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LATE SHOW ENDS FOREVER \u2014 <\/span>Thursday\u2019s end for Stephen Colbert\u2019s Late Show was a mixed bag for certain. An ongoing skit about a wormhole with Neil de Grasse Tyson felt flat every time and was a complete distraction. Paul McCartney was great and actually gave one of the best interviews I\u2019ve ever seen him do. He was funny and lucid. His remembrances of his first time in 1964 in theater (62 years ago!) were pure gold too. He started to tell Colbert a story about birds and Colbert asked him if he meant girls \u2026 and McCartney without missing a beat, said:\u00a0Stephen, that\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The musical portion with McCartney performing \u201cHello Goodbye\u201d with Elvis Costello and John Baptiste was good, but not great; a few more bold-faced names might have been included. 6.7 million viewers watched, making it his biggest ratings-episode ever.<\/p>\n Colbert was definitely an acquired taste but CBS screwed him for sure. We\u2019re in the new normal now folks, so expect even more changes in the TV-landscape.<\/p>\n Colbert appeared the very next day on the cable-access show Only In Monroe in Michigan with Jeff Daniels and Jack White, saying he wanted to appear before Paramount acquired them. Clever for sure. Kudos.<\/p>\n After a groundswell of outrage for the cancellation of Blue Bloods, Boston Blue roared out of the gate and has been a consistent winner for CBS. Their finale for their first season (\u201cPatrol\u201d) was Friday and it was just tremendous; tying up several looose ends and leaving a catastrophic cliffhanger for next season.<\/p>\n NEW YORK, NY \u2013 APRIL 09: Gloria Reuben and publicist David Salidor attends the performance of Gloria Reuben at Metropolitan Room on April 9, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Bobby Bank\/WireImage)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Wahlberg is surprisingly good. Not that I didn\u2019t think he could carry it, but the show is 90% him now. Also, Ernie Hudson, from Ghostbusters, and Gloria Reuben are tremendous too. I\u2019ve watched many of these so-called sequel shows and this one has proven to be the best. I am quite impressed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n BOROUGH THINGS \u2014 <\/strong>We managed to watch all 8 episodes of Netflix\u2019s The Boroughs \u2013 executive produced by the Duffer Brothers of Stranger Things mega-stardom. Before I watched it, I spied a headline about the show saying it was Stranger Things for adults. Well, after watching the series, let me adjust that a tad and say it is a show about adults.<\/p>\n The entire series takes place at a retirement home, The Boroughs, that turns out to be run entirely by a species of alien that\u2019s never really determined. The first three episodes delve into the various characters as essayed by the great Alfred Molina; Jena Malone; Bill Pullman; Denis O\u2019Hare; Geena Davis; and a very strong Alfre Woodard. Also, there are appearances from Dee Wallace (ET) and Mary McDonnell (Dances With Wolves).<\/p>\n The 4th episode delves into the sci-fy aspect of the show and though it looses just a tad of realism, it\u2019s all done very nicely. I\u2019m a huge Molina fan and he stands heads-and-shoulder\u2019s above the rest off the cast, although O\u2019Hare, who has been on countlessLaw & Order-epsiode as a lawyer, is brilliant as a terminal-ill patient in the home. Davis, looking as youthful and luscious as ever is terrific too. The casting here was impeccably done.<\/p>\n Once it changes pace a bit, there\u2019s no denying it\u2019s a Stranger Things-offshoot. That said, and I did adore Stranger Things, this was quite a story and yes, the door is left open for a sequel, which I predict will happen.<\/p>\n Nothing terribly earth-shattering here, but it was a trip well worth taking.<\/p>\n<\/a>BOSTON BLUE \u2014 I somehow became a fan ofBlue Bloods, with Tom Selleck, and watched almost every episode, including the series finale. I never got Selleck as Magnum, but somehow his role as NY-police commissioner Frank Reagan got me immediately. He was always elegant and always right. When that showed ended, after 14 seasons, Donnie Wahlberg re-surfaced with Boston Blue,which shoots in Vancouver, but amazingly retained many of the points that made Blue Bloods such a success; like the Friday night family dinner. They\u2019ve even had several Blue Blood characters appear. Len Cariou for one, was just sensational,<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>SHORT TAKES \u2014 Eyeballing the scheudle for next month\u2019s Tribeca Festival, I didn\u2019t see too many standout films. They\u2019re opening with Questlove\u2019s doc on Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That\u2019s\u00a0The Weight Of The World). btw: I love that title. Stay tuned … <\/div>\n