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2020
Jul
3
 
 
On this day in 1958, ABC introduced The Andy Williams Show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
3
 
 
The newly colorized episodes shown tonight in what CBS is calling its Tribute to Carl Reiner have been shown by the network in prime time before: “October Eve,” in which Reiner plays an artist who paints Mary Tyler Moore’s Laura Petrie in the nude, was shown in color tones in 2017. (For the record: Laura wasn’t nude. The artist just painted her that way from his imagination.) And the show’s classic “Coast to Coast Big Mouth” episode, in which L
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
3
 
 
For four decades, A Capitol Fourth has had a cozy place in holiday plans...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
2
 
 
If Billions has whetted your appetite for a soapy mystery about shady dealings in the usually impenetrable world of high finance, the Swedish drama (with subtitles) Blinded could provide another eight hours of viewing pleasure...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
2
 
 
On this day in 1951, NBC debuted Ernie Kovacs' first prime-time network variety show, Ernie in Kovacsland...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
2
 
 
This is a gorgeously photographed movie that’s appropriate for the entire family – the rare kind of film that you can watch as a family, taking in a dramatic story as well as a breathtaking work of art. The story, of a boy who’s shipwrecked on a remote island with a horse who also survived the wreck, is based on Walter Farley’s novel, and is divided into two different, equally important segments: the time on the island, and the return to civilization, when the boy and the
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
1
 
 
Elvis Presley appeared on The Steve Allen Show on this date in 1956 while crooning to someone special...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
1
 
 
Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and newcomer Debbie Reynolds deserve all the praise and attention they get for their roles in this 1952 movie, arguably the best film musical ever made. And they get a lot. But pay attention, this time around, to two of the invaluable supporting players whose contributions also are vital to making this movie, about Hollywood’s transition from silent to sound cinema, such a classic. There’s Jean Hagen as silent screen siren Lina Lamont (pictured), who
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Jul
1
 
 
I don’t know which era the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are about to jump to next – but before they do, in tonight’s episode, they have about four separate crises to solve, including trying to save some of their own parents in a past timeline.