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With the hundreds of nature documentaries that have aired over the years, you start thinking there must be nothing left for us to see on this Big Blue Planet. But that's just silly. This year alone, we've had James Cameron venturing to the deepest part of the ocean in a torpedo-shaped submarine, and shows like Discovery Channel's Frozen Planet. If you haven't yet checked it out, Discovery Channel is airing an all-day Frozen Planet marathon Sunday, April 22, from 1-9 p.m. -- this time the original UK version with David Attenborough narrating...(more)

'Veep' Is Hardly a Washington Monument

Ed Bark

Here's a new comedy series for those who expect absolutely nothing but incompetence, cynicism and crass opportunism from their elected leaders in Washington. Which might well cover most of us these days. Still, the timing may not be quite right for HBO's Veep, which is about as far removed from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The West Wing as many able-bodied Americans are from a decent job . . . (more)

HBO's 'Veep': Four More Years!

Theresa Corigliano

I am still smiling, and I watched HBO's three preview episodes of Veep 10 hours ago. It's just that funny. In this new and very welcome half-hour comedy (debuting Sunday at 10 p.m. ET), Julia Louis-Dreyfus is pitch perfect as Selina Meyer, vice president of the United States. The catch to being the free world's second-in-command has always been . . . (more)

Thanks for Being a Part of Our Lives, Mr. Clark

Ed Bark

No one gets out alive, not even the man known for most of his adult life as "America's Oldest Teenager." Dick Clark died Wednesday at age 82 of a heart attack . . . Clark's principal legacies are American Bandstand, that staple of teen life in the 1950s and '60s, and the New Year's Rockin' Eve specials that date back to Dec. 31, 1972 . . . (more)

Reasons to Celebrate: Fox is 25, and Bart Simpson Is Still in Grade School

Crazy like a Fox! It's impossible to overstate the influence this outrageous "fourth network" has had on TV since it stormed into prime time in April 1987 -- yes, 25 years ago, which accounts for Sunday night's clips-and-reunions salute, Fox's 25th Anniversary Special (April 22 at 8-10 p.m. ET)... (more)

TRUE CRIME: The 9/11 Deception

Real life these days seems to provide the best mystery tales of all. And there's a doozy told Friday night in The Woman Who Wasn't There, the 8-9:30 p.m. ET encore of the film that earlier this week delivered the highest ratings ever for cable's Investigation Discovery channel. It's a 9/11-centered suspenser that's thankfully far from ID's usual focus on deadly women, killer trials, stalkers, motives and murders . . . (more)

THE UNIVERSE

It's not quite the claimed "Complete Series Megaset" (Season 6 comes out May 15), but it looks great on Blu-ray anyway -- especially at $59 for 16 discs as Amazon's TV deal of the week.

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