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2020
Nov
7
 
 
There’s a Beatles movie in prime time on TCM tonight, and I’m recommending it. Big surprise. But there are plenty of extra reasons to watch this particular telecast of 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night, the first, best, and most seminal film starring the fab four. For one thing, this Saturday night showing means that A Hard Day’s Night is being presenting, discussed and acknowledged as one of TCM’s “The Essentials.” A very well-deserved
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
7
 
 
Four years ago, Dave Chappelle hosted the first SNL after the 2016 presidential election, which was held Tuesday, Nov. 8, and awarded the White House to Donald Trump. Tonight, four years later, Chappelle is back to host the first live SNLafter the Election night of Tuesday, Nov. 3. And four days later, as I type this Saturday morning, the election still has not been called – though it’s quite possible that, by the time Dave Chappelle steps on stage at 30 Rock
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
7
 
 
Today in 1976, the epic 1939 film Gone with the Wind made its broadcast television debut on NBC...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
6
 
 
Before Oprah, there was Phil. And it was on this day in 1967 that Phil Donahue debuted his eponymous talk show in Dayton, Ohio...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
6
 
 
The British TV live-on-stage version of this hit play, which ended up in both the West End and loaned to Broadway with James Corden in the lead, already was shown earlier this year, as a one-week streaming treat in April, at the start of the pandemic, thanks to the National Theatre, where One Man, Two Guvnors originated. Whether or not you saw it then, watch it now. It’ll make you laugh. Guaranteed. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
6
 
 
“I know why you’re happy tonight,” Bill Maher always says to start his monologue – but tonight’ he shouldn’t be kidding. As I type this – late, admittedly, at 3 p.m. ET, but what a day – Joe Biden has the lead in four states still too close to call. What a day to watch TV. And what a night, eventually, to watch Bill Maher. And what a great night for him to be able to be televised live!
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
6
 
 
Anglophiles, especially, will love this new edition of Graham Norton’s show, which is bursting with British-centric stars and topic. Kylie Minogue, a U.K. icon for decades, is the musical guest, and others celebrities on hand tonight are British boxing champion Nicola Adams, who’s competing in Strictly Come Dancing as part of the show’s first same-sex dancing duo, and actors Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin, who are portraying Charles and Diana in the upcoming new
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
6
 
 
Each year, PBS gives us a brief burst of Broadway. For several Fridays, it has a mix of musicals and plays...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
5
 
 
Let's put it this way. If you think The Walking Dead is a documentary, then you'll have no trouble buying into the premise of B Positive...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
5
 
 
You can provoke a lively discussion by asking people what they would do if they learned that, for one reason or another, they had only two weeks to live...