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Good TV This Week: Kyra Sedgwick and Eric McCormack

Posted on 07/8/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentKyra Sedgwick’s “The Closer” returns to the TNT lineup for its final batch of six original episodes tomorrow night (7/9) – and they’re absolutely must-see viewing for fans of the smart, bitingly funny police procedural.  Sedgwick’s candy-gobbling Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson is well on her way to her day of reckoning for all those rules she’s been bending, smashing and ignoring through these seven seasons of squeezing, tricking, cajoling and seducing confessions from her criminal quarry. Will Brenda be …

Good TV This Week: ‘Falling Skies’ and Noah Wyle are Back

Posted on 06/17/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentTNT’s “Falling Skies” is getting fan and critical applause for its upgrade of the alien beings seen on the Steven Spielberg-produced show — among the improvements made thanks to the budgetary increases in the wake of Season 1′s success.  I asked star Noah Wyle his feelings about those earth-invading beings.  “You have to pay homage to the man you’re working for.  You don’t show the shark ’til the third act,” he said with a laugh, referencing Spielberg’s “Jaws.” Seriously, “I …