Saturday, December 31, 2011
Today’s entertainment picks:
v First Night Youngs-town, 5 p.m. to midnight: Fireworks at 9 p.m. and midnight in this annual New Year’s Eve celebration of entertainment at a variety of downtown buildings; firstnightyoungstownoh.com.
v First Night Canfield, 4 p.m. to midnight: For information, go to firstnightcanfield.com.
v New Year’s Eve Salem, 4:30 p.m. to midnight: For information, go to newyearseve- salem.com.
v Kevin Brown, 8:30 and 10:15 p.m.: Comedian from TV’s “30 Rock” gives two shows at the Funny Farm, inside the Metroplex Hotel, Belmont Avenue, Liberty; 330-759-4242.
v Butler Institute of American Art, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Check out the museum’s newest acquisition, Audrey Flack’s “Baba”; 330-743-1107.
“the twilight zone” marathon (9 a.m., Syfy): Relax, you haven’t really entered another dimension. It’s just the annual New Year’s Eve marathon of “The Twilight Zone,” which this year includes the iconic show’s top 40 episodes, as voted on by viewers.
new year’s eve celebrations (several networks): So you can’t make it to that big noisy, sweaty bash this year? No problem, you can party down Saturday night from the comfort of your couch as TV rings in 2012. (Just remember to vacuum up the confetti in the morning.) Among the festive telecasts is “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2012” (10 and 11:30 p.m., ABC), which has the guys celebrating with Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Florence + The Machine and others. Meanwhile, on “New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly” (10 and 11:30 p.m., NBC), our host is joined in Times Square by JB Smoove, Amy Robach and Drake. In addition, there’s “New Year’s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin” (11 p.m., CNN), featuring our favorite TV odd couple, and “MTV’s New Year’s Eve Bash 2012” (11 p.m., MTV), hosted by Demi Lovato and “Teen Wolf” star Tyler Posey.
TV listings: For a complete list of TV programming, see TV Week insert.
LOCAL TOPICS ON TV
“Community Connection” (7 a.m. Sunday on 21 WFMJ-TV; and 10 a.m. Tuesday on Time Warner Cable community access channel): The Roger and Gloria Jones OH WOW Children’s Center for Science and Technology will have a new segment — the “OH WOW Moment” — on the show. Caitlin Driscoll, education coordinator, and Suzanne Barbati, executive director, will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss the new segment. Also, hip-hop artists Joshua Triplett and Kenny Ali will discuss their new single, “Millionaire.”
entertainment news
Webber: Olympics will hurt theaters
LONDON
Andrew Lloyd Webber says London’s Olympic Games will force most of the capital’s theaters to close for the summer.
Lloyd Webber said Friday the games will make it “very tough” for shows in London’s West End and predicted that three major musicals would not play over the games.
He says advance bookings for West End shows were running at only 10 percent of their normal level.