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2013
Sep
5
 
 
Two women in Michael’s life – both of them deadly, and neither of them exactly fond of the other – meet face to face tonight, in a heated confrontation that may not end well for both of them. Especially since this is the penultimate episode of Burn Notice, which means not even the regular characters are completely safe.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
5
 
 
Terry Jones directed this Monty Python’s Flying Circus compendium of sketches and other delightful nonsense, and also appears in the 1982 film’s most memorable, audacious sketch. Opposite John Cleese as an obsequious waiter, Jones plays Mr. Creosote, a gluttonous patron so fat, and so overfed, that the ingestion of “one thin mint” at the end of dinner is enough to… well, see for yourself. But not while you’re snacking.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
5
 
 
This latest season is only two episodes old so far – but in both of them, the killer has managed to either display or dispatch his victims in startlingly unusual ways. And we’re only at the halfway point, with more episodes tonight and tomorrow – and with Idris Elba, as Luther, already anger that he hasn’t deciphered enough clues to put the murderer away.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
5
 
 
On this day in 1966, the very first Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day telethon came to a close...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
4
 
 
From the beginning of this series, the murder investigation in the small town of Broadchurch seems to have stirred up feelings, secrets and animosity everywhere in the community. But tonight, the entire town seems to be stirred up for real – and as one – and take to the streets. Why, and what happens next? Ay, there’s the rub…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
4
 
 
SERIES FINALE: This isn’t the first series finale for Futurama – like Family Guy, it’s risen, Phoenix-like, from the ashes of cancellation more than once. But tonight’s episode is it, again, at least for now. (Or at least until next year, when there’s already a Futurama crossover episode of The Simpsons on the drawing board. Literally on the drawing board.) And in this last episode, Fry and Leela are decked up to go out on the town, when Fry accidentally stops all m
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
4
 
 
Treading dangerously into The Killing territory, the mismatched detectives on the trail of a murderer here recently settled on the wrong prime suspect. But with a quick course correction, this duo need not make the same weekly mistakes, pursuing red herrings in a way that makes them look well-meaning but inept. Besides, in The Bridge, there’s enough else going on, about border politics and smuggling, to keep things moving, and interesting, even when the primary murder investigation falters
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
4
 
 
This durable, deliberately old-fashioned TV Land comedy already snared headlines recently for mounting a live episode, and was ahead of the curve years ago by casting Betty White just before she zoomed to iconic cult status. Both White and Hot in Cleveland recurring player Georgia Engel were beloved supporting actors on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and tonight’s new episode makes it an official reunion. Guest starring tonight are Mary Tyler Moore herself, as well as two women who eventually
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
4
 
 
W. Kamau Bell, who was discovered by Chris Rock and nurtured into an FX current-affairs comedy series of his own, moves to FX’s brand new sister network tonight, and with a mandate that increases his workload fivefold. Instead of a weekly live show, as Bill Maher has on HBO, Bell now hosts a live program five nights a week. And he’ll be learning, and honing his act, in plain sight: Viewers have to find FXX, then find him, to render judgment. And when they do, I suspect they’ll
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Sep
4
 
 
Think about the company you're in when your next pitch falls flat... Here's Seth Rogen, Adam Scott, and Breaking Bad's crooked lawyer, Bob Odenkirk, screen testing in 2003 for The Office. They didn't get hired.