Allan Johnson

While "Superhuman Body" dedicates a segment to pig tissue's use in abating neurological diseases, PBS' "Frontline" has two whole episodes on pigs being grown and harvested for human transplants --...

Parts 1 and 2 of "Superhuman Body: The Future of Medicine" (8-10 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, The Learning Channel) is a mix of sizzle and steak in showing provocative...

"Bozo's Circus" is off the air. The Chicago television institution, and one of the longest-running locally produced children's shows in the country, was canceled by WGN-Ch. 9 on Friday. A...

Honest emotion overcomes schmaltz on "The Man Who Walks With Bears" (8 p.m. Saturday, Animal Planet). Biologist Lynn Rogers, an expert on the black bear, takes viewers into a world...

There are several shows orbiting the Academy Awards this weekend. The History Channel gives out its annual "Harry Award" for the best historical film of the year (7 p.m. Friday)....

It's another sleazy drive on the wild side with "Taxicab Confessions" (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO). "All's Fare in Love & Vegas" is the latest trip through the night life of...

Not all Ernest Hemingway stories are classics. As a book, Hemingway's short "After the Storm" is probably a decent read. As a TV movie, it is plodding, tedious and maybe...

The upcoming comedy "Heartbreakers" has Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt as mother-daughter cons. But real parent-sibling grifters aren't so lovable, as witness Sante Kimes and her son Kenneth, convicted...

Twelve questions for Mark Lundholm, 41, whose edgy material is based on his experiences as a recovering alcoholic and drug user: How did you get into comedy? "When I got...

Is it Livia live, or Livia on tape? During the second hour of "The Sopranos'" season debut, Tony Soprano's acidic, hateful mother, Livia, makes some brief appearances, which may surprise...