House has many things going for it, of course, but Numero Uno is star Hugh Laurie. It's not just that the British import is a fine actor, a diligent American-speaker, and all that. He's one very funny fellow....

2010

Sep

NEW COLUMNIST: TVWW FACES REALITY (SHOWS) By Diane Werts

I don't watch a lot of "reality" TV. You can tell by the quotes around the word that it's hard for me to take most of it seriously. But the best of any genre is worth watching, and now, TVWW has a columnist who specializes in sorting those out. Ronnie Gill's new Altered Reality column debuts today -- and her keen analysis is worth your attention...

2010

Sep

TV UPDATE: HE IS NOT 'SPARTACUS' By Diane Werts

If you want to see Andy Whitfield as Starz' gladiator Spartacus, you'd better buy this week's new Season 1 DVD/Blu-ray of Spartacus: Blood and Sand...

2010

Sep

FLICK PICKS: DIRTY MOVIES! By Diane Werts

Disgusting, offensive filth! That's what Turner Classic Movies spotlights on Friday night. Movies so vile, they were condemned! In the 1950s, that is...

2010

Sep

TUBE NEWS: MORE ADS, LESS SHOW By Diane Werts

Does it seem like commercial breaks are getting longer? Like the show itself may never "be right back after this message"? You're not imagining things...

2010

Sep

THIS WEEK: SEASON FINALES! By Diane Werts

No, not fresh finales. Last May's finales. But that's okay. Watching them again will refresh your memory for the new seasons starting next week. Prime among them: House and Glee...

2010

Sep

WATCH THIS: STAR TREK IS 44 YEARS OLD By Diane Werts

Wow. Watch the beginnings of Trekkie-dom. I'm posting this video in honor of the show's 44th anniversary. Yep, Star Trek premiered on NBC Sept. 8, 1966...

2010

Sep

FLICK PICKS: 'THE MARCH OF TIME' By Diane Werts

In our instantaneous age, it's hard to imagine people getting their latest look at world news in movie theaters many days or even weeks later. But that was the norm during Hollywood's studio heyday, from the 1920s into the '50s. Turner Classic Movies offers a great taste of old-time newsreels this weekend, saluting The March of Time for four hours (Sunday 8 p.m.-midnight ET).

2010

Sep

GET REAL: 'SURVIVOR' CAST CONTRACT By Diane Werts

Here's a fascinating peek inside the "reality" TV world -- the cast contract and "rule book" agreed to by contestants on CBS' competition-genre granddaddy Survivor...And you'll be shocked! shocked! to learn Survivor contestants have to allow themselves to be portrayed "with such liberties and modifications as CBS determines necessary...

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Diane Werts

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Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.

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