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2018
Feb
21
 
 
Another Best Actress winner: In 1950, Judy Holliday reprised for film her triumphant Broadway role as Billie Dawn, the former Brooklyn showgirl turned mistress of a junk-dealer mobster named Harry Brock, played by Broderick Crawford. In this Garson Kanin comedy, the gangster has put hidden millions in his mistress’ name, and suddenly has to marry her to protect his cash. So he decides on forcing her to take a Pygmalion-style crash course in refinement, with William Holden as the guy hired
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
20
 
 
On cable today, the biggest event occurs in prime time on NBCSN, with live coverage from 7-10:45 p.m. ET of ladies’ short program in figure skating – which also is shown live, in part, on broadcast sister station NBC. But elsewhere, cable is the place to curl up with curling: at both 5-7:10 a.m. ET and noon-5 p.m. ET, NBCSN has coverage of women’s curling – specifically, USA vs. South Korea. And from 5-8 p.m. ET, CNBC has delayed coverage of men’s curling, with USA
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
20
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: It’s a premiere in the U.S., anyway. In the U.K., this period series, inspired by the classic Frankenstein tale, premiered in 2015, and presented two six-episode seasons – both of which are available, beginning today, on Netflix. Sean Bean, who played Ned Stark in HBO’s Game of Thrones, stars as John Marlott, an inspector in 19th-century London who investigates a case of children’s bodies found floating in the river, minus various body parts.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
20
 
 
On NBC, there’s scheduled live coverage of three major, or at least majorly popular, Winter Olympics events, in the 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET block. There’s the downhill gold medal final in women’s alpine skiing, the ladies’ short program in figure skating, and the big air competition in men’s snowboarding – a sport which already has resulted in one broken neck at this year’s games.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
20
 
 
This new episode of Frontline tries to explain, or at least explore, the long-standing emnity between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Check local listings. Full a full review, see Alex Strachan's TV That Matters.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
20
 
 
Prepare to reunite, members of the Orphan Black Clone Club: Among tonight’s guests on this new episode, acting out inebriatedly told tales from days of old, is multi-talented, multi-character-playing Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
20
 
 
Long after the Olympics are a receding memory, the issues raised in tonight’s PBS Frontline documentary Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia...will be simmering at best and, at worst, roiling the entire Middle East in a wall of flame...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
19
 
 
The motto for the fund-raising initiative on behalf of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is a clarion call to action ­– "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
19
 
 
One of the most fascinating subtexts of Ovation’s entertaining World War II resistance drama X Company lies in the fact it’s not seen through American eyes...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
Feb
19
 
 
Today (Monday, February 19), is the golden anniversary of the premiere of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on public television. All manner of tributes are on the way... including a library of shows available on YouTube...