On this day in 1990, NBC premiered the telefilm The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story, starring John Ritter as the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...

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LET THEM ALL TALK By David Bianculli

MOVIE PREMIERE: Steven Soderbergh directs this new HBO Max movie, which stars Meryl Streep, Diane Wiest and Candice Bergen. Streep plays Alice, a celebrated author who’s about to be celebrated again, as the forthcoming recipient of a British literary prize. However, she’s unwilling to fly to accept the award in person in England, but agrees to make the Atlantic crossing via the Queen Mary 2. With one stipulation: Her agent has to negotiate free passage for two old college friends she

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Dec

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION MARATHON By David Bianculli

We’ve accepted, by now, that A Christmas Story is a holiday film that will be presented in 24-hour marathons on TV every December. But the 1989 Chevy Chase comedy National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? If AMC has its way, starting tonight at 8 p.m ET, apparently so…

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CHRISTMAS TV? HERE'S WHERE TO FIND NEW SHOWS AND YOUR OLD FAVORITES By Mike Hughes

Carrie Underwood's new Christmas special is the ultimate in sleek simplicity...

2020

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1985: CBS PRESENTS STAR-STUDDED ADAPTATION OF 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' By TV WW

On this day in 1985, CBS premiered the first part of Alice in Wonderland, a star-studded, two-part adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass...

2020

Dec

DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH MUSICAL By David Bianculli

SPECIAL PREMIERE: NBC restarted the live TV musical genre by mounting one-night broadcast revivals of The Sound of Music and others, and it has another musical for the holidays this year. But because of the pandemic, it’s quite different. It’s not live, and it’s not even emanating from America: instead, it was filmed at the Troubadour Theatre in London. But approach without caution, because this Tim Mason-Mel Marvin musical adaptation of the 1957 Dr. Seuss classic chi

2020

Dec

'THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT' IS TVWW? YES. IT'S 2020 AND WE NEED FUN By David Hinckley

When the boss, David Bianculli, launched a website called TV Worth Watching, he did not think it would feature programs like The Great Christmas Light Fight...

2020

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'LENNON'S LAST WEEKEND' WOULD BE BETTER WITH MORE LENNON By David Hinckley

Over the several days before he was fatally shot – 40 years ago, believe it or not – John Lennon had recorded an extensive interview with British journalist Andy Peebles...

2020

Dec

THE GODFATHER CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE By David Bianculli

MOVIE PREMIERE: Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas have something in common besides their lifelong friendship, their huge impact on filmmaking in the 1970s and beyond, and their appetite for telling epic stories that stretch over several films. They also both like to go back and revisit, re-edit, and reframe some of their older works – Lucas by adding new special effects and other elements to old Star Wars entries, and Coppola by fiddling with his Godfather movies. B

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Dec

BROADCAST NEWS & AS GOOD AS IT GETS By David Bianculli

Two of writer-director James L. Brooks’ classic comedies are shown tonight as an Epix double feature, and they show both the consistency and maturation of an artist who made these films a decade apart. Broadcast News was made in 1987, and showcased Holly Hunter (pictured, with Albert Brooks and William Hurt); As Good As It Gets was made in 1997, and won a Best Actress Oscar for Helen Hunt. Oh, and Jack Nicholson won a Best Actor Oscar for As Good As It Gets as

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