Allison Benedikt

BASIC CABLE "HAROLD AND MAUDE" (star)(star)(star)(star) 5:15 p.m., TCM One of the best-loved cult movies of the '70s. This buoyant, bizarre anti-establishment romantic comedy matches suicide-intrigued teen rich kid Harold...

"COOL HAND LUKE" (star)(star)(star)1/2 7 p.m., AMC It's based on a novel by a real chain-gang inmate -- Donn Pearce -- but the (1967) movie itself often seems slick and...

Any television show pitched to "broaden the scope and appeal" of a given channel seems doomed from the start, but the Sci Fi Channel says just that about its new...

"Broken Trail," 7 p.m. Sunday, AMC (Part 2, 7 p.m. Monday): Carrying on the tradition of "Lonesome Dove," Robert Duvall is back on TV, this time in AMC's inaugural original...

What to watch -- and what to skip -- this Father's Day weekend: Don't miss "The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation" 7 p.m. Sunday, Cinemax: This year's Academy...

Gelato The perfect scoop: Coconut Where you can find it: Cafe Descartes, 111 E. Wacker Drive; 312-565-2557 Value: $2.99 for a single, hefty scoop. Why we love it: The dozen...

WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD: Well, at least David Chase is consistent. The "Sopranos" creator ended his slow-going penultimate season Sunday night without closure. (And with, oddly, a Christmas episode.) Here, the...

With more violence in Iraq and a rising death toll in Indonesia, the only story that mattered on Wednesday's "Today" show was Katie Couric. Giving new meaning to the Raymond...

OK, so the button is important. Wednesday night's intense but ultimately exasperating season finale of ABC's "Lost" returned former button-pusher Desmond to the island, where he revealed that, oh yes,...

The voting lines are closed, Simon and Paula can stop fake-fighting, and it's come down to this: Either you are a Michael McDonald fan or a Norah Jones fan. Either...