Television

Clockwise from upper left: Debbie Allen, Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Joan Baez and Midori Goto.

After Missing Last Year, 2021 Kennedy Center Honors Are Announced

5:40pm January 13, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

COVID cancelled the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2020. Today the Center announced that the show will go on in May 2021, honoring five extraordinary performers.

James Herriott (played by Nicholas Ralph) gets up in a lot of animals' business in the new All Creatures Great And Small.

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Need A Break? The Pets And Vets Of 'All Creatures Great And Small' Might Hit The Spot

5:00am January 13, 2021

by Linda Holmes

A new adaptation of James Herriot's books about life as a Yorkshire vet in the 1930s has gorgeous landscapes, majestic animals, and a welcome focus on home and work.

Fran Lebowitz talks about a wide variety of topics — including her stint as a New York City cab driver — in the Netflix series Pretend It's a City.

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Fran Lebowitz's 'Pretend It's A City' Is The NYC Trip You Can't Take Right Now

4:50pm January 11, 2021

by Terry Gross

The show features the humorist's conversations with Martin Scorsese on many topics, Manhattan in particular. "If I dropped the Hope Diamond on the floor of a subway car, I'd leave it there," she says.

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Netflix's 'Bridgerton' Is 1st Project From Shonda Rhimes' Production Company

6:14am January 11, 2021

Netflix says Bridgerton is one of its most successful series launched in the company's history — but why has this story of 19th century love and marriage captured so many hearts?

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Parents Are Very Happy That PBS Has Canceled 'Carilou'

5:07am January 11, 2021

After 20 years on the air, PBS has canceled the show Caillou, which is about an inquisitive four-year-old boy. Why are many parents are rejoicing over the show's end?

New Series 'Coyote' Explores Crisis At America's Border With Mexico

4:08pm January 08, 2021

by Eric Deggans

Michael Chiklis plays a Border Patrol agent forced to work for a drug cartel in the CBS All Access series Coyote. But some question whether a series on border issues should focus on a white officer.

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The Insurrection At The Capitol Is A TV Event That Will Live In History

1:40pm January 08, 2021

by David Bianculli

At times, TV brings us live coverage of something so shocking that we'll never forget it. The image of Trump supporters attacking the Capitol ranks as one of the most momentous events ever broadcast.

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David Hasselhoff Is Selling His Personal 'Knight Rider' Car

6:06am January 08, 2021

The fictional car, known as K.I.T.T., Knight Industries Two Thousand, was a TV fantasy in the 1980s. Today, of course, some real-life cars can talk to you as well as drive themselves.

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Actor Tanya Roberts at the 2006 TV Land awards in Santa Monica, Calif. She died Monday evening.

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Actress Tanya Roberts Dies At 65, After Premature Announcements

9:01pm January 05, 2021

by Ted Robbins

Actress Tanya Roberts died Monday after representatives mistakenly announced she'd died earlier, then retracted their statements.

Ted Danson plays a retired millionaire who becomes mayor of Los Angeles in Mr. Mayor.

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As 'Mr. Mayor,' Ted Danson Sustains His Stellar Sitcom Streak

12:41pm January 05, 2021

by David Bianculli

Playing a retired millionaire who unexpectedly wins his bid to become mayor of Los Angeles, Danson takes the spotlight and shines, sticking every landing on every line.