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2012
Jul
6
 
 
This 1980 movie isn’t shown much on TV, and some of our TVWW readers have asked about its availability on DVD – so it’s worth pointing out that here it comes again, in case anyone wants to record it for a home library. Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall star, and Robert Altman directs, but the biggest and most surprising draw here is that the music and lyrics are written by Harry Nilsson.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
6
 
 
This is the penultimate installment of this animated series, and boy, am I going to miss it when it’s gone. This show, week in and week out, has given me more laughs on a Friday night than I thought anyone or anything could coax out of me. On tonight’s new installment, Karl Pilkington explains to Ricky Gervais that before he donates a kidney to someone, he’d like to meet the would-be organ-donor recipient beforehand to size them up. Even if it’s a sickly little kid &ndash
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
6
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: Ariel Tweto is used to rugged plane trips: her father, Jim, runs the small Alaskan airline featured in this series, servicing the bush country as well as coastal towns. Earlier this year, she was featured on a cushier trip, as one of the invited guests when CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson went to Scotland – and was thoroughly charming. So tune in and see more of her, as she continues to pursue her dream of earning her pilot’s license.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
6
 
 
TNT's string of fair to fairly good drama series continues with Perception, Eric McCormack's latest effort to make viewers see him in a new light...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
6
 
 
This day in 1993 marked the last telecast of the ABC sitcom, Room For Two. The short-lived series — which debuted in 1992 and followed the top-rated Roseanne in the ABC lineup — starred Linda Lavin and current The Middle star Patricia Heaton...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
We're well into summer even though we haven't reached the dog days yet. Or have we? Sunny days usually means road trips -- and no riders are more jazzed about cruising with the windows down and a great song on the radio and the than the four-legged kind...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
Andy Griffith played kind, gentle men so well and so often over the course of his six decades in show business that his occasional visits to the dark side were all the more electrifying...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
This is the golden anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise, which is still going strong. Sean Connery starred as 007 in this first cinematic adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel, and the majority of the reason the Bond phenomenon caught on was due to his rugged appeal and cool, ranging on cold, reactions under fire, as well as under the sheets. But give some credit, too, to the original “Bond girl,” back when calling them girls was unquestionably accepted. Playing the role of Hon
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
John Cassavetes wrote and directed this 1974 character study, partly improvised, about a wife and mother who fears she’s going mad, and the husband who tries to cope with her mental instability. Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk star – and they’re so good, and Cassavetes’ camerawork so mobile and fluid, much of this film seems more like a documentary.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
5
 
 
Spike Lee is tonight’s guest programmer, and he’s selected a roster of films that share a certain intensity. His evening begins with this 1951 Billy Wilder film, exposing the cynicism, manipulation and competitiveness of broadcast news back when the reigning news medium was radio. Kirk Douglas stars as a reporter who capitalizes on a mine cave-in to grab the spotlight for himself as well. Other Lee selections include 1955’s The Night of the Hunter at 10 p.m. ET, 1954’s On