Following a documentary on the 1967 holiday TV special by the Beatles that aired in (and outraged much of) England, many PBS member stations tonight repeat the Magical Mystery Tour program itself. It’s remastered, restored, and really, really interesting. What a treat. Check local listings.

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Mar

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

There’s a really good lineup on tonight’s new edition, including such reliably talkative guests as former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele, actor and comedian David Cross, Detroit author and TV reporter Charlie LeDuff, and Huffington Post matriarch, and old Maher crony, Arianna Huffington (pictured, with Maher).

2013

Mar

MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING By Christy Slewinski

Joss Whedon fans are all abuzz about the writer/producer's upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Here's a sneak peek...

2013

Mar

THE BIG BANG THEORY By David Bianculli

High school must have been awkward and embarrassing for the geeky brainiacs on this show the first time around. But they’re older now, and even wiser – so when they’re invited to speak about science to a high school class of young ladies, things will be completely different, right? If you think that, welcome to your first viewing of The Big Bang Theory.

2013

Mar

COMMUNITY By David Bianculli

The on-the-shelf banishment of this sitcom continues to show, drastically and almost absurdly. Having a Halloween episode in the dead of winter, necessitated by NBC’s decision to bench this series until midseason, was awkward enough. But now, in March, comes a Thanksgiving episode. But timing, in this case, isn’t everything, because it’s still worth watching – because Jeff (Joel McHale) finally comes face to face with his long-estranged dad. And the dad is played by guest

2013

Mar

AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli

After two days of live performances by the 20 singers who have made it thus far in this year’s competition, tonight that numbers will be cut in half, ending up with the year’s Top 10. It’s the viewers, not the judges, who are making the cuts this time, but expect, on this live outing, that the judges still will have plenty to say. Especially Nicki Minaj (pictured), who seems to have no seven-second delay in her own head, and Mariah Carey, who seems to have no sense of time bein

2013

Mar

CAN-CAN By David Bianculli

Tonight’s TCM lineup is a cinematic salute to Paris, with four movies set in Paris presented back to back (to back to back). The evening begins with 1960’s Can-Can, starring Shirley MacLaine as a scandalous dancer in Paris of the 1890s. In addition to the high-kicking exposed legs of the can-can dance itself, MacLaine also performs in an on-stage set piece called the “Garden of Eden ballet” (pictured). When it was shown, prior to the film’s release, during Soviet pr

2013

Mar

GLEE By David Bianculli

Tonight’s new episode of Glee pits the boys against the girls – and one of the acts by the girls treads heavily upon the Marilyn Monroe territory claimed by NBC’s Smash. The young ladies take on Monroe’s famous “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” number – but also update it by mashing it up with Madonna’s “Material Girl.” You go, girls.

2013

Mar

LITTLE LOST SHOWS: TV THAT DIED TOO SOON By Eric Gould

No, Enlightened hasn't been cancelled yet, but the web's aflutter about the possibility, and it got us to thinking about other shows we've loved that didn't make it...

2013

Mar

THE SHINING By David Bianculli

The exciting news that Steven Spielberg is working with the Stanley Kubrick estate to complete the director's never-realized Napoleon epic is more than enough reason to revisit a Kubrick film that works every time you watch it anyway. This 1980 adaptation of the Stephen King novel is one of the spookiest movies ever made - and Jack Nicholson is the demented beating heart of it.

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