Featured picture of the day: NOEL in Winter Park–but a lovely lady.
Live long and prosper. (Spock, Star Trek)
New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve: La Vie Parisienne
Thursday, December 31 at 9 PM<PBS holiday tradition when the New York Philharmonic rings in the New Year with a moving celebration of charm and romance of Paris, featuring the great opera star Susan Graham singing frothy French favorites, and actor Nathan Lane lending his signature style to all-new narration for Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals.” http://www.pbs.org/live-from-lincoln-center/home/
Like Opera: Richard Tucker Opera Gala: From Bocelli to Barton Andrea Bocelli joins Renée Fleming, Jamie Barton and other opera singers for a night of music. Show: Live from Lincoln Center Air date: February 5, 2016 NO NOT my cuppa either, but thought I’d mention it.
The New Year’s Celebration 2016: January 1, 2016 Julie Andrews hosts the annual program with the Vienna Philharmonic, this year conducted by Mariss Jansons, and with the Vienna Boys’ Choir and Vienna State Ballet solists. Presented by THIRTEEN’s Great Performances Friday, January 1 at 2:30 p.m. ET on PBS with an encore performance that evening at 7:30 p.m.
Book ’em, Danno. (Steve McGarrett, Hawaii Five-O)
The History Channel has gone Reality big time so I have lost my earlier enthusiasm for them but….They do have
The Men Who Built America:
John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan rose from obscurity and in the process built modern America. Using state of the art computer generated imagery that incorporates 12 million historical negatives, many made available for the first time by the Library of Congress, this series will bring back to life the world they knew and the one they created. The event series will show how these men took a failed experiment in democracy and created the greatest superpower the world has ever seen. We see how their historic achievements came to create the America of today. http://www.history.com/shows/men-who-built-america/about
The World Wars:
An assassination in Sarajevo sparks a global war. For the next 30 years, deadly fighting rages across Europe, Africa, China and the Pacific. Hitler. Churchill. De Gaulle. MacArthur. Patton. Stalin. Mussolini. We know them as legends. But they first learn what it will take to rise to greatness as young soldiers, fighting for their lives on the frontlines. This is the story of a generation of men who come of age in the trenches of World War I, only to become the leaders of World War II. The lessons they learn on the frontlines shape them as they rise to power—and haunt them as the deadly fighting breaks out again. Some become heroes, forged in courage under fire. Others emerge as the most infamous villains the world has ever seen. Theirs is one story—the story of a 30-year global struggle. A fight that will either save the world—or destroy it. http://www.history.com/shows/the-world-wars/about
Vikings:
A tale of the lives and epic adventures of these warrior and portrays life in the Dark Ages, a world ruled by raiders and explorer as seen through the eyes of Viking society. http://www.history.com/shows/vikings/about
There’s also shows on Ancient Mysteries
Bible Secrets
Civil War (in color no less)
Houdini
Even the Donald
Danger, Will Robinson! (Robot, Lost in Space)
So not crazy about the offerings so far–too high brow or educational (well except the Donald):
The CMT (Country Music channel) has
1 pm today: Dallas Cowboy Cheer Leaders Making the Team….hurry pre-program it.
All kidding aside this one looks much more interesting:
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
celebrates the life and artistry of the Man in Black through the unique perspective of a dozen of his greatest songs, from his first No. 1 hit, “I Walk the Line,” in 1957 to 2002’s “Hurt,” which is considered his farewell masterpiece and one of the most acclaimed music videos of all time. An epic tribute to this gifted artist, fighter of causes and legendary entertainer, this film combines original interviews with his family, friends, and admirers, including John Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, Carlene Carter, Eric Church, Sheryl Crow, Rodney Crowell, Clive Davis, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, John Mellencamp, Kid Rock, Rick Rubin, Willie Nelson and more. http://www.cmt.com/shows/johnny-cash-american-rebel/
While this one comes under You can’t make these things up—yet somebody always does:
Still The King
features Billy Ray Cyrus as Vernon Brownmule, aka “Burnin’ Vernon,” a scandal-ridden, washed-up, one-hit-wonder who was kicked out of country music, only to emerge 20 years later as the second best Elvis impersonator around. After crashing into an old country church sign during a drunken bender, he is arrested and sentenced to return and serve as the church’s handyman as part of his parole. Along the way, he pretends to be the congregation’s new minister and reconnects with a former one-night-stand (Joey Lauren Adams), when he learns he has a 15-year-old daughter (Madison Iseman) he’s never met. http://www.cmt.com/shows/still-the-king/
And a documentary on a place I visited long ago and far away:
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley’s
This documentary will be the last word in country music’s first moment in the sun — as told by the folks who lived it, the actors who played it, and the musicians who sang it. Urban Cowboy is more than just a film, it’s a document of the moment our culture tilted towards the south. Overnight, country music found itself in vogue for the first time in history. At the epicenter of it all was Gilley’s, a nightclub located just outside Houston in the oilfields of Pasadena, Texas. The story of this great big Honky Tonk — of its boom and bust — became a microcosm of the city and the music it came to represent. This is that story — about a blockbuster — about a bar — and about a nation that finally went country.
De plane! De plane! (Tattoo, Fantasy Island)
AND where are you gonna be Thurs. Night? I’ve heard it all—amateur night I don’t go out etc….in other words you weren’t invited but you can see those that do on the boob tube:
Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016 (ABC) — One Direction, Carrie Underwood, Walk The Moon, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Ellie Goulding, Tove Lo, Fall Out Boy, Elle King, Andy Grammer, Rachel Platten, Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, Demi Lovato, Luke Bryan http://popcrush.com/new-years-eve-2016-concerts-shows-tv-specials-guide-watch/?trackback=tsmcli
Dick Clark is gone but the show carries on!
Pre-party
| 8 p.m. | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic: No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 2 Alabama TV: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox Radio: Brad Sham, Danny Kanell, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio Radio |
