TV critic's picks: Wednesday

"A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House," "Nightmare on Elm Street: The Inside Story," "Remington Under Fire"

October 19, 2010 at 6:55PM

She's still here Ethel Merman had "Everything's Coming Up Roses." Judy Garland had "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Elaine Stritch has "I'm Still Here." The cranky aunt of Broadway kills on the number from "Follies" during "A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House" (8 p.m., KTCA, Ch. 2), a one-hour tribute so brisk and entertaining that the Obama children don't even fidget. Other highlights: Audra McDonald's breathless version of "Can't Stop Talking About Him" and Idina Menzel's wickedly good "Defying Gravity."

Right said Freddy Before Johnny Depp was Entertainment Weekly's most powerful entertainer, he was a victim of Freddy Krueger. Relive those tasty days in "Nightmare on Elm Street: The Inside Story" (8 p.m., Bio), a two-part documentary that continues Thursday with more than 100 interviews with director Wes Craven, Alice Cooper and Krueger himself, Robert Englund. Just make sure you don't need a good night's sleep. This one's bound to keep you up.

Under the gun In "Remington Under Fire" (8 p.m., CNBC), correspondent Scott Cohn looks at the one of the world's more popular weapons, the Remington 700 rifle, which came under fire when users accused the company of making an unreliable product. Allegedly, the weapon is prone to firing without the trigger being pulled. Cohn talks to many of those who have filed lawsuits, as well as the engineer who designed the trigger.

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Neal Justin

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Neal Justin is the pop-culture critic, covering how Minnesotans spend their entertainment time. He also reviews stand-up comedy. Justin previously served as TV and music critic for the paper. He is the co-founder of JCamp, a non-profit program for high-school journalists, and works on many fronts to further diversity in newsrooms.

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