(Check Local Listings) There are two recent news hooks to this hour – the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, and last year’s maritime accident with Italy’s Costa Concordia, which hit a reef and ran aground off the Tuscany coast. But rather than limit itself merely to those two high-profile events, this edition of Nova has a lot more ground to cover. Well, a lot more water.

2012

Apr

SOUTH PARK By David Bianculli

Taking some inspiration from the Colorado outdoors, this new edition of South Park takes Cartman and the others on a trip to the mountains for a ride on a zip line. Which, at first, they find less than overwhelming…

2012

Apr

LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT By David Bianculli

Chloe Sevigny guest stars in this episode, playing a woman who is chatting with her husband in video mode on her laptop, filling him in on her day while standing in her kitchen, when she’s attacked from behind – and all the husband can do is watch. That’s a shocking beginning to this case – but it’s only the first, and by no means the last, surprise.

2012

Apr

DICK CLARK DIES AT 82, LEAVES BEHIND A HIGH-SCORING TV LEGACY By David Bianculli

Fifty-five years after his American Bandstand pop-music show went national, TV host Dick Clark died Wednesday morning of a heart attack. He was 82...

2012

Apr

GLEE By David Bianculli

This isn’t the sort of tie-in publicity anyone wants. This week, as Glee dives into disco by saluting the movie, and especially the soundtrack of, Saturday Night Fever, the news has broken that Bee Gees founding member Robin Gibb is in a coma. Not the ideal association you want, perhaps, when presented with a new rendition of “Staying Alive.”

2012

Apr

SOPHIE'S CHOICE By David Bianculli

Until last month, when Meryl Streep won an Academy Award for The Iron Lady, this 1982 drama was the last performance for which she actually walked away with a Best Actress Oscar. Thirty years ago. What a slacker. And what a movie. In this titular role, she plays a Polish refugee having a tough time of it in post-WWII Brooklyn, and coping – or trying to – with help from some equally intense friends (Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol). Whether to watch this dark William Styron drama tonight

2012

Apr

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

Tonight is another elimination show – but these judges have gotten so soothing, and so constant, with their superlatives that anything less than “superstar” is likely to sting – and any elimination at all will come as a shock. At least to those on the receiving end. The interplay among the judges, though, continues to be this show’s central driving force, at least in the post-audition phase.

2012

Apr

RINGER By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Mea culpa. Last week I identified that night’s episode of Ringer as the season finale. Imagine my surprise when I watched it on air and it concluded with promos for next week’s episode. So honest: This is the season finale. I blame last week’s confusion on my evil twin. Get used to him.

2012

Apr

RAISING HOPE By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: A courtroom episode – a custody battle for Hope – allows this series, like Seinfeld in its final episode, to populate the court with familiar faces from previous episodes. And in this case, some of the faces are not only from previous episodes, but from series creator Greg Garcia’s previous loony sitcom, My Name Is Earl. Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee and Jaime Pressly are all here, again.

2012

Apr

WHERE THE BOYS ARE By David Bianculli

A week of "Spring Break" movies starts with this 1960 beach classic, which has college kids descending upon Fort Lauderdale, FL to soak up some rays and seek some fun, adventure, hedonism, even love. This film codified the Spring Break experience - and since I grew up in Lauderdale, I get a particular joy out of watching the vintage scenery and hot spots (the Elbo Room still stands, but, except for the beach, that's about it). The stars of this sandy romp include George Hamilton (the role in whi

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