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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2010
May
17
FALL FLASH: NBC'S NEW SHOWS By Diane Werts
 
 
It's upfront week, and NBC kicked things off Monday morning with its presentation to advertisers. We'll be weighing in before long -- but in the meantime, have your own look at the unusually large number of new series being added to plug the leaks sprung by last season's disastrous Jay-at-10 gamble. NBC has cast info, videos and more at this link.   1 Comments   Mac said: Diane, I made a comment on a Yahoo version of this info, but I'd thought I'd run it by a real pro in
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
27
DVD UPDATE: ANDY KAUFMAN LIVES! By Diane Werts
 
 
Two of the coolest, and rarest, things on TV are surprise and ambiguity. Not just "We're soooo complex" surprise/ambiguity, but real, stunning "What the bleep is happening?!" Two words: Andy Kaufman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
21
FLICK PICKS: FUN WITH SPLIT SCREENS AND FILM FESTIVALS By Diane Werts
 
 
Just old movies? Think again. Turner Classic Movies is always thinking outside the box that holds the Warner/MGM film library from which the channel was launched 16 years ago this week. They've added lots more titles, many of them newer, and they've found increasingly clever ways to lovingly package their film presentations for both edification and sheer fun...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
20
DVD UPDATE: SERIOUS SOAP, CIRCA '80S By Diane Werts
 
 
At least Dallas had a sense of humor. Larry Hagman's adulterous oil man J.R. Ewing? C'mon. He had his tongue firmly in-cheek through all his dastardly deeds...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
14
SEE HERE: SUE SYLVESTER STRIKES A POSE By Diane Werts
 
 
C'mon, vogue! You can do it already, even though Sue Sylvester's Glee music video doesn't hit Fox air till April 20. Jane Lynch makes a pretty good Madonna. This isn't a Vogue parody, folks. It's tribute...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
13
DVD UPDATE: 'PARTY DOWN' By Diane Werts
 
 
Party Down came out of nowhere to become one of my favorite shows, and I'm not the only one. There's a sizable cult for this little Starz comedy gem about a team of Hollywood cater-waiters who'd rather be (pick one) actors, screenwriters, comedians or other credits-worthy creatives...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
8
FLASHBACK: 'TWIN PEAKS,' 20 YEARS LATER By Diane Werts
 
 
Hard to believe it's been two decades since TV's weirdest show hit the screen. Hard. Twin Peaks still looks mondo bizarro, so you can only imagine (or maybe remember) how truly warped this serial surreality seemed in the network midst of Matlock and Murder, She Wrote...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
6
DVD UPDATE: ABBOTT & COSTELLO GO INSANE! By Diane Werts
 
 
"How dare you remind me of somebody I hate?!" With that woman passerby's out-of-the-blue stoopside smack attack, umbrella whack and furious stomp-away, I was hooked...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
5
FLICK PICKS: APRIL SALUTES TO GEORGE STEVENS, ROBERT TAYLOR By Diane Werts
 
 
Monday night's George Stevens roundup kicks off April's director of the month tribute from Turner Classic Movies, screening three of Stevens' biggest titles and his own son's acclaimed clip-filled salute. The Texas-sized 1956 epic Giant...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
1
CONFESSION: THE GUY I WANT TO BE By Diane Werts
 
 
Not that I want to be a guy, but I do want to be as smart as my favorite TV blogger, Jaime Weinman. Or should I say, as observant -- Jaime elucidates things in shows, in trends, in tropes, even in shot styles and set design, that I just kick myself for not being able to address as clearly...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Diane Werts

Associate Editor
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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