Looking for some good summer TV? First episodes available for free download at iTunes could get you hooked on quality shows like Friday Night Lights, Damages, Burn Notice, Rescue Me, Lie to Me, The Closer and more...

2010

Jun

DVD UPDATE: FINALLY, GOODIES FROM THE ARCHIVES! By Diane Werts

You know how it is. The more there is to watch on TV -- the more channels, the more shows -- the harder it gets to find the little that's actually worth watching. But that problem is magnified on DVD. Either you can't find the quality shows worth buying, or those gems have such an "exclusive" (read: small) audience that they don't even get released on disc...

2010

Jun

FLICK PICKS: JUDY'S 'STAR IS BORN' ON TCM, BLU-RAY By Diane Werts

The eye-popping new restoration of Judy Garland's 1954 Hollywood magnum opus A Star Is Born is all over the place this week, and it's a must-see...

2010

Jun

SNEAK PEEKS: AMC'S 'RUBICON,' PLUS NEW HBO SHOWS By Diane Werts

Now that Breaking Bad has ended another astonishing season, and with Mad Men not back till July 25, fans of AMC dramas can bide their time by downloading a preview of the cabler's newest series -- Rubicon, a conspiracy thriller starring James Badge Dale (24) as an intelligence analyst who gets too inquisitive for his own safety...

2010

Jun

GOOD SPORTS: WHEN SPORTS REALLY ARE METAPHORS FOR LIFE By Diane Werts

Sports tend to be either ephemeral -- today's game is gone tomorrow -- or idealized, like the Boys of Summer. NFL Films fuses God, country and paralyzing tackles. As for steroidally super-sized home run sluggers, geez, baseball broadcasters never noticed. ESPN can be one of the prime offenders...

2010

Jun

TIMELINE: DISCOVERY AT 25, 'NEWHART' FINALE AT 20 By Diane Werts

Belated anniversary wishes to two of TV's most memorable developments: First, to Discovery Channel -- If you caught Sunday night's 25 Years of Discovery special, you know cable's original full-time documentary showcase is celebrating its 25th anniversary all this week at 9 p.m. Note that I say "biggest" rather than best or most memorable...

2010

Jun

DVD UPDATE: 'A-TEAM,' 'FAMILY MATTERS,' 'GOLD MONKEY' AND MORE By Diane Werts

Time really does make the heart grow fonder for vintage TV. Shows originally loathed by the critics and cool kids can morph into "classics" after decades of reruns and memories nurtured by those who grew up with them...

2010

Jun

TRIBUTE: DENNIS HOPPER ON TCM TUESDAY NIGHT By Diane Werts

Dennis Hopper is remembered tonight on Turner Classic Movies with a five-film salute covering the earlier years of his half-century acting career. No Apocalypse Now or Blue Velvet here, no Speed or Colors, but a good selection of youthful supporting roles, lead turns and the directing debut of the Hollywood iconoclast who died May 29...

2010

Jun

NEWS FLASH: 'TORCHWOOD' TO STARZ By Diane Werts

Torchwood lives! And not in the Americanized form that Fox was considering, either. The juicy scifi-sex-comedy-drama-adventure sensation is returning in its original format seen here on BBC America -- but it's moving to Starz, which is eager to make noise in premium cable...

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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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