Why you should watch: Debut: Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Gabriel Byrne and Jessalyn Gilsig lead an international cast in this excellent historical drama. At home, Vikings had rules and laws and honour codes, but if you were a monk on the English coast and saw them coming, it literally was death on the horizon.
When: Sunday on History
The Bible
Why you should watch: Debut: Created by renowned reality-TV producer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Voice, The Apprentice) and his wife, actress Roma Downey (who plays Mother Mary), this 10-hour project (two hours on opening night) dramatizes what some observers have described as the greatest soap opera ever written.
Once Mel Brooks began to "make a noise," thankfully he never shut up There’s an apt evaluation in the first minute of the documentary Mel Brooks: Make a Noise. "Mel was not interested in the little laugh," observes writer/director Barry Levinson. "He literally wanted you to collapse and fall on the ground and can’t ... Read more
'SNL' season finale full of goodbyes As Stefon would say: This Saturday Night Live had everything. Kanye West, Jennifer Garner, Anderson Cooper, a musical super group, a surprise guest appearance from Amy Poehler and what looks like the departure of not one, but three cast members. Bill ... Read more
Reporter congratulates Matthew Perry on sitcom axe In what could be one of the biggest live celebrity interview fails of all time, a Fox sports reporter congratulated Matthew Perry on the cancellation of his show “Go On” (which lasted one season) during an NHL game. The impromptu interview ... Read more
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