Larry David is about to star in his new Broadway play about – what else – family dysfunction. David, notoriously cryptic and evasive about himself, was interviewed for 60 Minutes...

2015

Mar

'TONIGHT SHOW' WHEEL OF MUSICAL IMPRESSIONS By David Bianculli

If anyone still needed proof that the future of late-night broadcast TV isn’t in the broadcast-watching audience at all, but in the shared viral video clips posted afterward, here it is...

2015

Feb

FRANK UNDERWOLF'S 'HOUSE OF BRICKS' By Monique Nazareth

Sesame Workshop continues to prove it’s a master of the spoof. This time it’s Netflix series House of Cards...

2015

Feb

THEY COULD'VE USED A BIGGER SHOW By Linda Donovan

How could we not say something here in our Video Worth Watching feature about the recent SNL40 anniversary show? That’s a lot of variety show tulips to tiptoe through in order to choose the best of the best...

2015

Feb

BOB SIMON OUTTAKE FROM 'AMERICAN MASTERS' By David Bianculli

In 1998, the excellent PBS arts anthology series American Masters profiled CBS News icon Don Hewitt in an installment called Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes. One of the subjects interviewed for that program was Bob Simon, who died Feb. 11...

2015

Feb

INTRODUCING BABY SMALLS, WORLD'S YOUNGEST RAPPER By David Bianculli

This video gives new meaning to the term “crib notes.” It’s a just-dropped music video introducing Baby Smalls, the newest, or at least youngest, West Coast rapper...

2015

Jan

WILL THE REAL LOCKER ROOM GUY STAND UP? By Linda Donovan

As we count down to the Super Bowl, it seems the high drama of “Deflategate” just won’t end..

2015

Jan

THEY BLINDED US WITH SCIENCE By Linda Donovan

As the New England Patriots’ coach Bill Belichick tried to illustrate, all this kerfuffle over underinflated footballs can be explained through simple science: the weather made them do it...

2015

Jan

THE SOPHOMORIC DUO By Eric Gould

Sterling Archer, animated star of FX's Archer was supposed to appear on Conan recently to promote the series’ upcoming sixth season, but pulled a last-minute switch...

2015

Jan

YEARS BEFORE 'PETER PAN,' ALLISON WILLIAMS SANG THE 'MAD MEN' THEME -- SORT OF By David Bianculli

Two years before Allison Williams was cast as Marnie in HBO’s Girls, and four full years before she donned green tights to star in NBC’s Peter Pan Live!, she appeared in this fluidly filmed music video...

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