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TVWW ARCHIVE

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2009
Sep
21
FALL TV: HOT 'HOUSE' TONIGHT By Diane Werts
 
 
If you were in a mental hospital, wouldn't you be happy to find Hugh Laurie's Dr. House as a fellow patient? The guy's funny, he's smart, he's an anarchist, he's guaranteed thrills. Also painful insults, but hey, you can't have everything...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Sep
17
WATCH THIS: RICKY GERVAIS' ORIGINAL 'OFFICE' By Diane Werts
 
 
Ricky Gervais is now a comedy cottage industry, but he was nobody back in 2001 when he co-created and starred in the original British version of The Office. Find out why he's been hot stuff ever since, as the show gets another go...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Sep
14
CLICK HERE: A TV BLOG TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE (BUT IT IS!) By Diane Werts
 
 
If there's one thing I really hate, it's reading a TV blog entry I wish I'd written. And if there's one thing I really, really hate, it's reading one of those every day. Too bad for me...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Sep
11
GO FIGURE: ELLEN ON 'IDOL'? By Diane Werts
 
 
So Ellen DeGeneres is replacing Paula Abdul on American Idol. I don't get it. Do we really want to hear jokes while contenders' performances are being assessed? Or are producers thinking Ellen will bring warm-and-cuddly support?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Sep
2
NEWS NEWS: DIANE SAWYER STEPS UP By Diane Werts
 
 
The early bird gets the anchor slot. Charles Gibson, Katie Couric, Tom Brokaw and Barbara Walters way back when, and now Diane Sawyer -- all morning-show hosts who made the leap to anchoring their networks' evening newscasts...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Aug
31
REALITY CHECK: BYE-BYE, 'BIG BROTHER' By Diane Werts
 
 
Could it be that the lowest of the low has actually hit rock bottom? Britain's hit Big Brother "reality" franchise is being dropped by Channel 4 next year after a 10-year run. It's part of a "creative overhaul"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Aug
30
FLICK PICKS: THE MUSICAL MIND BEHIND THAT 'PSYCHO' SHRIEK By Diane Werts
 
 
Bernard Herrmann is the man to thank for those Psycho shower scene strings. And the spooky rumble under Citizen Kane. For Taxi Driver's moody Manhattan vibe. And Vertigo's dizzy delirium.Now Herrmann gets a suitable salute...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Aug
26
IN MEMORIAM: TED KENNEDY COVERAGE By Diane Werts
 
 
Sen. Edward Kennedy's funeral ceremonies will be carried live on cable's C-SPAN this weekend, starting with Friday night's "Celebration of Life Memorial Service" 7-9 p.m. ET from Massachusetts' JFK presidential library...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Aug
26
TV ON DVD: 'THIRTYSOMETHING' FINALLY ARRIVES By Diane Werts
 
 
Bet you thought it would never happen: That oh-so-'80s fave thirtysomething finally hits DVD this week. And it turns out to be oh-so-21st-century, too...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Aug
22
WEIRD & WILD: QUENTIN TARANTINO ON WEATHER CHANNEL By Diane Werts
 
 
Who needs Good Morning America and The Tonight Show? Celebs can always hype their stuff on The Weather Channel. Seriously...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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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