This is must-see TV for me: This week, Karl Pilkingon talks to Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant about the medical profession, and medicine and health in general. Somehow, I know this will make me feel better – especially when Karl starts talking about an amazingly healthy homeless woman named “Scruffy Sandra.”

2012

Jun

THE INNOCENTS By David Bianculli

This 1961 version of Henry James’ moody The Turn of the Screw captures all the atmospheric creepiness of the original story, along with all the ambiguity that comes with telling a ghost story where the ghosts may or may not exist. Deborah Kerr stars as the governess who comes to suspect that the children in her charge have been possessed by former employees of the estate. Jack Clayton directs, very effectively.

2012

Jun

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

There are plenty of political guests on tonight’s new edition, but the panelist I’m most enthusiastic about seeing is filmmaker John Waters. He’s at the point in his career, and his life, where he says whatever he thinks. That’s kept him off most talk shows, but it’s made him a welcome and witty recurring visitor on this one. And, happily, here we go again.

2012

Jun

THE ROCK By David Bianculli

On a slow night, here’s a fast-moving, very entertaining movie. Nicolas Cage successfully transmutes into an action star here, but this 1996 adventure is stolen nonetheless by Sean Connery, who seems to approach each scene with the goal of providing the most memorable performance – and he succeeds, every time.

2012

Jun

GARFUNKEL AND OATES: THE HALF HOUR By David Bianculli

The brilliant Flight of the Conchords re-established the viability of the musical comedy duo as an entertaining standup form – and now, there’s a female due making its own claim, and borrowing their names from classic male musical teammates. Garfunkel and Oates, in reality, is, or are, Riki Lindhome (guitar) and Kate Minucci (ukelele). Minucci should be familiar from recurring roles on Raising Hope, where she sings a lot, and Bored to Death, where she doesn’t. They sing funny s

2012

Jun

THE FIRST PROMO FOR 'KATIE' By Ed Bark

A look at the first promo for Katie Couric's new talk show, Katie...

2012

Jun

1955: CBS PREMIERES 'THE $64,000 QUESTION' By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1955, CBS premiered its popular game show, The $64,000 Question. Inspired by the popular radio quiz show Take it or Leave It (which later became The $64 Question), The $64,000 Question was the forerunner to contemporary game shows such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?The $64,000 Question, hosted by actor Hal March, featured contestants answering a series of questions on one particular topic, with the prize amount doubling — $64, $128, $256 to $512, then $1,000,

2012

Jun

NBC PRESCRIBES 'SAVING HOPE' FOR SUMMER By Ed Bark

NBC's new summertime medical drama, Saving Hope, may be a nice curative to the networks' usual hot weather regimens of ill-considered or sick-in-the-head reality series...

2012

Jun

THE TV LEGACY OF RAY BRADBURY By David Bianculli

Ray Bradbury sparked television from its early Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Twilight Zone days to his own anthology series, The Ray Bradbury Theater, and beyond...

2012

Jun

JAILHOUSE ROCK By David Bianculli

This 1957 Elvis Presley movie caught him at the zenith of his early stardom, exuding so much confidence and swagger that not even the flimsiest of musical plots could contain or dilute him. And watch, for fun, for an unlikely co-star – Dean Jones.

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