Late Night Talk
There was a report a few days ago that David Letterman has invited Jay Leno to guest on "The Late Show" before Dave ends his run in May. Leno hasn't accepted yet, but I bet he will, partially to promote his new "Jay's Garage" show on CNBC, and partially to settle any...
Ha-Ha D’Bricka What Now?
Key and Peele will air their Super Bowl special tonight on Comedy Central, and to promote it, they've released this clip, the latest in their series poking fun at some football players' ridiculous names. This time, they've included a few real players, like Ha-Ha...
Bletchley Circle
Yesterday, I wrote about "The Imitation Game" and Alan Turing's work at Bletchley Park, an area in England where he and his colleagues broke the Enigma code the Nazis used during World War II. Before I leave the subject entirely, I want to recommend the TV show...
DVR Alert
While you're overcoming your depression about no longer being able to order a tongue scraper from the SkyMall catalog in your airline seat pocket, set your DVR to record "American Masters" on KETC/9 at 3pm today. They're airing the Ricky Jay documentary, "Deceptive...
Edison
The PBS series "American Experience" will air a documentary about Thomas Edison this Tuesday, so I invited its writer/director, Michelle Ferrari, to talk about the great inventor on my show. We discussed his inventions, from the electric light bulb to the phonograph...
Wilmore Be Better?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- when it comes to late-night TV shows, the first episode out of the box is usually very different from the way the show will look and sound a few months later. I hope that's true of "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore,"...
Jimmy Fallon’s Bad Night With Nicole Kidman
It's rare that anything spontaneous happens on late night TV talk shows, but this segment of Jimmy Fallon's show last night might be an exception. His first guest was Nicole Kidman, who he had not seen since an encounter several years ago when a friend arranged for...
Best TV Of The Year
In no particular order, these were the five best TV shows I watched this year (no vampires, no costume epics): "Fargo." In just 10 episodes, showrunner Noah Hawley created a world in parallel -- but separate from -- that in the Coen Brothers' classic movie. With a...