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AARP at the TV Upfronts: Five Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch

Posted on 05/16/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentThe following is a guest post from AARP entertainment writer Austin O’Connor.  Here’s one thing I’ve learned during the first two days of the network upfronts in New York City: Attending these annual glitzed-up PowerPoint presentations — when the nets unveil their upcoming fall lineups to assembled advertisers and brand partners — as a writer for AARP is a little like attending a high school prom as a parent chaperone. Sure, you’re there, but it’s really not about you. See, for …

Good TV This Week: Remembering Johnny Carson

Posted on 05/13/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentIn “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night,” the PBS American Masters documentary airing tomorrow night (5/14), the “Tonight Show” host is referred to as an American Sphinx – right there before our eyes, yet enigmatic.  Director Peter Jones shines a light on the more mysterious aspects of Carson’s life – the mother he could never please, the sons he felt he’d shortchanged, the wives who took a back seat to his career – in this special pegged to the 50th …

Dick Cavett Remembers His Friend, Johnny Carson

Posted on 05/10/2012 by | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentWhen Dick Cavett allows you to hitch a ride on one of his conversational caravans, there’s really no telling where you’ll end up. In 50-plus years of professional conversationalism, the man has met and chatted up everyone from Aaron Sorkin to ZZ Top, so one anecdote can’t help but lead to another, and then another, and pretty soon the narrative includes more characters than Day of the Locust. On this day, though, Dick Cavett is talking with me about Johnny …

Wild Rumpus!

Posted on 05/8/2012 by | Health | Comments

EntertainmentMaurice Sendak, children’s book author and illustrator, best known for his work “Where the Wild Things Are” has died at age 83. Sendak was also known for several other books, including “In the Night Kitchen” and as a theater set designer. His books have become a staple of childhood reading for nearly 50 years. “Where the Wild Things Are” was published in 1963. Since then, children across the world have read the handful of sentences that tell the story of …

Tune in to AARPLive

Posted on 05/7/2012 by | Health | Comments

EntertainmentCome check out the second episode of the new season of AARPLive on RFD-TV. We’ll be live this time with a town hall meeting. If you’re in the Nashville area, you can register to attend the program or call  877-926-8300. Of course you can also watch on RFD-TV at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central/8 p.m. Mountain/7 p.m. Pacific. If you don’t get RFD-TV, you can watch the livestream on our Facebook page. We’ll be answering many questions about Medicare and Social …

Good TV This Week: At Long Last, Castle and Beckett

Posted on 05/6/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentWe’ve been waiting four seasons for our favorite roguish mystery novelist, Rick Castle, and his captivating muse, Detective Kate Beckett, to get together already!  Finally, unless the promos and teaser clips are diabolically misleading, tomorrow night’s (May 7) episode is the one. “Castle and Beckett have spent a lot of time not talking about certain things, but in this episode they put all their cards on the table,” is how show creator Andrew Marlowe put it, talking to AARP.org.  “And …