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Cher joins Robert Osborne for TCM’s Friday Night Spotlight

April 3, 2013 | By Stacey Harrison
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Cher isn’t often an opening act, but in this case she’s obviously OK with it. On Friday she’ll join Robert Osborne to help kick off TCM‘s new weekly film showcase Friday Night Spotlight. She’ll introduce a collection of films built around a certain theme, and will be featured each Friday this month. The overall theme this month is “A Woman’s World: The Defining Era of Women in Film,” and feature such classics as Mildred Pierce, The Best Years of Our Lives, His Girl Friday and The Women. It’s a very busy time for Cher, as the celebrated singer and Academy [...]

TCM to honor Ernest Borgnine July 26

July 9, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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In a salute to the extensive lifelong career of Hollywood great and Academy Award winner Ernest Borgnine, who passed away at the age of 95 this past weekend, TCM will feature an all-day marathon of some of Borgnine’s most memorable performances, as well as TCM’s Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine special. Lineup for the memorial day of programming Thursday, June 26, will be as follows: 6am: The Catered Affair (1956) 8am: The Legend of Lylah Clare 10:30am: Pay or Die 12:30pm: Torpedo Run 2:30pm: Ice Station Zebra 5:15pm: The Dirty Dozen 8pm: Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine 9pm: Marty 10:45pm: From Here to Eternity 1am: The [...]

TCM to remember Andy Griffith with four-film tribute on July 18

July 3, 2012 | By Jeff Pfeiffer
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Legendary actor Andy Griffith passed away today at the age of 86. While he may be most remembered and beloved from his television work on The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock, Griffith was also a fantastic actor of both the stage and screen, and not just in comedic roles. Turner Classic Movies will give you the chance to enjoy some of Griffith’s most memorable movie performances on July 18, when the network will air a four-film marathon in tribute to the late actor. The lineup will be as follows: Andy Griffith Film Marathon, Wednesday, July 18 on TCM 8pm ET [...]

Memorial Day 2012 programming

May 16, 2012 | By Jeff Pfeiffer
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Here’s a look at the various specials and movies airing on and around this Memorial Day, which remember those who have served in the military, and particularly those who were lost. All times are Eastern. Programming subject to updates; check back for changes and additions. My Vietnam Your Iraq (encore) – PBS, May (check local listings). Vietnam War veterans who have children who served in Iraq tell their stories. The program showcases the pride and fear a family shares when one is deployed. The War (encore) – PBS, May (check local listings). Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s epic, seven-part 2007 [...]

Peter O’Toole waxes eloquent tonight on TCM

April 11, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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There are some people who, when you get the chance to hear them talk about their lives, you just have to stop what you’re doing and listen. The late Richard Harris was one such person — whenever he stopped by David Letterman’s set, I always tended to drop everything and just tune in 100 percent, because, well, first of all, he was so well-spoken, but also because he told such fantastic stories. Never mind whether or not they were all true or greatly exaggerated — they were entertaining as hell, full of ribaldry and drunken exploits, and often including fellow [...]

TV specials and movies commemorate 100th anniversary of Titanic disaster

March 23, 2012 | By Jeff Pfeiffer
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April 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the fateful and infamous maiden voyage of Titanic, which hit an iceberg late in the evening of April 14, 1912, and eventually sank into the icy depths of the North Atlantic early the next morning. In the weeks leading up to the exact anniversary date, various TV networks will remember the tragedy with premiere and encore specials and movies. Many of the documentaries offer promises of “the final word” or “mystery solved” regarding exactly what happened to the great ship. Whether they actually will or not may be beside the point. It might [...]

Fall TV 2011 hits, misses and mehs: Week of October 3

October 3, 2011 | By Jeff Pfeiffer
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By the Channel Guide staff Follow @ChannelGuide The 2011 Fall season continues its rollout this week, with the returns of such shows as Pop Up Video (after a 10-year hiatus); Brad Meltzer’s Decoded; The League; Sanctuary; and Rules of Engagement. Below we take a look at some of the new series and special debuting this week. For more comprehensive information on the new season, visit our Fall TV Preview website. HITS A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King TCM Premieres: Oct. 3, 8pm ET What’s It All About? Horror master Stephen King discusses how he discovered terror [...]

TCM’s Stephen King doc traces horror master’s cinematic influences

October 3, 2011 | By Stacey Harrison
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By Stacey Harrison Follow @ChannelGuideSRH In its A Night at the Movies series, TCM set out to explore film genres in-depth. Having already tackled thrillers and epics, the series gets into the Halloween spirit with tonight’s entry, A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King. Filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau, who has directed all the Night at the Movies documentaries, knew that there was no better source to talk about horror cinema than the man who has terrified audiences for decades with novels like Carrie, The Shining, The Dead Zone and dozens of others. In the one-hour special, which premieres [...]

Memorial Day programs salute our veterans

May 27, 2011 | By Tom Comi
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By Tom Comi Memorial Day serves as a reminder of the sacrifices thousands of men and women gave while serving in the military, and many television programmers will be airing movies, shows, concerts and other specials to recognize those who died protecting our country. Here is a compilation of programs dedicated to those brave soldiers: TCM Memorial Day Weekend (May 27-30, check listings): Turner Classic Movies digs deep into is vault to run a 38-movie marathon, including From Here to Eternity, Sergeant York, The Best Years of Our Lives, Up Periscope and All Quiet on the Western Front.

Royal Watch: Today’s (and tomorrow’s) royal wedding programming (4/28-29)

April 28, 2011 | By Jeff Pfeiffer
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By Lori Acken It’s almost here! Today and tomorrow networks really go into overdrive with coverage related to the royal wedding, and coverage of the event itself. APRIL 28 The Making of a Royal Wedding — TLC, 8pm ET What does it take to pull off a once-in-a-lifetime event? Join TLC as we see some of the amazing choreography of logistics and details from security to dresses to meals as Britain prepares to host the wedding of the century. Countdown to the Royal Wedding — TLC, 9pm ET Royal experts and TLC’s Clinton Kelly and Randy Fenoli host a two-hour [...]