Daily Archives: May 19, 2022

Friday TV: Remembering George Carlin

The genius of longtime comedian and social observer is explored by comedy student and director Judd Apatow in the two-part documentary “George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO, 8 p.m.), featuring eager participation from a load of other comics including Stephen Colbert, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Patton Oswalt and Bill Burr. It concludes Saturday.  A group of […]

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Thursday TV: Emmy Rossum is Angelyne

Emmy Rossum, once of “Shameless,” dons the big blonde wig, the pink Corvette and other attributes to become “Angelyne” (Peacock, streaming) in a five-part limited series about the woman who created a sensation when she plastered herself on Los Angeles billboards in the 1980s, deeming herself a superstar even if nobody else did.  First a […]

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