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2009
Jun
22
HOT DOCS: 'IRAN AND THE WEST,' PLUS HBO2'S IRAN TRILOGY By Diane Werts
 
 
Talk about timely. National Geographic Channel hit the jackpot scheduling tonight's big documentary premiere. Iran and the West arrives with the middle eastern nation still topping the news nearly two weeks after a presidential election that remains the source of fierce dispute and contentious street protest...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jun
22
SNEAK PEEK: TRAILER FOR 'THE PACIFIC,' TOM HANKS' FOLLOWUP TO 'BAND OF BROTHERS' By Diane Werts
 
 
HBO has just posted the first trailer for The Pacific, its upcoming miniseries companion to its 2001 hit Band of Brothers. The spring 2010 event is from the same production team, led by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jun
10
NETWORK TV: AND THEY WONDER WHY NOBODY'S WATCHING By Diane Werts
 
 
Here is the broadcast networks' prime time lineup for Wednesday, June 10. Try to find some TV worth watching in this. (And no, the week's 17th airing of Law & Order doesn't count...)
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jun
7
GOOD SPORTS: HBO GOES FOR GOLD By Diane Werts
 
 
Sports are a matter of taste. I'm a hockey fan. You might be a basketball fan. Some folks like the serenity of golf. Others go for cagefighting thrills. But the more that TV channels make coverage deals with various leagues and promoters, the less they take a hard look at what's actually happening behind the scenes anywhere...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jun
5
REALITY CHECK: WHALES, CHEFS AND JOHN BARROWMAN By Diane Werts
 
 
Not all reality TV is bad. Among a glut in any genre, you can find better exponents and you can find pieces of &@#$*. So don't worry, I'm not going to get into Ghost Hunters or Fanarchy. But I will suggest a few other newcomers/returnees you might want to consider this weekend...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jun
5
FAMILY FUN: A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY FILM SERIES HOSTED BY JOHN LITHGOW By Diane Werts
 
 
James Cagney's Oscar-winning turn as musical patriot George M. Cohan kicks off this summer's family film series The Essentials Jr. on Turner Classic Movies...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Jun
2
WATCH ONLINE: EDIE FALCO'S 'NURSE JACKIE' DEBUT By Diane Werts
 
 
Can't wait to see Edie Falco's killer comedy Nurse Jackie debut next Monday on Showtime? Well, don't!...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
May
31
FLICK PICKS: TCM'S GREAT DIRECTORS FESTIVAL RUNS ALL THROUGH JUNE By Diane Werts
 
 
Slide into summer with a cool cinema treat -- June's Great Directors festival on Turner Classic Movies. In fact, most days are a double, spotlighting two men who made the movies...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Apr
29
DVD WATCH: 'THIRTYSOMETHING' DUE AUG. 25 By Diane Werts
 
 
Fans of ABC's '80s emo-fest thirtysomething will finally see the pre-midlife crisis drama hit DVD this Aug. 25, thanks to those fine retroheads at Shout! Factory...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2009
Apr
27
WATCH ONLINE: PBS VIDEO PLAYER LAUNCHES By Diane Werts
 
 
Ahead of the curve, behind the curve -- now PBS is ahead again. Public TV was the first network to really "get" the internet, providing loads of value-added text content when the World Wide Web was still in its infant stage. But when online video exploded, PBS was a laggard...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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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