When Puppet Playhouse was unveiled on Dec. 27, 1947, giving house-bound kids something to watch before dinner, the response was immediate and amazing...

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1997: SEINFELD ANNOUNCES THE END OF 'SEINFELD' By TV WW

On this day in 1997, Jerry Seinfeld announced the end of his hit NBC comedy series, Seinfeld...

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1917 By David Bianculli

Films about our two official world wars are competing for attention tonight in the exact same time slot. On Showtime, you can watch the breathtakingly photographed and meticulously planned WWI drama 1917, which tells of two soldiers who traverse dangerous front-line territory in order to deliver a crucial message to cancel a planned frontal assault. Filmed from a continuous, real-time, ostensibly single-camera perspective, 1917 is as immediate and visceral a viewing experienc

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CASABLANCA By David Bianculli

And here, on TCM at the same time, is one of the absolute classic films of all time, rightly paraded and saluted on the network as one of “The Essentials.” With Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman embroiled in a love story set against the stifling rise of the Nazis, this WWII drama is pitch-perfect. It’s also an amazing war movie, in that it was filmed and presented in 1942, in the early years of the very war it was depicting.

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

SNL is taking a well-deserved break for a while… so tonight, instead of a fresh episode, we see a rerun of last fall’s episode hosted by Adele. Back when we were pre-pandemic, and cast members could touch each other freely in front of a packed studio audience.

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WITH 'BRIDGERTON,' NETFLIX OFFERS UP A BRITISH PERIOD DRAMA THAT TAKES SOME UNUSUAL TURNS BUT ENDS UP IN FAMILIAR TERRITORY By David Hinckley

Frankly, many fans of British period romance have been a little concerned over the fact that Bridgerton, is being produced by Shonda Rhimes. That's not criticism of Rhimes so much as concern that this might not be a match...

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WONDER WOMAN 1984 By David Bianculli

MOVIE PREMIERE: There’s not a lot of star power to this new Wonder Woman sequel, which premieres today in a few very selected theaters and on HBO Max. Aside from leading lady Gal Gadot and her male co-star Chris Pine, both of whom have attained stardom in genre blockbuster franchises (he as James Kirk in the Star Trek reboot), the biggest celebrity in this outing is former Saturday Night Live player Kristen Wiig, who plays the put-upon woman who eventually mor

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SOUL By David Bianculli

MOVIE PREMIERE: And speaking of Disney+, here’s that streaming service’s newest animated movie release from its Pixar arm. And like Wonder Woman 1984, it’s a film that once would have been a major holiday release in theaters – but now is coming to a living room very, very near you. And I suspect there’s no getting this particular toothpaste back into the tube. Home movie premieres are here to stay. And this premiere is about a musician who’s in dange

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DIE HARD By David Bianculli

It’s easy to forget that Die Hard is a Christmas movie. But it is – and, as such, this 1988 action movie is a wildly appropriate, as well as exciting, action movie to watch tonight. Especially on. HBO, without any edits or interruptions. Yippie-ki-yay…

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THE WIZARD OF OZ By David Bianculli

On Christmas night? Sure. I do believe this is one movie you can’t see too many times – which means it’s one movie I can’t recommend too many times. So here I go again.

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