December 4, 2014
Ugg-A-Wha? Updating Stereotypes in ‘Peter Pan’
The producers of “Peter Pan Live!” aimed to update elements of the original musical that were insensitive to Native Americans.
The biggest challenge for the NBC musical “Peter Pan Live!” was contending with the outsize expectations set up by the network’s barrage of publicity.
The live musical, starring Allison Williams, drew about nine million viewers, about half the audience for the live version of “Sound of Music” with Carrie Underwood.
“The Red Tent,” a two-part adaptation of Anita Diamant’s novel about a biblical story, is being broadcast on Sunday and Monday on Lifetime.
Holiday movies usually share similar lessons but not necessarily the same merits. Here is a sampling — good and bad — from the past 25 years.
The appearance will end an extended absence by Dr. Snyderman, who drew a chorus of criticism for breaking a self-imposed quarantine after returning from Liberia.
A computer-generated Tinker Bell, moving sets and a contraption-heavy pirate ship are among the technical hurdles that face NBC in presenting a live “Peter Pan.”
Pippi Longstocking’s language has become part of a growing and often uncomfortable debate about ethnicity in Sweden.
HBO plans to broadcast a six-part documentary on Robert Durst, the real estate heir notorious for leading the police on a nationwide manhunt after decapitating his neighbor.
“Toy Story That Time Forgot” and “The Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays but Don’t Worry Christmas Is Still in There Too” are just two of the recent holiday television specials.
PBS does music, with specials highlighting Bing Crosby, Bruce Springsteen and Peter, Paul & Mary.
The mini-series “One Child” sends a young Chinese-British woman into the heart of China’s capital punishment system.
It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: You momentarily drop your child’s hand, and in a heartbeat he vanishes into the ether.
In its second season on ABC, “The Goldbergs” has built a solid following and improved ratings by adhering to a formula now scarce on TV.
The elite racing series of Formula One, which went global via television, is now turning to new technologies to continue that expansion.
The marquee, consistent with the building’s Art Deco architecture, announces that it is home to “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
The airwaves will teem with programming about animals in coming days, from another “Big Cat Week” on Nat Geo Wild to Destination America’s take on aggressive turkeys.
Ben McKenzie, back in New York after more than a decade, relishes his role as a detective with integrity in “Gotham.”
“Crowd Control,” a 12-part series on the National Geographic Channel, explores unconventional ways to get people to do what they are usually reluctant to do.
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.
In the fall season finale, a question of where the series has many places to go.
Did anyone find this episode’s sequence of events a bit strained?
Wanted: More of Gordon’s inner recklessness.
Carrie, at least, seems to have grown up.
And does anyone really think Cary is going to jail?
The show moves back to Brooklyn, with a different look and tone.
In “The Librarians,” a new TNT series, an underground trove of powerful artifacts is protected by a special team.