kind that modern TV was made for...

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

2012 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV, various times ET In the East bracket, today’s second-round games are No. 8-ranked Kansas State vs. No. 9 Southern Miss, at 12:40 p.m. ET on TruTV; No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 Montana, at 2:10 p.m. ET on TNT; No. 1 Syracuse vs. No. 16 UNC-Asheville at 3 p.m. ET, on TruTV; No. 5 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Harvard, at 4:30 p.m. ET on TNT; No. 7 Gonzaga vs. No. 10 West Virginia, at 7:20 p.m. ET on TNT; and No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Loyola (Md.), at 9:40 p.m. ET on TNT. In th

2012

Mar

COMMUNITY By David Bianculli

SERIES RETURN: After a long and needless two-month hibernation, this comedy returns to the NBC lineup. Andre and Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) make plans to remarry – but don’t expect this hitching to go off without a hitch.

2012

Mar

AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli

This show has a way of generating headlines, even if from the misbehavior of judges or contestants. Last night, the shocker was the sudden dismissal of Top 13 finalist Jermaine Jones, the 25-year-old from Pine Hill, NJ, who, in seems, had falsified his past to Idol producers by hiding his outstanding arrest warrants. Now that’s arresting television! And tonight was supposed to be the elimination episode…

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