This 1967 movie version of the musical came to the screen just four years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and drew upon that sense of sadness and loss, and the wistful account of an optimistic empire cut short, to infuse this film with energy and emotion. Richard Harris plays King Arthur, Franco Nero plays Lancelot, and Vanessa Redgrave plays Guenevere, the woman torn between them. David Hemmings, later of Blow-Up and Barbarella, plays the evil Mordred. If you&rsq

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1996: COMEDY CENTRAL INTRODUCES 'THE DAILY SHOW' By TV WW

On this day in 1996, Comedy Central introduced The Daily Show, with host Craig Kilborn...

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MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. By David Bianculli

The S.H.I.E.L.D. team is fighting the clock in more ways than one – not only traveling through time, but, as a TV show, heading towards the end of its final season, and what it hopes will be a satisfying climax. Did the producers manage to film the entire season’s output before the pandemic hit, and stopped production? I don’t know. But I do know that Elizabeth Henstridge, who co-stars as Jenna Simmons, directs tonight’s new episode. And it’s a time-loop episode, wi

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JANIS By David Bianculli

Howard Alk directed this concert-footage-heavy documentary biography of Janis Joplin, who died in 1970 at age 27. It’s got so much footage of her at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 that there’s even more to enjoy here, Janis-related, than in the Monterey Pop movie. And there’s so much more, including the early footage and photography of her in Texas.

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MY FAIR LADY By David Bianculli

This 1964 movie version of the classic musical stars Audrey Hepburn as cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle, and Rex Harrison as Prof. Henry Higgins, who sets out to transform her into a proper British society lady. It’s a movie that’s fun to watch, and isn’t televised that often – but by George, I think TCM has got it!

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POV: "WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS" By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This is the Season 35 premiere of P.O.V., a remarkable achievement in itself. And the documentary series, as valuable a part of PBS nonfiction programming as Frontline, begins its new season with We Are the Radical Monarchs, a documentary about a group of Girl Scouts-like members in Oakland, CA, and their two somewhat radical troop leaders. The organization, aimed at spreading to chapters nationwide and specifically offered to young girls of color,

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REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL By David Bianculli

Here’s another valuable, long-running nonfiction TV series with a new installment tonight. Bryant Gumbel’s HBO sports news show began in 1995 – and 25 years later, he and it are still going strong. Very strong, as he and his staff of correspondents have been way ahead of the curve in examining the ways in which professional and even amateur sports intersect in the areas of race, finance, safety, and other issues. Real Sports reports monthly during its season, and its

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ARGO By David Bianculli

This 2012 movie tells of the amazing true story in which, during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979, six Americans slipped away as the U.S. embassy in Tehran was overrun. Where did they go? How did they keep their presence hidden from an increasingly hostile populace? And how, with the help of the a particularly audacious plan by the CIA, did they stage a dangerous effort to evade capture and return home? The climax of this movie is disappointingly over-hyped with the addition of a dramatic

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2004: PREMIERE OF FX'S 'RESCUE ME' By TV WW

This day in 2004 marked the premiere of the acclaimed FX dramedy series, Rescue Me, co-created by and starring Denis Leary...

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1950: 'THE ARTHUR MURRAY PARTY' BEGINS By TV WW

This day in 1950 marked the start of the Golden Age of Television's answer to Dancing with the Stars: Arthur Murray Party Time — which was later renamed The Arthur Murray Party...

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