Chuck Barney

A giant Orca, as seen in “Secrets of the Whales” on the Disney+ streaming platform. (Disney+)

Earth Day TV: Programs on the environment, climate change and nature

April 21, 2021 at 4:39 p.m.

'Secrets of the Whales' among our list of see-worthy shows.

Portrait shot of host Guy Fieri in front of a shiny red car and wall covered in graffiti near El Figaro in Havana, Cuba as seen on Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives episode 2411.

Guy Fieri takes a detour with quarantine version of ‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives’

April 21, 2020 at 8:43 a.m.

Food Network host serves up self-shot episodes from his home.

Ah, Super Bowl Sunday. It’s the one day of the year that we actually embrace TV commercials because, Heaven forbid, we might miss seeing a creepy “robo-child,” a dragon get fired up by Bud Light, or Bo Jackson mingle with a mermaid and a … bird horse? Unfortunately, most of the ads this year were […]

Super Bowl commercials: The 6 best of the day

February 4, 2019 at 8:22 a.m.

The Dude, Carrie Bradshaw and a 'Game of Thrones' dragon make their mark during big game

Hermey and Rudolph in ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.’ (CBS/Classic Media)

Here’s when all the best TV Christmas specials, movies will air in 2018

November 27, 2018 at 3:20 p.m.

New specials and movies mix with the long-running classics

‘Big Little Lies,’ the best of a fine TV crop in 2017. - HBO

Mushrooming field yielded these TV gems

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Ten? Really, just 10?More scripted television than ever was produced in 2017 — and a substantial chunk of it was marvelous. That makes cutting the crop down to just 10...

Jim Carrey provided the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge in Disney’s version of the Charles Dickens classic. - Disney

Bah humbug! Who’s the best Scrooge on film and TV?

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

When Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol” in 1843, movies and TV were still far off in the distance. So there’s no way he could have ever imagined that his...

A scene featuring some of the skeletal characters from Pixar’s animated hit ‘Coco.’ - Disney’s Pixar

How Pixar turned skeletons into lovable characters

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

It’s one thing to bring cinematic life to fish, bugs, furry monsters and toy cowboys. … But skeletons?That was the substantial challenge that confronted Pixar artists — including Oakland-born Daniel...

Holiday TV 2017

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Deck the halls and crank up your DVR. The annual blizzard of holiday-themed TV fare is about to begin.As usual, programmers are making merry with a lineup chock full of...

Denis O’Hare plays Edgar Allan Poe in a new PBS documentary about the famous author. - PBS

Halloween TV treats

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

If you’re like us, you crave some spook-filled programming during the chilly nights leading up to Halloween. What follows is a list of TV treats — some new and some...

The fab four from “Will & Grace” make their return to NBC this fall. - NBC

Reboots, superheroes and finale fake-outs

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

You never know exactly what you’re going to witness at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, a 16-day marathon that concluded last week.So was that really Snoop Dogg riding...

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