The Television Critics Association's biannual get-togethers have been going on for more than 30 years now. That’s longer than Gunsmoke was on the air, longer even than Law & Order, in all its guises...

2015

Aug

AMAZON AND NETFLIX PRESENT LATEST IN GRAND STREAM-SCHEMES By Ed Bark

Whether its executives like it or not, Amazon Prime is still Avis compared to Netflix's Hertz in the grand "streaming" scheme of things...

2015

Aug

FIGHT CLUB By David Bianculli

The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. Well, I hope there’s an exception to that rule, when it comes to pointing out that this 1999 cult film, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, is televised in prime time tonight by IFC. And if this isn’t an acceptable exception to Fight Club Rule No. 1, I’m going to get such a beating…

2015

Aug

JFK & LBJ: A TIME FOR GREATNESS By David Bianculli

The connection between President John F. Kennedy’s political policies, and Lyndon Johnson’s determination to carry them out once he assumed the presidency after JFK’s assassination, is examined in this new documentary – tied to the golden anniversary of one of those policies. For a full review, see Tom Brinkmoeller’s Raised on MTM. Check local listings.

2015

Aug

SHADOW OF A DOUBT By David Bianculli

For its August celebration of “Summer Under the Stars,” each day is devoted to a different Hollywood luminary. Today it’s Teresa Wright, the actress whose credits include not only 1953’s The Actress (10:45 a.m. ET), but 1942’s Mrs. Miniver (2:30 p.m. ET), 1946’s The Best Years of Our Lives (5 p.m. ET), 1941’s The Little Foxes, and, at 10:15 p.m. ET, this showing of Alfred Hitchcock’s well-paced 1943 character study, starring Wright as a young girl

2015

Aug

ANOTHER PERIOD By David Bianculli

In tonight’s episode, Lillian (Natasha Leggero), seeking an instant dose of attention and fame, stages her own kidnapping. Why haven’t the Kardashians thought of this?

2015

Aug

THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART By David Bianculli

Tonight’s guest, on one of Jon Stewart’s final-week shows, is his good friend Denis Leary – who can promote his recently launched FX comedy, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, but really is here just to wish his buddy a fond farewell, and to help make one of Stewart’s last shows as much fun as possible.

2015

Aug

TOE TAG PAROLE: TO LIVE AND DIE ON YARD A By David Bianculli

Yard A, when it comes to prison reform, could be a Plan B. This particular section of the Los Angeles County state prison, like the “Emerald City” population in the fictional prison of HBO’s Oz, is an experiment – an alternative to totally punitive incarceration. In Yard A, education and creativity are nurtured, and violence and gang activities are reduced substantially. Does it really work? And can it work elsewhere?

2015

Aug

SIGNIFICANT MOTHER By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new CW comedy gets points for outrageousness, if nothing else. It stars Josh Zuckerman and Nathaniel Buzolic as Nate and Jimmy, young men whose friendship is tested when Jimmy starts seeing an older woman – Nate’s recently divorced mother. Jonathan Silverman plays the ex-husband, and the key role of the generation-jumping mom is played by Krista Allen. Her previous roles, about a generation ago, include a stint on Baywatch, several Emmanuelle made-for-TV sci-fi

2015

Aug

GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 By David Bianculli

This sequel to the wonderful Gold Diggers of 1933 brings back Dick Powell as the star, but none of the titular ladies from that previous film. Instead, Glenda Farrell plays the closest thing to a gold digger in this musical comedy – but choreographer Busby Berkeley is back, this time working his bizarre cinematic magic on such giant production numbers as “Lullaby of Broadway” and one involving dozens of grand women and grand pianos.

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