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2016
Mar
24
 
 
SEASON FINALE: In tonight’s episode, Zach Galifianakis does double duty, playing both Chip and his smug, easily unsettled twin.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
24
 
 
SEASON FINALE: On tonight’s final episode of the season, a giant noodle creature takes over the city – the weirdest food-monster invasion since 1978’s The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. If you’re not aware of that film, you can do a Google search and ketchup.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
23
 
 
Donald Trump is even sucking up all the oxygen in a fake election...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
23
 
 
As a child of the Shonda Rhimes family, ABC’s new The Catch doubtless is counting on manic energy to pull viewers into a whirlwind of tense drama...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
23
 
 
Tied to Friday’s release of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, which puts those two DC Comics superheroes and Wonder Woman all in the same movie, TCM devotes tonight’s entire lineup, from prime time through late night, to early films inspired by comic books and newspaper comic strips. First up are some serials, sampled in double doses, starting at 8 p.m. ET with 1943’s Batman. The action sequences may be laughable (well, let’s be honest: they are), and the anti-Asian se
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
23
 
 
By this 1949 serial, the Caped Crusaders were played by other actors – Robert Lowery as Batman, and Johnny Duncan as Robin. But the changes were ineffective, really: Batman was still too out of shape, and the acting, like the fight sequences, laughably stiff. But it’s still fun to compare it to the brand-new blockbuster hitting theaters, and to other full-length films in the Batman canon. This one even has Bruce Wayne’s love interest Vicki Vale, played by Jane Adams – and
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
23
 
 
I’ve seen the first four episodes of this season’s The Americans, and it’s ratcheted up the suspense and intrigue yet again, to the point where this series is now one of the best of the year. And if you’ve been following the story line, in which Elizabeth and Philip (Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys) are struggling to deal with their 15-year-old daughter Paige (Holly Taylor) after she learned of their roles as Soviet sleeper agents living in the U.S., tonight the parents learn
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
23
 
 
This is the biggest treat of tonight’s TCM From Comics to Film tribute night: Two episodes, including the premiere installment, of the 1948 live-action serial bringing Superman to the big screen. Kirk Alyn plays Superman, and Tommy Bond plays Jimmy Olsen – but Lois Lane is played by Noel Neill, who reprised the role when The Adventures of Superman became a TV weekly TV series in 1952. The first episode shown has the entire “Baby Kryptonian sent by rocket ship to Earth” or
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
23
 
 
Another treat served up in tonight’s From Comics to Film tribute is this early, influential serial from 1939, starring Buster Crabbe as Buck Rogers, a sort of sci-fi Rip Van Winkle, and Constance Moore as Wilma Deering. Other notable serials shown tonight include 1940’s The Green Hornet at 11:30 p.m. ET, the same year’s Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe at 1:30 a.m. ET, and 1943’s The Phantom at 2:15 a.m. ET. So where’s the vintage Wonder Woman serial? They never m
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Mar
22
 
 
I’m not sure why, to be honest, but this year’s edition of The Voice has been the most emotionally satisfying and vocally impressive yet. The contestants have unusually compelling voices, and stories, this season, which is a large part of it – but the judges, too, seem to be having an especially good time this year. And based on the promos, tonight’s the night Pharrell , Christina Aguilera and especially Adam Levine tease fellow judge Blake Shelton about his “girlfr