Word: showings
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Nicholas Nickleby (1981). An 812-hour joyride through the thrills and terrors of Dickens' novel, magnificently captured by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The show alarmed audiences with its $100 ticket price but turned out to be the entertainment bargain of a lifetime...
Broadway Bound (1986). Jokemeister Neil Simon became a poignant and self- critical artist in a trilogy of which this final installment, the tale of his start in show business, was the darkest, most honest and best. The scene / of Simon dancing in the living room with his mother, encouraging her to recall the one glorious moment of a mostly lousy life, lingers and lingers...
Late Night with David Letterman (NBC, 1982- ). While waiting for Johnny Carson to retire, Dave went out and reinvented the talk show. After nearly eight years of NBC jokes, stupid pet tricks and Larry ("Bud") Melman, his video fun house is as inventive and fiercely funny as ever...
Jeopardy! (syndicated, 1984- ). TV's most challenging game show was too smart for the '70s: NBC canceled it in 1975 after a decade on the air. But it reappeared triumphantly in a new syndicated version in the '80s. Who says TV is getting dumber...
Jerome Kern: Show Boat (Angel/EMI, 1988). With a cast that boasted the likes of mezzo Frederica von Stade, the landmark American musical was revealed for what it is: a landmark American opera as well...