The opening-weekend box-office figures for the new movie remake of The A-Team were so low -- about half of general Hollywood predictions -- that I pity the fool who's still hoping for a cinematic sequel. Even so, one of our readers, in the contest to predict the opening grosses, came very close without going over, so wins some stuff...

2010

Jun

CABLE COMEDY PIONEER ROBERT KLEIN STRIKES AGAIN -- ON HBO, AGAIN By David Bianculli

Robert Klein opens his latest HBO special, "Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced" with a very funny song, backed by a full orchestra. By contrast, he opened our interview with a joke about TV WORTH WATCHING: "It's a small website, I take it..."

2010

Jun

LOTS GOING ON: NEW TVWW TV-TO-MOVIE CONTEST, NEW LATE-NIGHT "FEUD" WITH FALLON AND FERGUSON, AND LIVELY NEW COMIC SHOWCASE ON SHOWTIME By David Bianculli

There's so much going on, I'm going to try and catch up in one big burst. Today's column will cover a) the latest TV WORTH WATCHING TV-to-Movie contest; b) the latest late-night "war"; and c) a delightful new talk show...

2010

Jun

IT'S TRUE LOVE, WELCOMING BACK HBO'S "TRUE BLOOD" By David Bianculli

The third season of HBO's True Blood begins Sunday (9 p.m. ET), picking up right where last year's season ended -- and man, is it a joy to have back...

2010

Jun

TVWW MOVIE CONTEST RESULTS: MACGRUBER BOMBED BIGGER THAN ANYONE EXPECTED By David Bianculli

The results are in for the latest TV WORTH WATCHING guess-the-opening-weekend grosses of movies based on TV. I'll reveal the winner(s) in a moment, but man, the clear loser is MacGruber. The latest Saturday Night Live spinoff managed to scrape up only $4.1 million of ticket sales its opening weekend...

2010

May

THE "24: FINALE: IN THE END, THE CLOCK COUNTS DOWN TO 00:00:00 By David Bianculli

The three most powerful punches of the Fox "24" finale all came at the very end -- like one final triple flurry of potent, emotional "Ka-Chunk, Ka-Chunk" sounds as the clock counted down one last time...

2010

May

ABC'S "LOST" FINALE: DEATH, BE RATHER PROUD By David Bianculli

The ending of ABC's "Lost", whatever it turned out to be, wasn't going to be able to please all of the people all of the time. But even with an unsettling core "explanation" and some frustrating unanswered questions, Sunday's 2.5-hour finale was one entertaining movie-length wrap-up...

2010

May

NEWEST TVWW CONTEST: GUESS THE OPENING-WEEKEND GROSSES FOR TWO MORE TV-INSPIRED MOVIES By David Bianculli

It's been a while since we mounted a TV WORTH WATCHING contest for readers, offering tacky prizes for a predictive puzzler. So here's a new one, and it's a two-parter: Guess the opening-weekend grosses for two movies based on TV fare -- "MacGruber" and "Sex and the City 2" -- and, by so doing, predict which one will outdraw the other...

2010

May

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS CALL IT QUITS, HIGH-CLASS BUT LOW-KEY By David Bianculli

Sunday night at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the Smothers Brothers performed what they say was their final performance as a duo -- 50 impressive years after their FIRST performance as a duo. I flew in just to see it and be there, and was glad I did...

2010

May

PURE "GLEE": "DR. HORRIBLE" COHORTS JOSS WHEDON, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS RETEAM FOR THIS WEEK'S FOX MUSICAL SERIES By David Bianculli

Tuesday night at 9 ET, Fox's Glee presents guest director Joss Whedon and guest star Neil Patrick Harris in a new episode that counts as one more reason this musical series is one of the best TV treats of the year...

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David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and is an occasional substitute host for that show. He's also an author and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His 2009 Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', has been purchased for film rights. His latest, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific, is an effusive guidebook that plots the path from the 1950s’ Golden Age to today’s era of quality TV.

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