October 21, 2014
‘Gotham’ Recap: Gordon Puts Everything Right, Before the Commercial Break
This week tracked a new colorful villain and the Penguin’s rise in the Gotham underworld.
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Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir will be the prime-time voices of figure skating during the NBC broadcast of Skate America on Sunday.
NBC Is Ready to Name Weir and Lipinski as Its Top Figure Skating Broadcast Team
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski, whose analysis drew praise during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, have earned an expected promotion to the lead team for the sport on the NBC Sports Group.
Critic’s Notebook
Pranksters Who Spare No Punches
By NEIL GENZLINGER
The hidden-camera shows “Freak Out” on ABC Family and “Deal With It” on TBS go all out on Halloween.
Gerard Parkes, Actor on ‘Fraggle Rock,’ Dies at 90
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The actor who played the inventor on “Fraggle Rock” was born in Dublin and had lived in Canada since the 1950s.
October 22, 2014
Funny How? ‘Goodfellas’ Actor Files Suit Against ‘The Simpsons’
The character actor Frank Sivero filed a suit against Fox and the creators of “The Simpsons,” saying the show’s mafioso character Louie is based on his work in “Goodfellas.”
October 20, 2014
‘Sleepy Hollow’ Recap: Shouldn’t Ichabod Be a Loser in Love?
A headscratcher of an episode.
Yahoo’s Tumblr Teams Up With TV Shows to Reach Their Audiences
By LESLIE KAUFMAN
In a bid to expand its own audience, the social media and blogging site is reaching out to fans of certain shows through deals with the shows’ creators.
On Video
Man-Child in the Puppet Land
By J. HOBERMAN
The Saturday-morning CBS series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” now in a Shout! Factory collection, was a riot of invention that alternated between the sweet and the risqué.
Cristela Alonzo Wants to Make America Laugh
By SUSAN DOMINUS
An old-fashioned sitcom is poised to make her TV’s new working-class comedian.
Snapshot | Kaitlyn Dever
Some Teenagers Are Old for Their Age
Kaitlyn Dever talks about new films, “Men, Women & Children” and “Laggies.”
A Star Who Has No Time for Vanity
By FRANK BRUNI
The Oscar-winning actress Frances McDormand, who set the HBO mini-series “Olive Kitteridge” in motion and stars in it, chafes at Hollywood’s conventions and defies its norms.
Television
Crooning the Classics
By KATHRYN SHATTUCK
In “Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!,” Friday night on PBS, this musical odd couple takes on the Great American Songbook.
The TV Watch
In a Hell, but in It Together
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
In the dystopian parables filling television and movie screens, the dividing line seems to be class conflict.
In Sickness and in Healthy Ratings
By MARGY ROCHLIN
David Caspe, the creator of “Marry Me,” told executives in pitch meetings that he planned to propose to Casey Wilson to help sell the show.
Television
Playing Favorites With ’70s Progeny
By NEIL GENZLINGER
The Cinema Arts Center on Long Island isn’t saying which episodes Norman Lear has chosen for his “three of my favorites” appearance.
The Upshot
The Batmobile: The Concept Car That Became a Star
By MICHAEL BESCHLOSS
The Lincoln Futura, a concept car of the mid-1950s, would find new life a decade later, when it was transformed for a television show.
TV Ratings by Nielsen Had Errors for Months
By BILL CARTER and EMILY STEEL
The mistake raises questions about the company’s increasingly criticized system for measuring TV audiences.
The TV Watch
Location, Location: A Lesson for Fresh New Sitcom Faces
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
“Jane the Virgin” on CW and ‘Cristela” on ABC illustrate how much the setting and format matter when vibrant new talent is introduced on TV.
Critic’s Notebook
That Creak in the Night Is Music to Their Ears
By NEIL GENZLINGER
The hosts of “Ghost Stalkers” aren’t just looking for spirits; they’re looking for “wormholes,” or portals into the everyday world from the supernatural one.
CNN Gets Ratings Boost From New Prime-Time Show
By BILL CARTER
“Somebody’s Gotta Do It” more than doubled the usual CNN audience at 9 p.m. among a younger demographic.
Fall Arts Preview - Times 100
How to wade through the crush of culture coming your way this season? Here’s a guide to 100 events that have us especially excited, in order of appearance.
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