I don’t care who else is on Maher’s show tonight. I’ll be watching, and thrilled, because the mid-show interview guest is the great Carl Reiner. He’s 91 years old now, and has been turning out great entertainment for at least 63 of them. That’s how long ago he played a very funny straight man to Sid Caesar on NBC’s Your Show of Shows. To put it into perspective, that was 15 years before Sally Field played a perky teen in Gidget.

2013

Oct

THE FRESHMAN By David Bianculli

Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando star in a 1990 movie that somehow manages to be a dark comedy, a satire, a drama and a love story all at once – and succeeds at every turn. To say more, other than to urge you to watch, would be taking away from the fun… which definitely includes having fun with the star of The Godfather.

2013

Oct

HBO LANDS A COMBINATION IN 'MUHAMMAD ALI’S GREATEST FIGHT' By Gerald Jordan

Documentary footage of the outspoken heavyweight is layered with a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the Supreme Court, back when the champ refused to answer the draft...

2013

Oct

THE BIG BANG THEORY By David Bianculli

Tonight’s new episode has the gang divided up into unconventional pairs, as part of a scavenger hunt game that combines the geekiness of science and pop-culture obsessions with… the geekiness of a scavenger hunt.

2013

Oct

GLEE By David Bianculli

Part 2 of 2. The Beatles salute continues, for better and for worse. And though a dozen different quotable lyrics come to mind, I think, this time, I’ll just let it be. Watch this episode, and think for yourself…

2013

Oct

THE CRAZY ONES By David Bianculli

In this new episode, a local coffee chain account is given a new chief account executive, and a new direction – which turns out to cause some unexpected stress, and unwanted reactions. Someone better wake up… and smell the coffee.

2013

Oct

THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW By David Bianculli

In this new episode, the normally laid-back Eve shows an interest in a photography class – which pleases her parents, until they discover, at that class, just what seems to be developing.

2013

Oct

PARENTHOOD By David Bianculli

Don’t let NBC’s almost total lack of support and promotion for this family drama series prevent you from watching it. Last season, it provided some of the most wrenching dramatic scenes on broadcast TV – and this year, with a slightly lighter tone, it’s providing some of the best smiles. And I’m including the network sitcoms in that assessment, by the way.

2013

Oct

'THE MILLERS' ARRIVES AMID PRIME CBS REAL ESTATE By Ed Bark

Aging, cantankerous and/or befuddled parents are the fall season’s new sitcom normal...

2013

Oct

TALKING WITH NEIL FLYNN, ABC'S 'MIDDLE' MAN By Donna J. Plesh

“I would say we are under the radar,” says Neil Flynn, who plays the Heck patriarch on the ABC Wednesday sitcom The Middle. But, he adds, "I don’t mind... because we have sneakily finished 100 episodes..."

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