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‘Game Change’ – Sarah Palin posse flipping out over HBO film before seeing it

June 1, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

Last week, I wrote about HBO's "Game Change" right after screening the two-hour film about the 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain and Sarah Palin. You can read it here....

First look at HBO’s ‘Game Change’ – A film so political in so many good ways

June 1, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

I just walked out of a dark room after spending two hours with the screener for "Game Change," the HBO film about the 2008 Republican presidential campaign of John McCain...

Sunday’s Super Bowl most watched show in TV history

August 19, 2019 at 4:39 a.m.

The New York Giants victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl made history as the most watched show ever on television, according to NBC and Nielsen Media...

Super Bowl TV: Good game, nasty ads, pathetic half-time show

August 19, 2019 at 4:39 a.m.

I was supposed to review NBC's telecast of the Super Bowl itself. You know, what kind of job did Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Bob Costas do? And I will...

HBO’s ‘Game Change’ trailer: Gibson vs. Palin brings back memories of 2008

June 1, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

Seeing HBO's latest trailer for "Game Change," the made-for-TV version of the 2008 GOP presidential campaign with John McCain and Sarah Palin, brought back memories of the early days of...

Honoring ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’s’ Robert Hegyes for being one of TV’s first ‘Tough Jews’

June 1, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

As a young critic, I liked the ABC sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter." But I had a special spot in my heart for Juan Epstein, the character played with such energy...

Ravens TV: A painful game to watch, but not because of CBS Sports

June 1, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

As appealing as it might be to vent my own frustration and play to the rage of tens of thousands of Ravens fans by ripping the TV coverage of Baltimore's...

Devon Storm battles to get back in the ring against Antonio Thomas during the opening bout. Television wrestling is setting up shop in Baltimore as Hunt Valley's Sinclair Broadcasting taped its first "Ring of Honor" wrestling show at Du Burns Arena on Jan. 7. The shows will air nationally on Sinclair's more than 50 stations.

‘Ring of Honor’ wrestling gets a stranglehold on Baltimore

June 1, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

It's Saturday night at Canton's Du Burns Arena, and Mike "The Prodigy" Bennett flexes and preens as his opponent, Ring of Honor champion Jay Lethal, staggers across the mat. As...

Ravens on CBS: Beyond pre-game agitation of Ndamukong Suh, a better telecast

August 19, 2019 at 4:38 a.m.

Once you got past the pre-game show and the outrageous attempt by CBS Sports to use the telecast to try to rehabilitate the reputation of Detroit Lions stomper Ndamukong Suh,...

HBO sets premiere dates for Maryland projects ‘VEEP’ and ‘Game Change’

June 1, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

HBO has set premiere dates for its two big-ticket political projects filmed in Maryland last year. "Game Change," the made-for-TV movie starring Ed Harris as John McCain and Julianne Moore...

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