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DAVID BIANCULLI

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The Cold Light Reader

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All Along the Watchtower

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Uncle Barky's Bytes

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TV That Matters

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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
2021
Jan
29
1989: 'SHINING TIME STATION' JOINS THE PBS LINEUP By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1989, PBS affiliate WNET introduced the hit children's series, Shining Time Station, featuring the still-popular Thomas the Tank Engine character...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
28
1973: 'BARNABY JONES' STARTS SOLVING MYSTERIES By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1973, CBS introduced the mid-season replacement, Barnaby Jones...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
25
1961: KENNEDY HOLDS FIRST LIVE, TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy presented the first live, televised presidential press conference...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
17
1984: SCOTUS RULES IN FAVOR OF HOME VIDEO RECORDING DEVICES By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1984, the Supreme Court ruled that it was legal for individuals to record television shows on home video recording devices for later viewing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
13
1996: AMC INTRODUCES ITS FIRST SCRIPTED SERIES, 'REMEMBER WENN' By TV WW
 
 
This day in 1996 marked the debut of AMC's first scripted series, Remember WENN...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2021
Jan
9
1995: 'THE LATE, LATE SHOW WITH TOM SNYDER' DEBUTS ON CBS By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1995, CBS introduced the post-Late Show talk show, The Late, Late Show with Tom Snyder...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Dec
18
1966: DR. SEUSS' 'HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS' DEBUTS By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1966, CBS introduced the animated version of Dr. Seuss' children's story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
20
1983: ABC PRESENTS 'THE DAY AFTER' By TV WW
 
 
On this day in 1983, ABC presented The Day After, a miniseries depicting the aftermath of a fictional nuclear war...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
May
18
2006: 'WILL & GRACE' ENDS ITS EIGHT-SEASON RUN By TV WW
 
 
This day in 2006 marked the final telecast of NBC's Will & Grace, the late-nineties equivalent of The Odd Couple...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Apr
21
BIANCULLI'S BINGES: HULU EDITION By TV WW
 
 
TVWW Resident David Bianculli takes a quick dive into some of the Hulu binge options now available...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
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By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
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By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 

This Day in TV History

1957: Julie Andrews Stars in 'Cinderella'
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