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2013
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21
 
 
This 1960 documentary by Robert Drew captured politics right before politics and TV got wise to one another. The 1960 debates between Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon (the current vice president) and Democrat John F. Kennedy were the first televised presidential debates in history, and changed everything. But before that, when Kennedy was still politicking for the nomination of his party on the presidential ticket and fighting for delegates, filmmaker Drew caught the momentum, and the mista
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
21
 
 
Way back in Season 1, when Glee seemed to know where it was going, Matthew Morrison and guest star Neil Patrick Harris sang Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” together – and as a sort of competition. Tonight, four seasons later, the entire show is devoted to Joel’s music, and “Piano Man” is sung again, this time by Darren Criss as Blaine (pictured). Sing us a song, you’re the piano man…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
21
 
 
Part 4. The photo accompanying tonight’s episode may look like a picture of Batman and Catwoman from a big-screen superhero movie – but it’s actually a flashback prologue from this evening’s The Returned, and it features two of this moody miniseries’ female stars, talking while exiting a costume party. What happens next puts the drama in most costumed movie epics to shame – and what happens after that, well, I’m still not talking openly about, because th
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
21
 
 
Every week, when I watch this series, I end up feeling glad that it’s on TV, because a family drama, where the issues are so specific and yet so universally identifiable, is a very endangered species these days on the small screen. Or, in 2013, on any size screen. And this week, with an episode titled “Election Night,” a lot more is decided than just a mayoral vote. Even the promos look especially intense.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
20
 
 
ABC’s midseason schedule will have sweeping changes, including the new cowboy-hatted drama, Killer Women, a series about modern-day Texas Rangers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
20
 
 
Once again, it’s the Thanksgiving episode for the Hecks – and once again, the parents are visiting for the holidays, spreading anything but good cheer. Jerry Van Dyke, Marsha Mason guest star.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
20
 
 
On one side of the argument, all those doomsday movies about asteroids heading straight for Earth, doing to us what they have done to the dinosaurs. (The asteroid that exploded over Siberia could be Exhibit A in this regard.) On the other side, galactic miners who see in nearby asteroids a fortune in raw materials – iron, nickel, platinum and other precious finds. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
20
 
 
Burt Lancaster month continues on TCM – and tonight, his movies include this 1961 courtroom thriller set in postwar Germany, about Nazis tried for war crimes in an international court. And Lancaster is only one of the major, major stars here. Others include Spencer Tracy, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland and Montgomery Clift. Also featured: two faces that would become quite familiar in subsequent Sixties TV shows: William Shatner of Star Trek, and Werner Klemperer of Hogan
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
20
 
 
This series, in its third season incarnation, has come up with its best yet – and shows no signs of slowing down.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Nov
20
 
 
This ought to be good, and perhaps very quotable. Tonight’s scheduled guest, who has a history of being verbally freewheeling even under more formal interview circumstances, is Jennifer Lawrence, star of the imminent Hunger Games sequel.