Game 1 of this year’s NHL finals, in which the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins, 4-3, in a triple-overtime thriller Wednesday, attracted more TV viewers (more than 6 million) than any opening Stanley Cup final contest since 1997’s Philadelphia-Detroit series. That game provided close to an hour of extra hockey – and tonight, after a few days of well-deserved rest for both teams, comes Game 2.

2013

Jun

ZERO HOUR By David Bianculli

SERIES RETURN: This Anthony Edwards ABC drama series dropped off the map, and the network schedule, almost instantly, leaving its mysteries and puzzles and neo-Nazi conspiracies and kidnappings going unresolved. Well, ABC has decided to burn off the remaining untelevised episodes by showing them in the summer. On Saturday nights, yet. This edition of “Write-Off Theatre” begins tonight with a double feature, picking up with Laila (Jacinda Barrett), the wife of Edwards’ Hank, sti

2013

Jun

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES By David Bianculli

This 2012 Christopher Nolan movie completed his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader, and did so with a tale of epic length – but not quite epic in other respects, despite the presence of Anne Hathaway as the latest screen version of Catwoman. Hathaway won an Oscar that year – but not for this. It was for the other movie she made that year, playing Fantine in Les Miserables.

2013

Jun

THE AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A TRIBUTE TO MEL BROOKS By David Bianculli

Mel Brooks has had quite a year, and it’s only June. The month after being saluted with an American Masters biographical tribute, he gets saluted again here, as this year’s recipient of the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. Congratulations, Mel! Joining him for the festivities are, among others, comic cohorts Carl Reiner and Cloris Leachman, as well as Martin Scorsese, Sarah Silverman, Billy Crystal and more.

2013

Jun

U.S. OPEN GOLF By David Bianculli

Because of yesterday’s rain delay, the action at today’s U.S. Open starts early, with Tiger Woods, among others, resuming his opening round even before ESPN joins the action at 8:30 a.m. ET. The rest of the day’s coverage is the same as Thursday’s (only with less rain expected): NBC takes over at 3 p.m. ET, and ESPN resumes at 5 p.m. ET. And after yesterday’s truncated play on the wet, soft course at the Merion Gold Club, look who’s leading: Phil Mickelson.

2013

Jun

DARK PASSAGE By David Bianculli

This 1947 movie has a cast worth watching, for sure: Humphrey Bogart gets to star, once again, opposite Lauren Bacall, with whom he fell madly in love three years earlier when she made her cinematic debut opposite him in To Have and Have Not. In 1946, they reteamed for The Big Sleep, then again a year later for this suspense movie about an escaped con out for revenge. Also starring: Agnes Moorehead.

2013

Jun

MAGIC CITY By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Season 2 of this series may end up falling victim to the same malady that affected it last season: Its visuals dazzle, while its writing does not. But with an even more central role for the lovely Olga Kurylenko as Vera, the dazzle level of the visuals goes up to 11.

2013

Jun

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Tonight’s guests include Jonathan Alter and Patrick Kennedy – and with some lines being crossed and others being tapped, there ought to be a lot to discuss this week.

2013

Jun

VICE By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: This final episode of the season showcases the global stunt that got so much attention when Vice helped engineer it in the first place: a visit in February to North Korea, and its controversial leader, Kim Jong-un.

2013

Jun

U.S. OPEN GOLF By David Bianculli

Beginning today, the U.S. Open invites golfers to a short, stubborn course with lots of pro golf history: the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, PA, fairly close to my neck of the woods. But days of drenching rains have softened this course a lot, which should make it easier for players – while today, the forecast is for so much rain that, come mid-afternoon, there may be no players on the course at all. But while golf is being played, here’s where you’ll find it: starting at 9 a.m.

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